Horn Gets Serious, Dead For Game Illustration

Greg Horn, the painter and illustrator best known for his work on Marvel Comics covers, has announced an update on his nascent work illustrating in the video game industry. In a recent ramping-up of his work on games, Horn has completed several promotional and packaging illustrations, including a limited-edition piece for Croteam's multi-platform FPS Serious Sam II. The Serious Sam II painting was created for a limited-edition print available only as a preorder bonus at EB Games and GameStop outlets. All 8,000 prints were personally signed by Horn, a process that caught Horn somewhat by surprise: "When [publisher 2K Games] said 'limited,' I was thinking in comic book terms, like maybe 500 signatures or something ... Luckily, any comic artist worth his salt has developed a nice quick signature for just these occasions." Other game-related work from Horn mentioned has been a print advertisement for NBA Live 06 from EA Sports, showing cover athlete Dwayne Wade as a robot. Horn has also worked on the packaging for the now defunct Hip Games, on hopefully still-to-be-released titles including Ghost Wars and George A. Romero's City of the Dead.