Art by Mike Kaluta

Michael Kaluta’s Monsters and Machines

Michael W. Kaluta is famous for his horror covers in the 1970s, his Fantasy art both in and out of comics, for The Shadow, and many other covers. Here is a selection that looks at how Kaluta loves machines. As an artist who loves the ornate, the machine offers lines and shapes that nothing in nature can. The truly surprising thing is that Kaluta, who has embraced the art of Mucha with gentle lines and natural shapes, can combine that feel with machines as well, a kind of counterpoint that makes for great cover art.