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‘Doom’ Launch Trailer Unleashes Hell
In just over a week, we’ll be tearing through the legions of Hell in the new Doom. As much as I enjoy mowing down foul creatures with an arsenal of pants-shittingly awesome space marine weapons like the vengeful personification of death metal album cover art, this time around, I’m going to focus on the more intimate, up-close-and-personal approach to cleansing the bowels of Hell. It’s going to be a bloody exorcism, and I’m super pumped about it. How about you?
Doom releases May 13 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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