An award-winning illustrator, Douglas KLAUBA has created cover artwork for books featuring such famous characters as Zorro, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Doc Savage, The Phantom, and Spiderman, among others. For the series Project Superpowers, creator Alex Ross selected Doug to paint a series of two page origin spreads of many golden age heroes such as: The Black Terror, the Death Defying ‘Devil and the Green Lama. His dramatic style, influenced in part by the pulp magazine and movie poster art of the 1930’s and 1940’s, is known as “Heroic Deco” and has earned him acclaim from collectors and clients around the world. In addition to his publishing work for companies including Harper-Collins, Dynamite Entertainment, Forbes, and Moonstone Books, Klauba is also a highly sought-after commercial illustrator. He counts among his clients IBM, Paramount Parks, DC/Upper Deck, the Adler Planetarium, the Bradford Exchange and the Chicago Blackhawks, just to name a few. Doug’s paintings have been included in the art annuals of Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art and the Society of Illustrators. His painting, Mercury Jack exhibited in the Spectrum Show at the Museum of American Illustration and another of his paintings, da Vinci’s Dream was awarded Best in Show at the 2005 World Fantasy Convention.