Tuesday, January 16, 2018

The Pen and the Sword


I did this logo in the distant past as an end-piece for a Darkover fan story. Someone saw my title page for the same story in this By-Product entry a while ago. The warrior's sword hand wears a studded vambrace, while the writer's Pen hand in a soft shirt cuff draws a line which breaks the Sword. We've got a lot of pens, and a lot of swords, but we must hope that the pen is also mightier than the gun.

Black ink on illustration board, about 6" x 2", summer 1985.

1 comment:

Texchanchan said...

Good illustration of the old proverb. In the long run, information will outlast swords, guns, and all.