Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal #5 cover by Pascal Blanche @pascalblanche is available at comic shops, newsstands worldwide, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and select gaming stores--ask for it! HM #5 delivers a landmark issue filled with daring new visions Fantasy, Sci-fi, shorts and more! Available in the HM shop soon. @michaelwconrad @IliasKyriazis @cparlapanides @Vlas_P123 @pepemoreno Edited by @FrankForteArt @PopCultureHound @rgllarena Check this: @ComicCrusaders #comics #NCBD #comicbooks #scifi

Brutal times call for brutal collaborations! ⚔️🔥 We are teaming up with DETHKLOK (@MordhausTweets) to bring the ultimate metal synergy to their massive 20th-anniversary tour! At every headline show on this run, you can score an exclusive physical copy of Heavy Metal Magazine Issue #295: The Music Special straight from the merch booth! This legendary legacy issue features "Crystal Planet," an original sci-fi comic mind-meld created by Joe Satriani and Metalocalypse mastermind Brendon Small. Grab your tickets, grab the magazine, and blast the new tunes. ⬇️ 🤘 CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF METALOCALYPSE DETHKLOK (With special guests) May 22 - Los Angeles, CA May 25 - Seattle, WA May 26 - Portland, OR May 28 - San Diego, CA 🎟 TICKETS & VIP: DethklokLive.com 💿 THE DETHALBUM DKXX: DETHMASTERED Experience The Dethalbum like never before. The 20th Anniversary Remaster (Remixed & Remastered) is OUT NOW! #Dethklok #HeavyMetalMagazine #BrendonSmall #JoeSatrani #CrystalPlanet #Metalocalypse #TheDethalbum #HeavyMetal

Art by Mœbius ♾️ @moebiusofficiel

Originally, the studio wanted O. J. Simpson to play the Terminator, while Arnold Schwarzenegger was supposed to be Kyle Reese. But during a meeting with Cameron, Arnold began explaining how the robot should behave: cold, emotionless, and moving like an unstoppable machine. Cameron was so impressed that he decided to cast him as the T-800, creating one of the most iconic characters in science fiction history.

Concept art by James Cameron for Terminator 🔥 Before filming The Terminator, James Cameron had already designed much of the movie’s visual universe through conceptual sketches inspired by a nightmare he had while sick in Rome. His drawings featured metallic endoskeletons, futuristic war landscapes, and much darker, horror-driven versions of the Terminator, with an aesthetic closer to cyberpunk horror. That vision ultimately defined the visual identity of the entire franchise.

At the time, this was a huge moment for Heavy Metal. The magazine was still young and far from mainstream, yet 20th Century Fox trusted it to help launch one of the studio’s biggest productions of the era. Long before Comic-Con marketing became standard for blockbuster films, this collaboration showed how deeply sci-fi fandom, underground art, and genre cinema were already connected. 🔥📖

Before becoming a sci-fi horror landmark, Alien first invaded the pages of Heavy Metal in April 1979. Months before the film hit theaters, the magazine published an exclusive preview of Alien, introducing readers to the terrifying world imagined by Ridley Scott and the unforgettable designs of H. R. Giger, Mœbius and Chris Foss 🚀👽 @moebiusofficiel

@KinokoLeshy Internet archive has it up. Maybe youtube too.

@HeavyMetalInk Where can i watch this movie?

Gandahar (1987), directed by René Laloux, tells the story of a peaceful and advanced planet disrupted by an army of metal men that turn its inhabitants into stone; the warrior Sylvain is sent to uncover the source of the threat, which is revealed to be a giant artificial brain born from the planet’s own scientific experiments, blending science fiction, time travel, and a critique of technology, with the interesting fact that it is based on a novel by Jean-Pierre Andrevon. 🎬

@FuegoRoboto @peachmomoko60 @FuegoRoboto Here's a link to the print on our shop: shop.heavymetal.com/products/taarn…

@HeavyMetalInk @peachmomoko60 Is there a print of this?

‘Taarna’ by @peachmomoko60 🗡️🔥

The amazing movie poster art by the Swedish illustrator Kilian Eng ✨ @DWDSGN Kilian Eng is a Swedish illustrator born in Stockholm in 1982, known for his retrofuturistic landscapes filled with monumental architecture, alien technology, and atmospheres inspired by 1970s and 1980s European science fiction. His style mix influences from Moebius, Druillet, Lovecraft, and psychedelic sci-fi, using massive compositions where human figures seem insignificant against cosmic worlds and impossible structures. Alongside his books Object 5 and Object Compendium, he has worked for Heavy Metal, Disney, HBO, Marvel, Mondo, and Warner Bros. Many of his illustrations reinterpret universes such as Star Wars, Dune, Blade Runner, Zelda, and Studio Ghibli through a style that combines European comics and vintage sci-fi poster aesthetics.

The comic perfectly represents the 90s “bad girl comics” aesthetic: graphic violence, morally ambiguous characters, and a dark, exaggerated visual style. Texeira’s painted artwork is especially remembered for its heavy, dirty, almost biomechanical look, blending gothic horror with 90s pulp aesthetics.

Vampirella vs Pantha is a horror-action one-shot published in 1997 by Harris Comics, written by Mark Millar with painted artwork by Mark Texeira. The story follows Pantha seeking revenge against the scientists of the Danse Macabre institute for the brutal experiments performed on her, while Vampirella tries to stop her before everything turns into a massacre.

Still available in the HM shop-Heavy Metal #2G Sperlonga "Taarna" SDCC Exclusive Cover by Lorenzo Sperlonga @LorenzoArt TAARNA SDCC EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION shop.heavymetal.com/products/heavy…

Scene from the movie Heavy Metal (1981) directed by Gerald Potterton ✨

Art by French illustrator Olivier Ledroit 🪽🔥 @olivier_ledroit

Art by Fastner and Larson 🔥

HEAVY METAL rides alongside skateboarding counterculture. Issue #5 dives into the collision of rebellion, speed, dystopian art, underground energy, and the communities built around them. Digital subscriptions are out now. New subscriptions re-open soon. Shred the streets. 🛹⚡🔥

Among his most shared illustrations are deformed reinterpretations of the xenomorphs from Alien, aggressive versions of the hunter from Predator and the Engineers from Prometheus. 🛸 You can find more of his work at tumblr.com/spaghettibasta…

The artist Spaghetti Bastard built a wild and instantly recognizable visual identity through biomechanical creatures and scenes drenched in industrial grime, recreating the organic nightmare aesthetic of H. R. Giger. 👽

Ted Nasmith is one of those artists whose work feels less like illustration and more like fragments recovered from an ancient dream. Born in Canada in 1956, he became a defining visual force behind the world of J. R. R. Tolkien through his richly detailed paintings for The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and especially The Silmarillion. His art blends colossal landscapes, mythic architecture, and a romantic atmosphere that feels closer to classical European painting than modern fantasy concept art. Tolkien himself even saw some of Nasmith’s early paintings when he was still a teenager and sent him a letter commenting on them — an experience that quietly shaped the rest of his career. Beyond official calendars, illustrated editions, and collector books, Nasmith also created artwork inspired by George R. R. Martin and composed music influenced by Middle-earth.