MORE: http://johnrfultz.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/john-carter-of-mars-or-barsoom-anyone/ Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is an American artist of imaginative realism . For more than 30 years he worked as an illustrator specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art . [1] Since the mid-1990s he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through galleries