MALECTIC - USED ART/ COL

• Title: Malefic

• Artist / Author: Luis Royo

• Publisher: NBM Publishing (Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing, New York), under license from NORMA Editorial, S.A., Barcelona; printed in Spain (English translation by Robert Legault)

• Publication Date / Printing: 1997 (First English-Language Edition, Copyright © 1994 Luis Royo / © 1997 NBM)

• Format: Large hardcover with pictorial dust jacket; approx. 80 pages in full-color, high-gloss art stock.

• ISBN: 1-56163-181-7

• Genre: Dark fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative erotic illustration.

Interesting Facts

• The Breakthrough Album: Originally published in Spain in 1994, Malefic was the portfolio that propelled Spanish artist Luis Royo to global stardom in the fantasy art world. It established his signature style—blending biomechanical gothic aesthetics, fierce warrior women, post-apocalyptic armor, and sensual, airbrushed textures.

• Heavy Metal & TSR Pedigree: Before publishing this monograph, Royo built a passionate following in the 1980s and 1990s painting iconic covers for Heavy Metal magazine, European comic albums, video games, and fantasy paperbacks (including Dragonlance novels for TSR).

• NBM's Role: NBM was one of the premier independent American graphic novel houses of the 1980s and 1990s, translating major European bande dessinée and fantasy art into high-quality North American editions.

• Hardcover vs. Softcover: While NBM issued large trade paperback runs of Royo's collections, this is the much scarcer clothbound hardcover with dust jacket, making it considerably more durable and collectible than the standard softcovers.