Eye catching and enticing - the magazine covers that encourage casual
newsstand sales have proved hugely receptive to the subtle lures of
Pinhead, Boone, various Nightbreed and others - including the visage of
the creator himself...
Clive Barker Covers
...Ahh, the man himself... Pinup to some, Pinhead's
creator to others, if we ever see the words 'Renaissance Man' casually
draped over another cover it will be time to despair of journalistic
independence and imagination...
4 Front - Vol 2 No 18, 30 April - 13 May 1997
There's obviously not enough muscletone being revealed in this
contemplative shot to make it as the main cover boy of this Los Angeles
local gay mag. Contains an interview with Clive.
10 Per Cent - March/April 1995
What can we say? The darling of the gay press proudly
standing astride his cover. Contains an interview with Clive.
Au Courant - Vol 13 No 43, 29 August - 4 September 1995
Firmly pinning its sexual orientation to the mast, this
Philadelphia gay magazine screams about Clive being the 'Queen of
Terror'... Contains an interview with Clive.
The Barker - 1994
The Voice of Dark Carnival Books in Berkeley, California. Includes the short story, Animal Life.
The Beat, Vol 1 No 2, July 1993
This Indiana-based entertainment magazine had an interview with Clive on the subject of the about-to-be-launched Razorline comics series.
Between The Lines - No 1706, 5 February 2009
Michigan's weekly newspaper includes an interview about Clive's photos for the Dirty Show in Detroit.
Bloodsongs - No 6, March 1995
Nestled just underneath the picture of Nix, Clive inspects the Lord of Illusions set in this Australian horror fiction 'zine with an interview and a review of Salome and The Forbidden.
The Bloomsbury Review - Vol 7 No 5, September/October 1987
The "Renaissance Hellraiser" himself "talks about his d(a)emonic craft" in an interview.
Book And Magazine Collector - No 68, November 1989
A bibliography and what purports to be an interview with Clive but may simply be extracts from previously published interviews.
The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America - Vol 22 No 4, Winter 1988
Ian Watson reports back to the SFWA on the 1988 World Fantasy Convention with Clive in the esteemed company of James Herbert, Dennis Etchison, Susan Allison, David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer and Lucius Shepherd on the cover of The Bulletin.
Cinefantastique - Vol 26 No 3, April 1995
The Clive Barker issue, containing a number of articles and interviews with Clive.
City Paper, Philadelphia - No 633, 11 - 17 July 1997
Celebrating his involvement in a local gay and lesbian film festival, this Philadelphia weekly paper has an interview with Clive and a psychadelic cover design.
Comic Buyer's Guide - No 1024, 2 July 1993
As the Razorline is launched, Clive contributes an essay and others talk about the four lead titles.
Contra Costa Times - 24 August 1995
The theatrical release of Lord of Illusions sees Clive visiting San Francisco and giving an interview that earns him a cover spot (photographed at the Medieval Dungeon on Fisherman's Wharf) above a photo of Nix.
Critical Wave - No 6, 1988
An account of a set visit to Pinewood Studios during extra effects shots and insert scenes on Hellbound
prompted Critical Wave to show Clive halfway to Pinhead-isation on their cover.
Daily News, Los Angeles, L.A. Life section - 14 October 1998
An interview with Clive as the Universal Horror Nights unleashes Freakz.
Doom - No 0, June 1995
The premiere issue of Peter Harald Zahn's German horror and fantasy magazine features a translated
version of a World of Fandom interview, with a great cover image of a relaxed Clive on
set with a doomed Nix cultist.
Doorways - No 6, Summer/Fall 2008
Presenting the full text of The Midnight Meat Train, Doorways gives Clive the cover page.
Eclipse Extra - 2-7 July 1991
The publicity newspaper for Eclipse rolled out a San Diego Comicon special in July 1991 with Clive in pole position to celebrate his signings there and the launch of Michael Brown's Pandemonium book. It featured a short interview with Clive alongside interview comments from Fred Burke and Dean Mullaney of Eclipse.
Entertainment Today - Vol XXXI No 6, 23-29 October 1998
Clive on the set of Freakz takes front cover billing to promote Universal's Halloween Horror Nights II, with an interview inside this California weekly.
ETC - Vol 11 No 34, 25 August 1995
Using the headline 'The Future of Horror is Queer' , ETC has an interview with Clive.
Evening Herald, Ireland - 8 September 1988
Arriving in Dublin to promote Weaveworld, Clive earns himself a cover slot alongside several disgruntled Irish Olympians... There's an interview inside.
Everybody's News, Issue 511, 3 - 9 July 1998
As Clive visits Cincinnati for a Galilee signing, the local alternative arts weekly runs this inventive cover to herald their interview inside.
Fantasy Zone - No 6, March 1990
A set visit to Pinewood halfway through principal photography
includes an interview with Clive.
Film Threat - No 19, 1989
JK Potter converts Clive into Pinhead for Film Threat's first Clive interview.
Film Review - March 1993
An interview with Clive as a photo from a Nightbreed set visit squeezes onto the front cover.
The Georgia Straight - 16-23 February 1990
An interview with Clive promoting Nightbreed and The Great and Secret Show had The Georgia Straight declare on its cover: 'In film, art and print, horror is his business...'
Hiatus - 1 March 1990
An interview with Clive during the tour for The Great and Secret Show appeared in this, the weekly supplement to the UCSD Guardian in San Diego' using a photo from the signing as its cover.
The Hollywood Reporter - 4-6 October 2002
An interview with Clive launching Abarat to Hollywood...
Horror Magazine - No 7, 1996
An interview with Clive as well as the transcript of his session at the World Horror Convention.
HX Magazine - No 338, 27 February 1998
Using what looks to be a photo from the same shoot as the one on Horror No 7, Clive is interviewed in this 'totally biased politically incorrect party paper'.
In Audio - Vol 4 No 7, July 1996
An interview with Clive on audiobook adaptations and his writing style.
Lambda Book Report - Vol.10, Issue 3, October 2001
Coldheart Canyon and the Abarat come under scrutiny in this interview.
The Learning Annex - January/February 1999
Promoting Clive's 20 February 1999 'Tapping Your Creative Energy & Imagination' seminar in San Francisco as part of The Learning Annex's ongoing programme.
Locus - No 299, December 1985
Now here's a cheesy early photo! Check out the Eighties
Miami-Vice-style jacket sleeves pushed up the arms, hmmm... This shot
of the big winners at the 1985 World Horror Convention is the only
Clive content in this one.
Locus - No 306, July 1986
Front page billing for news about Clive's upcoming projects and a single line of interview.
Locus - No 411, April 1995
What a difference a decade makes! The hair is slicked, the
shirt expensive - this is a man comfortable with his nineties image. Contains an interview with Clive.
Locus - No 529, March 2005
Yet another decade on and the worldwide success of Abarat spurs Locus to feature Clive and his work yet again. Few photos now show him without the backdrop of his painting, which has become the backbone of his written work. Contains a feature interview with Clive.
Los Angeles Times, 31 January 1990
The Los Angeles Times interviews Clive in its View section as The Great and Secret Show hits bookstores.
Los Angeles Times, 12 August 1995
Peering out from between Blue Vision and Toothman, the Los Angeles Times interviews Clive on his Laguna Beach art exhibition.
Lost Souls - September-December 2000
Containing a new interview with Clive from questions posed by the Lost Souls themselves, a demonic Clive scares away the faint of heart.
Lost Souls - April 2002
Carrying the trademark 'Confessions' interview with Clive, this (final) issue makes use of the stylish Mikiholo photo cover for the UK version of The Dark Fantastic.
Lost Souls - November 2002
A great cover for Demoriam's first Lost Souls e-zine in which there's a transcript of a signing tour Q&A and an interview from the HarperCollins Abarat website.
Marvel Age - No 126, July 1993
The Barkerverse is unveiled in this interview. Clive smiles on his creations like a benign God of the Razorline on the cover.
Midweek - 10 December 1992
A free London magazine containing a Clive interview.
Nexus - No 8, October 1988
The Journal of Imaginative Media reports an evening at the National Film Theatre as an interview and has Clive on the cover with Wes Craven.
The One - No 25, October 1990
With Clive squeezed down in the bottom right corner of the cover, this computer games magazine features a review of Ocean's two Night breed games and an interview with Clive.
The Orange County Register: Show, 18 October 1987
The Orange County Register interviews Clive on switching from Hellraiser to Weaveworld...
The Orange County Register: Show, 4 September 1991
The Orange County Register returns to interview Clive as Imajica is released.
Other Dimensions - No 1, Summer 1993
An interview with Clive in the debut issue of this Necronomicon Press magazine.
Outlook, No 13, December 1990 / January 1991
Clive gives an interview for the magazine which offers its readers "A new Outlook for a New Age".
Penny Blood, Issue 2, Spring 2005
An unusual blending of a promotional photograph of Clive with his portrait of Leeman Vol give this new horror magazine its cover art to herald an interview within.
Publishing News - 29 April 1988
Collins invested heavily and bought a wrap-around advertising cover to promote Weaveworld in this UK trade journal, featuring promotional material, photos and an interview with Clive ahead of the August 1988 release of the novel's paperback edition.
Rave Reviews - No 22, December 1989 / January 1990
A glowing review for The Great and Secret Show inside earns its author a cover slot.
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon - 12 May 1996
Section D of the Sunday newspaper in Eugene one May showed a smiling Clive during a signing at that weekend's World Horror Convention with short interview extracts.
The San Francisco Examiner - 23 July 1998
The Style section pictures the author as 'a magnet for the weird', photographed in San Francisco on the Galilee book tour alongside the paper's interview with Clive.
Science-Fiction Magazine - No 31, February 2003
This French magazine has possibly Clive's smallest ever cover appearance - look hard, he's there in glorious black and white between the "c" and the "i" of "Science" in the title. No, honestly. There's an interview from 2001 inside.
Screen Monsters - Special No 2, April 1993
This "Unauthorized" comic book is an illustrated biography written by Ron Rocket.
Screens - No 11, March 1988
A Hellbound set visit sees Clive interviewed as he fights for cover space with Dirty Dancing and Buckaroo Banzai.
Skeleton Crew - No 3/4, 1988
Artist Dave Carson has added silver tears to our copy of this. Contains an interview and a reprint of Son Of Celluloid in this double issue - as well as critical essays and an interview with the second female cenobite, Barbie Wilde.
Speakeasy - No 117, February 1991
John Bolton's artwork heralds interviews with Clive and with John Bolton himself.
Starlog, No 14, June 2001
Proclaiming that we should "Be very afraid - entering the mind of a horror legend", Starlog's UK edition put a (very small) new publicity shot on the cover to promote their 2001 interview.
That's Clive! - No 0
The German Clive Barker fanclub's inaugural publication.
That's Clive! - No 3
Another take on the 'Clive as Pinhead' theme for this Hellraiser themed issue.
That's Clive! - No 6
Well... we're not likely to see a horned Clive given the body of his own demon again any time soon!
That's Clive! - No 7, April 1998
The German Clive Barker fanclub featured Ken Meyer Jr.'s Imajica card to accompany their complete card list inside.
That's Clive! - Special No 1, March 1999
A special issue of the magazine of the German Clive Barker fanclub featuring contributions from members in the form of essays, stories and poetry.
This Week In Texas - 2-8 August 1996
Ahead of Clive's appearance in Dallas on the Sacrament signing tour, this Texas magazine featured an interview with Clive.
The Times, Weekend Section - 26 October 2002
Dwight Garner's 2002 interview from the New York Times gets a reprint in the UK, as the front page of the Weekend section. Clive lounges in a comfy chair surrounded by Abarat oils.
The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, California - 15 October 2000
As Harvest's maze took over Universal Studios for Halloween, 'The Many Faces Of Clive Barker' were showcased by The Tribune's Living section, alongside an interview with Clive.
Underscope - 1995
A 1995 interview graced by a smiling, successful author.
USA Today Weekend Supplement - 9-11 October 1987
Promoting his US Weaveworld signing tour, Clive swaps the trademark cigar for a cigarette as he muses the "28.3 million readers every weekend" about to read his interview.
USA Today Weekend Supplement, 24-26 June 1994
Back for the readers of USA Today, this time with Animal Life as short fiction.
Daily Variety - 9 February 1999
One February Tuesday in 1999, Variety gave Clive the bottom of the front page under the heading 'Scream Team Lined Up' to announce the then-planned American Horror franchise with New Line Cinema with a few short interview quotes.
Vidpix - Vol 3 No 2, August 1990
Celebrating the September 1990 US video release of Nightbreed, Clive and Oliver Parker as Peloquin announce an interview with Clive inside.
Village View, Los Angeles - Vol 4 No 27, 16 - 22 February 1990
Two photos of Clive, one directing Craig Sheffer and David Cronenberg on the set of Nightbreed, the other a black and white publicity shot. There's an interview with Clive inside.
The Weekly, San Diego - 3-9 March 2000
The bottom half of Clive's face adorns an interview on his obsessions...
Windy City Times - 9 January 2008
Clive's gallery show in Chicago is promoted with an interview in the voice of Chicago's GLBT community with Clive halfway down the left hand side of the cover.
Writer's Digest - March 1991
Looking nothing like a 'terror-master', Clive gives away tips in this interview.
Writer's Monthly, Vol 9 No 2, November 1992
The Imajica-era press photo gets star billing as Clive is interviewed for this UK writers' magazine.
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