The Big Sur by Gary Conway

Posted on 6 April 2023 by IANN

Among his many talents, Gary Conway is a superb artist and you can find many of his art pieces on Gary’s website. Below is a piece of art that Gary has shared with us from his latest Big Sur collection.

Gary Conway art from the Big Sur Recollections Collection

Below are links to PDFs that Gary has sent us to showcase some of his art. Feel free to download the PDFs and enjoy Gary’s stunning artwork. To see more of his work, take a trip to Gary Conway’s Website.

Gary Conway’s forty-year dream-journey gazing out upon the mesmerizing mountains of the Santa Lucias.

The Big Sur Collection One

When I first discovered the Big Sur region of Paso Robles in a crash landing it was soon realized that no place on earth possesses these purest and cleanest of colors and haunting hues surrounding the sharpest of horizons. Painting this phenomenon was inevitable – an artist’s paradise! Van Gogh would have truly lost his mind here!
Gary Conway

The Big Sur Collection Two

A trip to the cosmos by way of Big Sur.

The Big Sur Recollections – Current Works

Ever since I started painting at a very early age, I thought of art as more than the pursuit of the exquisite. Art is also a statement of societal values drawing on the power of nature’s beauty that ensures us a sense of life’s purpose.
Gary Conway

The Big Sur Recollections

Japanese Collectible Auctions

Posted on 25 September 2021 by IANN

A new set of Japanese Irwin Allen collectibles are being auctioned on 28th/29th September (US/UK time) on eBay. The auctions feature collectibles featuring all four of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series.

In Loving Memory – Deanna Lund, Our Valerie in Giantland

Posted on 25 June 2018 by IANN

Deanna Lund - Our Valerie in Giantland

It is heartbreaking to have to write the following words and to let you know that on Friday 22nd June 2018, our dear and beautiful friend Deanna Lund passed away. Our hearts go out to all her family and friends at this very sad time. We have promised that we will help to preserve her legacy through her website and beyond and friends and fans around the world are welcome to contribute through the Irwin Allen News Network (IANN) site.

The Land of the Giants cast have all been like family for everyone who has travelled in time with them over the past 50 years. In this 50th Anniversary year of Land of the Giants, this is an even greater loss as we all try to commemorate the show which brought us this inspiring actress, Deanna Lund.

Deanna’s long term fan organisation Friends of Deanna Lund, run by Dr. Fred Eichelman, has prepared a special obituary in Deanna’s memory for her website.

Deanna Lund Obituary

Valerie in Giantland

Posted on 21 February 2018 by IANN

Deanna Lund’s fan organisation Friends of Deanna Lund has just updated her 1992 novel Valerie in Giantland: Valerie Ames Scott’s Diary as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Land of the Giants. The revised book features a new colour cover and an epilogue chapter. Copies are available through Friends of Deanna Lund, at signings and through Amazon.

Rare Land of the Giants Zippo Lighter

Posted on 28 October 2017 by IANN

A rare Land of the Giants promotional lighter manufactured by Zippo is up for auction on eBay.com (eBay reference 182853932004). These lighters were given to cast and crew during early production of the series. The base is stamped with the official Zippo logo, and features the vertical line 4/3 date code stamp which corresponds with 1967, the first year of the show’s production.

Giant Furniture at the 2017 Ideal Home Show

Posted on 19 April 2017 by IANN

On a happier note, a visit to the 2017 Ideal Home Show at London Olympia proved that both giants and little people are catered for when it comes to furniture manufacturers.

Giant furniture at 2017 Ideal Home Show

Rodger E. Maus

Posted on 19 April 2017 by IANN

We have learned the very sad news that Emmy award winning and Oscar nominated Art Director and Production Designer Rodger E. Maus, who worked for many of Irwin Allen’s productions, passed away last month (16th March 2017) at the age of 84. You only have to browse around our site to see the results of his work, be it the design of the Lost in Space Space Pod or the sub-orbital spaceship, the Spindrift, from Land of the Giants.
Rodger E. Maus Space Pod and Spindrift blueprints

We were honoured to meet with Rodger Maus in 1992 in Los Angeles and he was a charming gentleman. Below is a photograph of Rodger reading our Land of the Giants 25th Anniversary Special.

Rodger E. Maus in 1992

Rodger Ernest Maus Obituary

Jon Abbott – Naked Pulp

Posted on 14 April 2017 by IANN

British author Jon Abbott has produced the first of a new print-on-demand zine called Naked Pulp and the first issue includes a feature on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. The zine is available through the UK Amazon.

Jon Abbott will also have articles in future issues of the returning sci-fi magazine Infinity including a feature on Land of the Giants in the second issue, due out in June.

Francine York Memorial Celebration

Posted on 29 March 2017 by IANN

A memorial to celebrate the life of actress Francine York (who passed away in January) is being held on Sunday 23rd April 2017 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood LA. If you would like to attend, please click the image below for a PDF flyer containing details of the event.

Click here or on image above for PDF of Francine’s Memorial Flyer

Francine York Memorial Celebration

Don Marshall

Posted on 1 November 2016 by IANN

Don Marshall in Land of the Giants

We learned today via Celeste Yarnall of the very sad news that actor Don Marshall passed away on Sunday evening at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Don had been due to attend a Land of the Giants reunion at Campbell Con over the weekend, but had to pull out due to a serious health issue, and this sudden news has been very shocking for fans around the world. We will pay tribute in the coming hours and days on the IANN Giants page and Giants Log site.

Don Marshall in Land of the Giants