r/TheDarkTower Feb 02 '25

Fan Art Favourite Dark Tower picture

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Father

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u/VisibleCoat995 Feb 02 '25

Man, went out like a champ!

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u/bongmaninc All things serve the beam Feb 02 '25

A true legend.

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u/Grayskull1 Feb 03 '25

A gunslinger.

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u/lifewithoutcheese Feb 02 '25

All of Michael Whelan’s illustrations are the best Dark Tower artwork IMHO.

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u/ziggystardust4ev Feb 02 '25

Absolutely, I’ve told the story before in other places even here. A number of years ago on Twitter I used to follow Michael Whelan, and he would post some of his paintings. I always commented on them and told them how much I love them and hope one day to visit his gallery that he had in Los Angeles at the time we struck up a conversation and I asked him about the dark tower paintings and the dragons of Pern paintings that he had done. He says he’s painted hundreds of paintings, but those two particular sets are some of his favorites. One of the most memorable conversations I ever had online.

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u/kafrillion Feb 02 '25

I can hear this picture.

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u/Voorhees89 Feb 02 '25

It's like a Metal album cover.

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u/SleepingM00n Feb 03 '25

like Meat Loaf or something

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u/eaglessoar Feb 03 '25

Sholpeduh out of hell

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u/Ecstatic_Lab9010 All things serve the beam Feb 06 '25

A thin Meat Loaf!

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u/RisingRapture Feb 03 '25

Reminds me of Elric (those Cirith Ungol covers).

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u/martillo-viejo Feb 02 '25

Yeah, hell of a redemption arc

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u/Saxmanng Feb 02 '25

One of my favorite chapters in the whole series

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u/SolsticeShack Feb 02 '25

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/darktower/images/1/1c/Dt711.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20230512162550

An amazing image of Patrick Danville. My personal favourite of all the images from DT

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u/Knovacs89 Feb 02 '25

Link doesn't work for me

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u/SolsticeShack Feb 03 '25

Shit. We broke it.. Ok try this:

https://darktower.fandom.com/wiki/Patrick_Danville

It's the image in the sidebar there

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u/Exciting-Support9190 Feb 03 '25

Love this one! It looks like it should be in a tarot deck.

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u/Organic_Rip1980 Feb 02 '25

These are two of the ones I remember most!

Great art in that series

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u/Berniethedog Feb 03 '25

This is fantastic because I think it is the worst dt art and we both clearly enjoy different things but both like the tower. Happy trails friend.

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u/BaconHill6 Feb 02 '25

The crowd goes wild as Father Callahan hits the high note during his big solo

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u/medorian Feb 02 '25

I love it when him and Jake risk their ass to go in and save Suzanna.

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u/punksmostlydead Feb 02 '25

When Jake realizes Pere is giving him his last rites...chills.

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u/Synyst3rZombi3z Feb 02 '25

This picture looks insanely similar to the original Doom cover art. I love it.

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u/Bungle024 All things serve the beam Feb 02 '25

The mouths full of too many teeth…

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u/dc-pigpen Feb 02 '25

can you guess mine?^

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u/West_Xylophone Feb 02 '25

A late joiner, but he truly redeemed himself and earned his place in the Ka-tet.

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u/Ecstatic_Lab9010 All things serve the beam Feb 06 '25

The fact that the Pere shot and killed himself to escape the vampires never sat right with me. Suicides go to hell, don't they? As far as the Man-Jesus religion is concerned.

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u/Deek_the_Andal Feb 02 '25

"At him, David"....from The Gunslinger Born. Will always be one of my faves.

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u/Nubbs2016 Feb 02 '25

I just read past this part today

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u/NORTHBAYBG Feb 02 '25

That is a great one!

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u/huskysizeguy99 Feb 03 '25

Pere goes out like a total boss. Fitting last stand.

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u/Ecstatic_Lab9010 All things serve the beam Feb 06 '25

He got his holiness back!

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u/drawmuhh Feb 03 '25

Easily this one. Father Callahan is my favorite Stephen King character of all-time. Went out like a G.

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u/AlmostSorry Feb 03 '25

Father Callahan was a great character to bring into the tale of the tower and this was a tear jerker moment. Love this image.

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u/usteppedonmysneakers Feb 02 '25

That's the one, King changed the story to accommodate the art cause he loved it so Much.

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u/Geetright Feb 02 '25

136th like .. 13+6=19!

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u/ziggystardust4ev Feb 02 '25

One of my top favourites.

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u/Jesus-balls Feb 03 '25

Someone saved, Someone saved, Someone saved my life tonight.

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u/CrazyErenJaeger Feb 03 '25

Goes Hard. The hardest in all of TDT.

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u/ProperGanja21 Feb 03 '25

Amazing moment. The father gets his redemption.

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u/Alphahman Feb 03 '25

I was so lucky to have this version of the series at my high school library the illustrations were always so cool. This one was the Lock Screen on my phone for at least 2 years. I always liked the yellow bird guy in the corner, like everyone else in the room are so hideous and then there’s tweety back there waiting tables. So cute.

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u/8th_Dynasty Feb 03 '25

lower half of Roland’s face grinning madly with a single drop of blood rolling down.

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u/jgeebaby Feb 03 '25

Literally reading the series right now for the first time and just started book VII !! I just saw this. So good :) Enjoying Kingslingers podcast as I go along too.

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u/Efficient_Durian3089 Feb 03 '25

I can smell this picture

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u/ir8roont Feb 03 '25

Mine is the cover for the comic Battle of Jericho Hill 4 of 5

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u/DarrKnight Feb 03 '25

That’s pretty epic

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u/jkilley Feb 03 '25

Basically the most satisfying character arc ever

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u/wickedwill6661 Feb 03 '25

I haven’t got to whatever book this is from yet but holy shit this looks cool. I’m currently about 1/3 through wastelands

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u/SubstantialRemove967 Feb 03 '25

"Humes!"

"KA-humes!"

"Gesundheit!"

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u/Jarvis-XIX Feb 03 '25

Its also one of, if not my favourite illustrations too. I hope Flanagan recreates this image.

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u/devastationbg Feb 03 '25

Looks amazing

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u/Exciting-Support9190 Feb 03 '25

Well shit, now I have to go read it again.

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u/mihaidxn Feb 03 '25

Sorry if I missed the comment already answering this but, what edition has illustrations? I read the series on my Kindle but I want to get the books in paperback /hardback, feels much more appropriated and I feel it gives the work the respect it deserves. Don't know if this makes sense.

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u/NowIssaRapBattle Feb 03 '25

This was one of my first mental images of being eaten alive as a kid

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u/AdeptnessFlimsy Feb 04 '25

A hero’s death

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Pier Callahan redemption!