With your dear brother, Tim, you created visual templates for so many of our favorite movies, books and games, with The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Clash of the Titans and Star Wars in the pop-cultural forefront.
Your solo ventures proved darn impressive, as well, and include awe-inspiring imagery for Dracula; Star Trek; Poe: Stories and Poems; Peter Pan; Robin Hood; The Phantom of the Opera; Alice in Wonderland; Peter Cottontail's Surprise; Christmas Treasury; Treasures of Chanukah; and Favorite Fairy Tales. In addition, there's your highly respected, tie-in work for Marvel, DC, Amazing Stories, Omni and Heavy Metal.
And let's not skip that wicked imagery you dealt for Black Sabbath's Mob Rules (aka "Crucifiers"), your influential, musical influence on Trans-Siberian Orchestra's captivating catalog, and all those super-sultry pin-ups you seduced us with through American Beauties' monthly views.
I can't tell you how many times I've stared at your work, whether in books or on posters tacked to my wall. The inspiration they've induced has been inexhaustible and because of that, appreciated far beyond what mere words can tell.
There's no question you were a maestro of magic, Mr. Hildebrant, an artist who'll go down with the great likes of Frazetta, Vallejo, Dallmeier, Rembrandt and DiVinci, and believe me, brother, that ain't too shabby!
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