A master draftsman whose intricate stippling brought cosmic light, strange planets, and supernatural figures to the pulps.
Finlay entered professional illustration through Weird Tales and worked across fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
His labor-intensive pen technique produced tonal depth that seemed almost impossible on inexpensive pulp paper.
Why the work endures
Finlay proved that mass-market speculative illustration could possess astonishing delicacy and technical ambition.