Dani Lane
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| Name: | Dani Lane |
| Alias(es): | Dani |
| Type: | Fan Artist, Fan Writer |
| Fandoms: | The Professionals, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford, Star Trek, Highlander, Blake's 7, Miami Vice |
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Dani Lane was a prolific fan artist, as well as a writer, whose work appeared in a number of print fanzines.
Lane tied with KOZ for the 1991 Fan Q Award as Miami Vice Best Artist.
Fan Comments
I think Dani Lane is the finest illustrator in B7 fandom, but I’ve already told her that—some of her illos are pure genius." [1]
Dani is great — her work is always fluid in style. [2]
Zine Contributions
- Adventure... Plus
- Alliance
- Between Friends
- British Takeaway
- Bloodstripe
- Brothers in Arms
- The Brothers File
- Catalyst! Collected
- Celebration
- Chalk and Cheese
- Choice Parts
- Circle of Light
- The Compleat Encyclopedia of Star Trek The Next Generation
- Crockett-Dial
- Dead Reckoning
- Destiny
- Different Destinies
- Don't Give Up On Us
- Dynamite and a Torch
- Eclectic
- Eclipse
- The Equalizer Report
- Far Realms
- Field Studies
- Flip of a Coin
- From a Certain Point of View
- Game of Humanity
- Invictus
- Just Deserts
- Just a Couple of Jokers
- Last Stand at the Edge of the World
- Late Night
- Magnificent Seven
- Millennium
- Mistaken Identity
- Mixed Doubles
- Moonlight and Mists
- My Vice
- Never Say Die
- New Horizons
- On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah
- Probability Square
- Power
- Pursuit of the Nashtah
- Remote Control
- Renewal
- Resurrection
- Sanity Maintenance
- Shadow at the Edge
- Shadowstar
- Shooting Star
- So Speaks the Hero
- Something... Unfriendly
- Southern Comfort
- Southern Seven
- Southern Knights
- Space Oddity
- Splinters of Light
- Starlines
- StarQuest
- Starship Britannica
- Straight Shooting
- To the Fullest X-Tent
- A Tremor in the Force
- Vice & Things
- Whatever Works
- The Who Do We Trust Times
- The Wookiee Commode
- Xenozine
- You Could Use a Good Kiss
Sample Art
1984
![from Circle of Light #1, the "The Crude Dude Art Portfolio": "A centerfold? Aww, c'mon ed[itor], Sweetheart! I feel ridiculous... and think about Luke. Poor kid's probably dying of embarrassment, right Luke?.... Luke?" (Star Wars)](/w/images/thumb/f/f1/Circleoflight1-19.jpg/180px-Circleoflight1-19.jpg)
from Circle of Light #1, the "The Crude Dude Art Portfolio": "A centerfold? Aww, c'mon ed[itor], Sweetheart! I feel ridiculous... and think about Luke. Poor kid's probably dying of embarrassment, right Luke?.... Luke?" (Star Wars)
![from Far Realms #6 for the story, "Conscience" -- "Dani Lane's illos... are full and well-chosen. Her perspective and composition are excellent, and she provides vivid renditions of various scenes." [3] (Star Wars)](/w/images/thumb/0/06/Farrealms6-12.jpg/180px-Farrealms6-12.jpg)
from Far Realms #6 for the story, "Conscience" -- "Dani Lane's illos... are full and well-chosen. Her perspective and composition are excellent, and she provides vivid renditions of various scenes." [3] (Star Wars)
from Flip of a Coin #3 (Heroes)
from Flip of a Coin #4/5 (Star Wars)
![from Flip of a Coin #4/5, reprinted in [[You Could Use Another Good Kiss] #2 -- "I like Dani's art, too. It's not as polished as Wanda's, but Dani's style works very well in her own stories and in others. She is a very promising illustrator." [4] (Star Wars)](/w/images/thumb/e/e3/Flip4-5-21.jpg/180px-Flip4-5-21.jpg)
from Flip of a Coin #4/5, reprinted in [[You Could Use Another Good Kiss] #2 -- "I like Dani's art, too. It's not as polished as Wanda's, but Dani's style works very well in her own stories and in others. She is a very promising illustrator." [4] (Star Wars)
![from Circle of Light #1, the "The Crude Dude Art Portfolio": "A centerfold? Aww, c'mon ed[itor], Sweetheart! I feel ridiculous... and think about Luke. Poor kid's probably dying of embarrassment, right Luke?.... Luke?" (Star Wars)](/wiki/File:Circleoflight1-19.jpg)
![from Far Realms #6 for the story, "Conscience" -- "Dani Lane's illos... are full and well-chosen. Her perspective and composition are excellent, and she provides vivid renditions of various scenes." [3] (Star Wars)](/wiki/File:Farrealms6-12.jpg)
![from Flip of a Coin #4/5, reprinted in [[You Could Use Another Good Kiss] #2 -- "I like Dani's art, too. It's not as polished as Wanda's, but Dani's style works very well in her own stories and in others. She is a very promising illustrator." [4] (Star Wars)](/wiki/File:Flip4-5-21.jpg)
1985
from The Wookiee Commode #2 (Star Wars)
from On a Clear Day You Can See Dagobah #1 (Star Wars)
from Just Deserts #1 (Rat Patrol)
from From a Certain Point of View #1 (Star Wars)
from Flip of a Coin #6 (Star Wars)
![from Flip of a Coin #6 -- "Being stuck in a seven-to-six job in a morning person's world, this little item certainly cheered me up! Good humor in this fantasy any Corellian-loving lady would love to come true! Loved that Han Solo romance novel drawing by Dani. It's a delight! As is the cut of Han's shirt and the look in his eyes!" [5] (Star Wars)](/w/images/thumb/2/29/Flip6-8.jpg/180px-Flip6-8.jpg)
from Flip of a Coin #6 -- "Being stuck in a seven-to-six job in a morning person's world, this little item certainly cheered me up! Good humor in this fantasy any Corellian-loving lady would love to come true! Loved that Han Solo romance novel drawing by Dani. It's a delight! As is the cut of Han's shirt and the look in his eyes!" [5] (Star Wars)
from Flip of a Coin #7 (Star Wars)
![from Far Realms #7 -- "I think the illo of Luke trying to help Jeni is very well done, there is something about its size and placement that bothers me. Considering the importance of the scene, Vader's first attack on Jeni, to the story and proposed series, I should think it would deserve more attention. It was puny in comparison to the full-page illo of the happy siblings dumping their mean old uncle." [6] (Star Wars)](/w/images/thumb/0/0d/Farrealms7-31.jpg/180px-Farrealms7-31.jpg)
from Far Realms #7 -- "I think the illo of Luke trying to help Jeni is very well done, there is something about its size and placement that bothers me. Considering the importance of the scene, Vader's first attack on Jeni, to the story and proposed series, I should think it would deserve more attention. It was puny in comparison to the full-page illo of the happy siblings dumping their mean old uncle." [6] (Star Wars)
from Far Realms #7, the characters in the Brightstar Universe (Star Wars)
from Far Realms #7, the characters from the Catalyst! Universe (Star Wars)
from Between Friends #10: "When summer's a bust, in what do we trust? Me and Thee, and a tall iced tea." (Starsky & Hutch)
from Adventure... Plus for the story, "Minnesota Homecoming" by Ellen Farris, in which Hutch tells Starsky about the joys of Duluth (called "Deluth" in the story!) (Starsky & Hutch)
![from A Tremor in the Force #2 -- "Thanks must also go to Dani Lane. Can you believe the work she put into all those illos? I was so thrilled by them, and could not have wished for a better result. Dani has somehow captured exactly the feel to match the story; I keep coming back to that Han and Leia on page 158. This was my favorite part of the story and it's my favorite illo too. The look in Han's eyes, the way they are wrapped in each other's arms is precisely how I envisioned it, and this without any extra communication between Dani and I. You can't ask more of an artist than that they see, and depict, something exactly as it is in your mind's eye. I am greatly in your debt for the care you took with this work, Dani." [7] (Star Wars)](/w/images/thumb/1/12/Tremor2-13.jpg/180px-Tremor2-13.jpg)
from A Tremor in the Force #2 -- "Thanks must also go to Dani Lane. Can you believe the work she put into all those illos? I was so thrilled by them, and could not have wished for a better result. Dani has somehow captured exactly the feel to match the story; I keep coming back to that Han and Leia on page 158. This was my favorite part of the story and it's my favorite illo too. The look in Han's eyes, the way they are wrapped in each other's arms is precisely how I envisioned it, and this without any extra communication between Dani and I. You can't ask more of an artist than that they see, and depict, something exactly as it is in your mind's eye. I am greatly in your debt for the care you took with this work, Dani." [7] (Star Wars)
from A Tremor in the Force #2 (Star Wars)
from A Tremor in the Force #2 (Star Wars)
from A Tremor in the Force #2 (Star Wars)
from A Tremor in the Force #2 (Star Wars)
![from Flip of a Coin #6 -- "Being stuck in a seven-to-six job in a morning person's world, this little item certainly cheered me up! Good humor in this fantasy any Corellian-loving lady would love to come true! Loved that Han Solo romance novel drawing by Dani. It's a delight! As is the cut of Han's shirt and the look in his eyes!" [5] (Star Wars)](/wiki/File:Flip6-8.jpg)
![from Far Realms #7 -- "I think the illo of Luke trying to help Jeni is very well done, there is something about its size and placement that bothers me. Considering the importance of the scene, Vader's first attack on Jeni, to the story and proposed series, I should think it would deserve more attention. It was puny in comparison to the full-page illo of the happy siblings dumping their mean old uncle." [6] (Star Wars)](/wiki/File:Farrealms7-31.jpg)
![from A Tremor in the Force #2 -- "Thanks must also go to Dani Lane. Can you believe the work she put into all those illos? I was so thrilled by them, and could not have wished for a better result. Dani has somehow captured exactly the feel to match the story; I keep coming back to that Han and Leia on page 158. This was my favorite part of the story and it's my favorite illo too. The look in Han's eyes, the way they are wrapped in each other's arms is precisely how I envisioned it, and this without any extra communication between Dani and I. You can't ask more of an artist than that they see, and depict, something exactly as it is in your mind's eye. I am greatly in your debt for the care you took with this work, Dani." [7] (Star Wars)](/wiki/File:Tremor2-13.jpg)
1986
from Shadowstar #23, for "Ultraworld: Tarrant" (Blake's 7)
from From a Certain Point of View #2 (Star Wars)
from From a Certain Point of View #2 (Star Wars)
from From a Certain Point of View #2 (Star Wars)
from Far Realms #8 (Star Wars)
from Dynamite and a Torch, one of the unique half-page illos combined with a caption (Starsky & Hutch)
from The Who Do We Trust Times #2 (Starsky & Hutch)
![from Don't Give Up On Us #2 -- "I've always enjoyed Dani's art & would like to thank & congratulate her on her contributions. She has that gift for producing illos which are original. I mean they are not simply based on stills or photos. And I don't mean that I don't like the artwork based on the latter - some of it is wonderful, some of the best art that S&H fandom has produced. But when you see some illo which you have not seen before in a photo, it is especially interesting." [8] (Starsky & Hutch)](/w/images/thumb/f/f6/Dont2-6.jpg/180px-Dont2-6.jpg)
from Don't Give Up On Us #2 -- "I've always enjoyed Dani's art & would like to thank & congratulate her on her contributions. She has that gift for producing illos which are original. I mean they are not simply based on stills or photos. And I don't mean that I don't like the artwork based on the latter - some of it is wonderful, some of the best art that S&H fandom has produced. But when you see some illo which you have not seen before in a photo, it is especially interesting." [8] (Starsky & Hutch)
from Don't Give Up On Us #2 (Starsky & Hutch)
from Southern Seven #1 (Blake's 7)
from Southern Seven #1 (Blake's 7)
from Dead Reckoning #1 (The Professionals)
from The Wookiee Commode #3 (Star Wars)
from The Wookiee Commode #3 (Star Wars)
from The Wookiee Commode #3 (Star Wars)
from Circle of Light #3
![from Don't Give Up On Us #2 -- "I've always enjoyed Dani's art & would like to thank & congratulate her on her contributions. She has that gift for producing illos which are original. I mean they are not simply based on stills or photos. And I don't mean that I don't like the artwork based on the latter - some of it is wonderful, some of the best art that S&H fandom has produced. But when you see some illo which you have not seen before in a photo, it is especially interesting." [8] (Starsky & Hutch)](/wiki/File:Dont2-6.jpg)
1987
from The Wookiee Commode #4 (Star Wars)
![from The Wookiee Commode #5 -- "Dani is one of the first illoers I ever saw in print, and I have always enjoyed her work. She's good with her emotional responses of the characters, and good with backgrounds, too." [9] (Star Wars)](/w/images/thumb/b/b2/Wookiecom5-16.jpg/180px-Wookiecom5-16.jpg)
from The Wookiee Commode #5 -- "Dani is one of the first illoers I ever saw in print, and I have always enjoyed her work. She's good with her emotional responses of the characters, and good with backgrounds, too." [9] (Star Wars)
from Space Oddity #1 (Blake's 7)
![from Space Oddity #1 (Blake's 7) -- "There are wonderful illos by Dani Lane (an artist I greatly admire), showing Avon's body with Tarrant's mannerisms and vice versa. I think she's especially good with body language." [10]](/w/images/thumb/8/82/Spaceoddity1-9.jpg/180px-Spaceoddity1-9.jpg)
from Space Oddity #1 (Blake's 7) -- "There are wonderful illos by Dani Lane (an artist I greatly admire), showing Avon's body with Tarrant's mannerisms and vice versa. I think she's especially good with body language." [10]
from Southern Comfort #3 (Bruce Springsteen)
from Mixed Doubles #11 (The Professionals)
from From a Certain Point of View #3 (Star Wars)
from From a Certain Point of View #3 (Star Wars)
from Choice Parts #1: "Luke? About that speeder bike ride you took Leia on...?" (Star Wars)
from British Takeaway #2 (The Professionals)
from My Vice (Miami Vice)
from Southern Seven #2 (Blake's 7)
![from Southern Seven #2 -- "(and the drawing of Avon in long hair and cape is supposed to look like Parl Dro, right? [Editor: Actually, we call that particular Dani drawing "Lethal Avon" as in Mel Gibson ala "Lethal Weapon".]" [11] (Blake's 7)](/w/images/thumb/2/24/Southernseven2-16.jpg/180px-Southernseven2-16.jpg)
from Southern Seven #2 -- "(and the drawing of Avon in long hair and cape is supposed to look like Parl Dro, right? [Editor: Actually, we call that particular Dani drawing "Lethal Avon" as in Mel Gibson ala "Lethal Weapon".]" [11] (Blake's 7)
from Magnificent Seven #4 (Blake's 7)
from Brothers in Arms #1, Rick and A.J. Simon on the beach (Simon & Simon)
![from The Wookiee Commode #5 -- "Dani is one of the first illoers I ever saw in print, and I have always enjoyed her work. She's good with her emotional responses of the characters, and good with backgrounds, too." [9] (Star Wars)](/wiki/File:Wookiecom5-16.jpg)
![from Space Oddity #1 (Blake's 7) -- "There are wonderful illos by Dani Lane (an artist I greatly admire), showing Avon's body with Tarrant's mannerisms and vice versa. I think she's especially good with body language." [10]](/wiki/File:Spaceoddity1-9.jpg)
![from Southern Seven #2 -- "(and the drawing of Avon in long hair and cape is supposed to look like Parl Dro, right? [Editor: Actually, we call that particular Dani drawing "Lethal Avon" as in Mel Gibson ala "Lethal Weapon".]" [11] (Blake's 7)](/wiki/File:Southernseven2-16.jpg)
1988
![from Southern Seven #3 -- "Dani Lane's illos for "Golden Lady" show how well she can create a recognizable character with a few lines." [12] (Blake's 7)](/w/images/thumb/d/d0/Southernseven3-16.jpg/180px-Southernseven3-16.jpg)
from Southern Seven #3 -- "Dani Lane's illos for "Golden Lady" show how well she can create a recognizable character with a few lines." [12] (Blake's 7)
![from Southern Seven #4 -- "Her illos far the PHOENIX PROJECT installment were another feather in her cap.... nekkid Mel Gibson on 277 (get out of the way, Blake!)... particular standouts." [13] "PHOENIX PROJECT was very well done, and it was nice to see Dani Lane's artwork again. Was the art done before she'd decided to take a hiatus, or can we look forward to seeing more of her work? Hope it's the latter!" [14] (Blake's 7)](/w/images/thumb/1/13/Southernseven4-16.jpg/180px-Southernseven4-16.jpg)
from Southern Seven #4 -- "Her illos far the PHOENIX PROJECT installment were another feather in her cap.... nekkid Mel Gibson on 277 (get out of the way, Blake!)... particular standouts." [13]
"PHOENIX PROJECT was very well done, and it was nice to see Dani Lane's artwork again. Was the art done before she'd decided to take a hiatus, or can we look forward to seeing more of her work? Hope it's the latter!" [14] (Blake's 7)
from Something... Unfriendly #1 (Blake's 7)
from StarQuest -- "Dani Lanes's virtuoso pen and ink renderings are a zined's dream. Clean, clear, exciting; and best of all, hard to screw up in the reproduction process."
![from Southern Seven #3 -- "Dani Lane's illos for "Golden Lady" show how well she can create a recognizable character with a few lines." [12] (Blake's 7)](/wiki/File:Southernseven3-16.jpg)
![from Southern Seven #4 -- "Her illos far the PHOENIX PROJECT installment were another feather in her cap.... nekkid Mel Gibson on 277 (get out of the way, Blake!)... particular standouts." [13] "PHOENIX PROJECT was very well done, and it was nice to see Dani Lane's artwork again. Was the art done before she'd decided to take a hiatus, or can we look forward to seeing more of her work? Hope it's the latter!" [14] (Blake's 7)](/wiki/File:Southernseven4-16.jpg)
1989
1990
from The Equalizer Report #2 (The Equalizer)
![from Chalk and Cheese #7 -- "Dani did a marvelous job on Cowley. She is getting so good and has improved so much since I've been cognizant of her work." [15] (The Professionals)](/w/images/thumb/f/f1/Chalkseven.jpg/180px-Chalkseven.jpg)
from Chalk and Cheese #7 -- "Dani did a marvelous job on Cowley. She is getting so good and has improved so much since I've been cognizant of her work." [15] (The Professionals)
![from Chalk and Cheese #7 -- "Dani did a marvelous job on Cowley. She is getting so good and has improved so much since I've been cognizant of her work." [15] (The Professionals)](/wiki/File:Chalkseven.jpg)
1991
from British Takeaway #5, for "Home for Christmas" (The Professionals)
from British Takeaway #5, for "Home for Christmas" (The Professionals)
from British Takeaway #5, for "Home for Christmas" (The Professionals)
from Remote Control #1 (Miami Vice)
from Remote Control #1 (Alien Nation)
from Remote Control #1 (The Professionals)
from Remote Control #1 (The Professionals)
1994
from Pursuit of the Nashtah (Star Wars)
from Pursuit of the Nashtah (Star Wars)
1996
from To the Fullest X-Tent #2 (The X-Files)
1999
from Renewal (Star Trek: TOS)
from Renewal (Star Trek: TOS)
2003
2004
from Resurrection (Star Wars)
![from Millennium #2 -- "I love Dani's fluid pen work as well in the LOTR story. More than just a head shot, these were illustrations specifically for that story — nice to see!" [16] (Lord of the Rings)](/w/images/thumb/4/4b/Millen2-12.jpg/180px-Millen2-12.jpg)
from Millennium #2 -- "I love Dani's fluid pen work as well in the LOTR story. More than just a head shot, these were illustrations specifically for that story — nice to see!" [16] (Lord of the Rings)
![from Millennium #2 -- "I love Dani's fluid pen work as well in the LOTR story. More than just a head shot, these were illustrations specifically for that story — nice to see!" [16] (Lord of the Rings)](/wiki/File:Millen2-12.jpg)
References
- ^ from a letter of comment in Southern Seven #3
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Southern Seven" #2
- ^ from from Southern Enclave #7
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Flip of a Coin" #6
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Flip of a Coin" #7
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Far Realms" #8
- ^ from a letter of comment in "A Tremor in the Force" #3
- ^ from a letter of comment by Tabby Davis
- ^ from a letter of comment in "The Wookiee Commode" #7
- ^ by Sarah Thompson at Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 site
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Southern Seven" #3
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Southern Seven" #4
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Southern Seven" #4
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Southern Seven" #4
- ^ from an LoC in "Chalk and Cheese" #8
- ^ from a letter of comment by L.C. Wells in "Millennium" #3