Just reading a random Wikipedia entry about Skylab and learned that the first mission patch was designed by #scifi artist Kelly Freas. Who knew? https://t.co/5cAHxVcRYp
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I have a seafood allergy so I can definitely relate to this July 1957 Fantastic magazine cover painted by Leo Summers that depicts a giant lobster bothering a sunbather on the beach. https://t.co/O9SIxBi7YV
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Is this woman really big or the spaceship really small? In either case, I suppose that means the magazine is well named – Fantastic!
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Ed Emshwiller, or Ed Emsh as he was often called, was one of the giants of science fiction illustration from the 1950s to the 1970s. This June 1958 cover of Infinity (The Magazine of Tomorrowness) is just one example of his many fine illustrations. instagr.am/p/CA-__B-ArKh/
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Admiring this Rudolph Belarski cover of the Winter 1944 edition of Thrilling Wonder Tales and I noticed the byline of Ross Rocklynne. While he’s not one of the A-listers from science fiction’s Golden Age, I can say that every one of his stories that I’ve read was thoroughly enjoyable.
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No artist is credited for the cover of the January 1954 issue of Startling Stories. As I look at it, I’m just wondering why all the men have spacesuits, but the woman doesn’t. It’s a pretty common sight in the cover art of the era and it makes absolutely no sense.
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I only know Ed Emshwiller as a #scifi #pulp #artist, but apparently he was also something of an experimental filmmaker. https://t.co/IbCO2mOYqB
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If the cover of the Summer 1950 issue of Fantastic Story Quarterly looks familiar, it’s because the Earle Bergey painting was also used for the cover of the Winter 1946 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories.
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The gorgeous cover of this June 1951 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories is by none other than the prolific and talented Earle Bergey. https://t.co/odjvmyVpCa
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I always wondered how the women on these covers don’t need spacesuits. This lovely example of this paradox is by the prolific pulp artist Lawrence Stevens which graced the April 1949 cover of Super Science Stories. You can download a copy of the magazine at https://archive.org/details/Super_Science_Stories_v05n02_1949-04.
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Wish I could figure out what’s happening in this illustration from the cover of a 1947 issue of Startling Stories! https://t.co/oLTBc
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Kay Rogers didn’t have many short story credits to her name, but Letter to a Tiger was the cover story for this October 1953 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction with art by the incomparable Emsh. https://t.co/3Gi9sS5E5U
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The memorable artwork of the legendary Norman Saunders graces the cover of this April–May 1939 issue of forgotten pulp magazine Marvel Science Stories.
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Need a cover for your next space opera book? Give the Space Opera Cover Maker a spin! https://t.co/fUlpPGPi5f
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Learn about the Force behind the most iconic image in #scifi cinema. https://t.co/D7Kxw4Gyef
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For 365 days this year, this blog will feature a different woman who appears in the Star Wars univrese. https://t.co/a4QKa7pz7L
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Read all about the art of #space #art. https://t.co/fo4vO8Vm1x
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Art once fueled interest in space exploration, but not so much anymore. https://t.co/WTq0yxj2bS
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Nine oil paintings by renowned space artist Chesley Bonestell fetched a combined $135,000 at auction. http://t.co/yS5Pa2KlVh
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Are these the 7 best book cover designs in classic science fiction? Personally, I've never even seen any of them before. They all look like British editions. http://t.co/ZUjZO2Vhr8
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Artists make space art using food supplies. http://t.co/SLoboiiN17
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Jupiter Ascending may not be very good, but the movie certainly looked great and it started with the concept art. http://t.co/pcvimYPde2
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Everyone knows the dogs playing poker painting. How about dogs playing D&D? That's more like it! http://t.co/4pyulS9eeN
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These images of Communist life in space as imagined by Soviets don't look too different from the Western ones. http://t.co/G1Y8kuFEJb
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Lazarus
I remember one of the earlier Omni magazines I read had a feature spread on some Russian artist whose space art just blew me away. Comparable to Chesley Bonestell. I think his name was Sokolov (or something like it) although Google is failing me now. (Looking at the art Google culls for Sokolov looks kinda like the art I recall, but not quite.) May have to dig into that Omni internet archive. Once again I wish I had kept my Omni mags.
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Lazarus
Found it. 🙂
May 1979 issue:
http://archive.org/stream/omni-magazine-1979-05/-
Capt. Xerox
Nice find. I also loved Omni and remember buying the first issue when it hit the newsstands and I bought it religiously for many years. Of course, they’re all long gone, although I did buy an issue at a used book store not that long ago because it contained the first published story by William Gibson.
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Lazarus
I remember the TV ads announcing the magazine launch! Did not buy the first few issues but when I finally did, I too bought them for years. But I do remember it slowly deteriorating towards the end. But for a while there it was simply amazing. The fiction, the art, the tech, the bios, the ‘weird’, and of course the brain teasers. So many awesome articles I can still recall today.
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If Star Wars was a story set in a 1980s high school, it would look something like this: http://t.co/DrU3Fvp821
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My high school years were in the 70s, but the archetypes of the nerds and jocks still resonated with me. It would be great if someone turned this into an animated feature!
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Lazarus
Pretty cool. I like how they replaced the Millenium Falcon with a Z-28 Camaro sporting the eagle hood emblem. Spot on eighties (at least in the neighborhood I lived)!
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Jeffrey Allan Boman
The Nerd-droids really cracked me up, as does Coach Yoda. 🙂
They use something here that many (including me)gree on: Han shot first.
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