70s Sci-Fi Art
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Clifford D. Simak, City, Four Square, 1965. Cover uncredited. Collection of stories written 1944-52 sometimes presented as a novel. #CliffordSimak #FourSquare
Frank Kelly Freas’ “Stargate,” the study for his June 1974 cover to Analog Science Fiction digest magazine
Trampler was just light years beyond most of the other early D&D artists. I remember this Dragon cover so well.
70s Sci-Fi Art@70sscifiart.bsky.social · 4d agoAt long last, my much anticipated art newsletter post on sci-fi frogs is here! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/frogs/ Artists credits: Terry Oakes, Dave Trampier, Hajime Sorayama, and Eddie Jones.
Exterior painting for Dungeon Masters Screen (1979) by Dave Trampier #D&DArt #D&D #Dungeons&Dragons #DaveTrampier #DungeonMastersScreen #TSR
1983: Dragon User Magazine Issue 06, page cover Full mag --> https://archive.org/stream/dragon-user-magazine-06#page/n0
Today's Classic Cover of the Day is Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany! The first edition of this science fiction novel about identity and linguistics was illustrated by Jerome Podwil
Here's the end of the 1953 EC Comics adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains," first published in Weird Fantasy #17.
Barry Smith's drawing of Bran Mak Morn looks like Miles Davis in the 1970s after some trad-jazz diehard has told him that this new funk direction is utter garbage.
A classic 1973 Bruce Pennington cover to ‘Children of Tomorrow,’ by A. E. van Vogt.
1977 poster for Queen's "News of the World.” Art by Kelly Freas.
Ray Bradbury’s 1950 story, “There Will Come Soft Rains”, starts with a household AI reminding its owners of their appointments. But nobody is listening; they have all been killed in a nuclear war.
Tim Kirk’s 1978 cover to "Heroes and Horrors," by Fritz Leiber
These frog illustrations were exactly what my Monday needed. Thanks, @70sscifiart.bsky.social
70s Sci-Fi Art@70sscifiart.bsky.social · 4d agoAt long last, my much anticipated art newsletter post on sci-fi frogs is here! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/frogs/ Artists credits: Terry Oakes, Dave Trampier, Hajime Sorayama, and Eddie Jones.
At long last, my much anticipated art newsletter post on sci-fi frogs is here! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/frogs/ Artists credits: Terry Oakes, Dave Trampier, Hajime Sorayama, and Eddie Jones.
Happy Sci-fi Cutaway Saturday, with this 1975 album art by Jean Claude Michel.
Jack Gaughan cover art for The Second War of the Worlds by George H. Smith 1976
Jack Gaughan’s 1965 cover to "The Maker of Universes," by Philip Jose Farmer
Tim White (1952 – 2020) left us much too early. I remember sci-fi book store shelves here in Australia in the late 1970s - early 80s were completely dominated by artists Chris Foss, Tim White and Peter Elson. I particularly loved White’s hyperrealistic style and vivid colour work (purple skies!)