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ALICE art by French illustrator/filmmaker/artist/etc, etc, Roland Topor (1938-1997).
Death is at it again. Illustrations from THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH, VOL. 1 (1815) by Thomas Rowlandson.
Evocative—and ambitiously cinematic—ATARI 2600 box art, in that typical Atari house style: a dreamy montage using sketchy pencil lines, acrylic, gouache, and maybe oils.
My favorite has always been that third one, for BASIC PROGRAMMING (1979): the programmer as a God.
I’ve mentioned Once Upon a Time… being an early sci-fi influence on me—another one was BATTLE OF THE PLANETS (1978).
It was sort of a neutered version of Gatchaman. The villain, Zoltar, was sinister—but even scarier was The Spirit, with whom he sometimes conferred. Nightmares.
STAR WARS poster designs by Dan Goozee, featuring Leia’s shiny legs. 1977.
Il était une fois l’espace (Once Upon a Time… Space) was a French animated sci-fi show from 1982, and one of my first TV memories. It had an educational side: it explained concepts such as the rings of Saturn, or black holes. I was too young to understand—but not to listen.
Models and concept art, plus one still, of The Sorceress, from MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. I found her intriguing as a kid. In the mini-comics, she was a completely different character. She didn’t have an action figure until much later—as if she couldn’t be captured in plastic.