Cover art for the July 1950 issue of 'Fantastic Novels' magazine
Showing posts with label Fantastic Novels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantastic Novels. Show all posts
Monday, May 04, 2020
#ArtOfTheDay: 'Earth's Last Citadel' by Lawrence Sterne Stevens
'Earth's Last Citadel' by Lawrence Sterne Stevens.
Cover art for the July 1950 issue of 'Fantastic Novels' magazine
Cover art for the July 1950 issue of 'Fantastic Novels' magazine
Monday, January 13, 2014
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Cover Art: Lawrence Sterne Stevens
Continuing my look at the weird and wonderful cover art of the vintage Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror pulp magazines and paperback books. This week, the art of Lawrence Sterne Stevens.
If you love vintage pulp cover art too, visit Pulp Covers and Galactic Central for lots more.
If you love vintage pulp cover art too, visit Pulp Covers and Galactic Central for lots more.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Cover Art: Virgil Finlay
I love the illustrated cover art of the vintage magazines and paperbacks of the 1930s, 40s and 50s - the period often called the 'Golden Age' of pulp Sci-Fi.
In the pages of magazines like Amazing Stories, Argosy, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Planet Stories, Weird Tales and more, were stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror where writers like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Otis A Kline, Ray Bradbury, Leigh Brackett, Isaac Asimov, EE 'Doc' Smith, Philip F Nowlan, Robert E Howard and HP Lovecraft began their literary careers. These magazines were also the beginnings for the early science fiction and fantasy heroes like John Carter, Buck Rogers, Conan The Barbarian, as well as Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Phantom and more!
Artists took on the challenge of realising the fantastic stories within these magazines, with dramatic scenes of space travel, technological marvels, manly men, damsels in distress, robots and bug eyed monsters on the covers.
Journey back to the early days of science fiction, fantasy and horror, as I'll be showcasing some of the classic illustrated cover art from these magazines and books featuring the likes of Norman Saunders, J Allen St John, Lawrence Sterne Stevens, Robert Gibson Jones, Margaret Brundage and more.
If you love vintage pulp cover art too, you'll do well to visit Pulp Covers and Galactic Central.
This week, I begin with a look at some of the pulp magazine cover art of Virgil Finlay.
In the pages of magazines like Amazing Stories, Argosy, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Planet Stories, Weird Tales and more, were stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror where writers like Edgar Rice Burroughs, Otis A Kline, Ray Bradbury, Leigh Brackett, Isaac Asimov, EE 'Doc' Smith, Philip F Nowlan, Robert E Howard and HP Lovecraft began their literary careers. These magazines were also the beginnings for the early science fiction and fantasy heroes like John Carter, Buck Rogers, Conan The Barbarian, as well as Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Phantom and more!
Artists took on the challenge of realising the fantastic stories within these magazines, with dramatic scenes of space travel, technological marvels, manly men, damsels in distress, robots and bug eyed monsters on the covers.
Journey back to the early days of science fiction, fantasy and horror, as I'll be showcasing some of the classic illustrated cover art from these magazines and books featuring the likes of Norman Saunders, J Allen St John, Lawrence Sterne Stevens, Robert Gibson Jones, Margaret Brundage and more.
If you love vintage pulp cover art too, you'll do well to visit Pulp Covers and Galactic Central.
This week, I begin with a look at some of the pulp magazine cover art of Virgil Finlay.
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