70s Sci-Fi Art Blog - Index

Last update: April 2025

Interviews
Original interviews I've conducted for my art blog.
Lookcaitlin Is the Coolest Resource of 70s-90s Tech Magazine Illustrations on the Internet

Worlds Beyond Time: Extended Edition
This series covers the artists and themes that I had initially planned to cover in my 2023 art collection Worlds Beyond Time, but that I had to cut for a range of reasons.

Art Mysteries
Occasionally people come to me looking to find a specific book title, piece of art, or artist credit. Some of these are still mysteries!
Solving the 1976 'Wrinkle in Time' Cover Artist Mystery

Books
My notes or reviews of media that features retro science fiction art.
Retro Paperback Art in 'Black Mirror'
Half-Forgotten 70s Sci-Fi: "Fantasy Voyages"
Gold Key's "UFO Flying Saucers"
The Peter Max Astrologicalendar

Artists
Collections of art from specific artists that I found interesting, often with a quick, very non-comprehensive biography.
Giuseppe Festino's 'Robot' Covers

Tropes
Visual themes that retro science fiction artists often returned to.
The legacy of Arnold Böcklin’s “Isle of the Dead”

Tropes (Adam's Version)
Visual themes that artists really didn't think about very much, but that I was able to turn into blog post art roundups through sheer force of will.

Art Roundups
These topics were too broad for a term like "trope" to apply to them - sometimes I just want to post beautiful sci-fi art.
Desktop Backgrounds and Phone Wallpapers

Art Debuts
Very rarely, I'm able to post an artwork online for – to my knowledge, at least – the very first time.
The Adventures of Starbeem and Re-Koil

Grab-bags
Posts that I thought were cool, but don't have a theme.
Pulp adventure tropes, swipes, and surrealist gambling
Hipgnosis, MC Escher, and Spy Vs Spy