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Image of the week: Paul Kirchner

Plus Gundam, Clive Sinclair, and Robert Tinney's Byte magazine covers

Adam Rowe

21 Sep 2021 • 4 min read

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Spherical Red Aliens

I received one of my occasional requests a while back, from someone trying to track down a 70s paperback cover illustration. The description? It featured "creatures (Martians) in the shape of red balls with very long arms and very thin legs." I put out the call on my

09 Dec 2024 3 min read

Blue Skies

The alien planets that retro science fiction cover artists tend to feature in their landscapes are often weird colors: Trees don't always have to be green and water doesn't have to be blue. Other artworks, however, retain the comforting, natural colors of Earth. Sometimes, adding a

02 Dec 2024 5 min read

Gas Masks

Gas masks are pretty universally accepted as creepy. More importantly, they have a unique appearance, which is all a cover artist really needs to turn them into a visual trope. For science fiction in particular, gas masks tend to crop up in two main contexts: Protection in a post-apocalypse setting,

25 Nov 2024 4 min read

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