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Turns out the real war for Middle Earth was over a weird copyright issue

Adam Rowe

Oct 10, 2021 • 4 min read

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Colorful Spaceships

I found this 1976 Tim White illustration the other day. It's called 'Enemy Within the Skull' and this particular image was scanned by my art blogger friend Martin L Kennedy, from the 1981 collection The Science Fiction and Fantasy World of Tim White. I was going

Nov 11, 2024 3 min read

Angus McBride

Angus McBride's illustrations always go above and beyond. His subject matter is pretty standard-issue high fantasy and history – he's best known for his cover artworks for Middle Earth Role-Playing (MERP), the first officially licensed JRR Tolkien RPG. While I typically prefer my fantasy art to look

Nov 4, 2024 5 min read

Alien Landscapes

The list of subject matter for book cover art that's universally acknowledged by '70s-'80s publishing art directors to scream "science fiction" is incredibly short: 1) spaceships 2) planets 3) alien landscapes As a result, the quality and volume of commercial illustrations for those

Oct 28, 2024 4 min read

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