The Usborn Book of The Future (1979)

Fantastic book, ridiculously expensive to buy now but chock full of facts and images of what the future might look like from 1979.

So go here... http://life.enhasa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/The%20Usborne%20Book%20of%20the%20Future.pdf to see the full book as a PDF but before you do that soak up these beautifully evocative Spacemen pictures selected for your imagination's pleasure

 

 

 

Steve

Brian Lewis - A Gallery

I blogged some of Brian Lewis' work back in December 2010 without even realising it.

This cover illustration was from 1976 and was artist unknown by me until this weekend when I stumbled across another piece of Brian Lewis' work; Googled the man and realised his talents had haunted my childhood with out my being aware.

This image is from deep within the pages of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Octopus Books 1978) a Christmas present from back then that I still treasure and look at to this day.

And then there's this little lot.....

1957

1951

1957

1958

1958

 

All a bit before my time but it shows how long Brian was at it and the very high standards he maintained throughout.

And then there was his on going Jet Ace Logan comic strip work.  Jet-Ace Logan was a space pilot with the RAF, 100 years in the future.

And other one off comic stuff like...

Space Tug was featured Countdown Comic somewhere around 1971.

 

We've barely scratched the surface of Brian's work but there's only so much of it I can show you on this site so go look the fellow up on the internet; Enjoy the art and feed the dreams.

Steve

The House of Hammer magazine (1976)

Here is the cover art by Brian Lewis for #5 of The House of Hammer magazine, published in the mid 70's.

Aimed at the teenage market, each issue featured news and reviews of forthcoming genre releases as well as comic strip adaptions of Hammer's back catalogue.  For the most part the strips were of horror films such as; Horror Of Dracula or Curse Of Frankenstein but here they're having a go at Moon Zero Two...although the artist has brushed liberally and broadly with the gore in excess to anything actually seen in the film.

Similar liberties have been taken with the accuracy of the interior art although for me these compliment the story and add a few thousand more to the look of the story than the real budget could have stretched to... plus by this point its the 70's so styles had moved on.

Steve