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Interior magazine art for 'Craig's Book' by Don Wilcox

Interior magazine art for 'Woman's Island' by Don Wilcox [as by Miles Shelton]

Interior magazine art for 'The Devil's Pigs' by Don Wilcox

Interior magazine art for 'The Singing Skulls' by Don Wilcox

Don Wilcox sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilcox... died on this day: some interior magazine art from 1943-1945 (Artist: F Magarian, Frank R Paul, Virgil Finlay and Virgil Finlay). The 2nd from December 1945: I do wonder if it's related to the efforts to get women out of the workplace once WW2 had ended.

Richard M Powers' cover for "Outpost Mars" by CM Kornbluth and Judith Merril [as by Cyril Judd]

Richard M Powers' cover for "The Long Loud Silence" by Wilson Tucker

Richard M Powers' cover for "6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction" by Groff Conklin

Richard M Powers' cover for "City" by Clifford D Simak

Artist Richard M Powers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/powers... died on this day: so here's some examples of his early cover art, from 1954.

Scene from 'Code Geass'

Scene from 'Monkey Wrench'

Another scene from 'Monkey Wrench'

Cover to 'Best Comics' #1 (1939)

This week's new SFE entries are here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php with Robin Anne Reid, Robin Roberts, Ralph Steadman and "Weird Al" Yankovic; animated series 'Code Geass' (Japan, 2006-2008) and 'Monkey Wrench' (New Zealand, 2002-ongoing), and the US comic 'Best Comics' (1939-1940):

The cover to Fantastic, January 1974, probably illustrating 'The Earth of Nenkunal' by Howard L Myers, which is the issue's lead story

Two pieces of interior magazine art for "The Reluctant Weapon" by Howard L Myers (from 1952)

Cover to the Boy's Own Paper, November 1953, illustrating 'Moon Wreck' by William F Temple

Cover to the Boy's Own Paper, January 1956, illustrating 'Earth Satellite Charlie-One' by William F Temple

Howard L Myers sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/myers_... and William F Temple sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/temple... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Esteban Maroto, Ed Emshwiller, Redmill and Redmill):

Brom's cover for Dragon Magazine, September 1991

Brom's cover for 'The Cloud People' by Robert B. Kelly

Brom's artwork for the cover of 'The Amber Enchantress' by Troy Denning

Brom's cover for Dragon Magazine, September 1993

Artist and author Brom sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brom was born on this day, so here's some of his cover art 1991-1993:

Illustrations for Pat Murphy's "Peter".

More illustrations for Pat Murphy's "Peter".

Book cover for Hannu Rajaniemi's "Kvantumtolvaj"

Book cover for Hannu Rajaniemi's "Suvemaa"

Pat Murphy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/murphy... and Hannu Rajaniemi sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/rajani... were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Anita Kunz, Anita Kunz, Sánta Kira [I think] and [couldn't identify] ):

Interior magazine art for "En Route to Pluto" by Wallace West

Interior magazine art for "The Lure of Polaris" by Wallace West

Interior magazine art for "The Dark Tower" by Wallace West

Interior magazine art for "The Bird of Time" by Wallace West

Wallace West sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/west_w... died on this day, so here's some of the interior magazine art for his stories from 1936-1952 (artist: 1-3 [uncredited], 4 Virgil Finlay):

Illustration from Paul Féval’s “Le fils du diable : ou, Les trois hommes rouges” (1850 edition)

Another illustration from Paul Féval’s “Le fils du diable : ou, Les trois hommes rouges” (1850 edition)

Illustration from Paul Féval’s “Les mystères de Londres” (1880 edition)

Another illustration from Paul Féval’s “Les mystères de Londres” (1880 edition)

Paul Féval sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/feval_... died on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Tremelan, Tremelan, P Philippoteaux and P Philippoteaux):

Cover to "Perry Rhodan, #932: Statue der Macht", the title story written by Kurt Mahr

Cover to "Perry Rhodan, #957: Der Traumplanet", the title story written by Kurt Mahr

Cover to "Perry Rhodan, #958: Die Gruft des Beschützers", the title story written by Kurt Mahr

Cover to "Perry Rhodan, #971: Alarm auf Martappon", the title story written by Kurt Mahr

Kurt Mahr sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mahr_k... was born on this day; he was the principal writer for the Perry Rhodan series 1961-1993: here's some of the book covers where he’s the title story's author (Artist: Johnny Bruck). The E-Book editions are reproductions of the original 1979/1980 covers:

Cover for "Zombie" by Wilfred Glassford McNeilly [written as by Errol Lecale]

Cover for "Der Blutkeller" by Wilfred Glassford McNeilly [written as by Errol Lecale]. Same cover art as for UK edition ("Blood of My Blood") but without obstructing text.

Cover for "Manoscritto trovato a Saragozza" by Jan Potocki

Cover for "Manoscrito encontrado en Zaragoza" by Jan Potocki

Wilfred Glassford McNeilly sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mcneil... and Jan Potocki sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potock... were born on this day, so here are some of their book covers (Artist: Ian Miller, Ray Feibush, [couldn't identify] and [couldn't identify]):

Interior magazine artwork for “Sister Angel” by Kate Wilhelm

Interior magazine artwork for “The Dragon Seed” by Kate Wilhelm

Cover for Asimov's, August 1985, illustrating “The Gorgon Field” by Kate Wilhelm

Interior magazine artwork for “Forever Yours, Anna” by Kate Wilhelm

Kate Wilhelm sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilhel... died on this day, so here’s some 1980s magazine artwork for her stories (Artist: Evelyn Taylor, Pierre Lacombe, JK Potter and Gerard Di-Maccio):

Illustration for "Zillah the Witch" by Francis Derrick (1868)

Illustration to "The Frost-Queen's Court", a poem by THS Escott (1868)

Illustration to "The Spirit of the Mere", a poem by H Savile Clarke (1869)

Illustration to "The Lych-Gate" by Wat Bradwood (1870)

Some illustrations from the Christmas issues of the Victorian magazine 'Belgravia' 1868-1870 (Artist: CJ Staniland/WL Thomas, Thomas Gray/WL Thomas, Thomas Gray/WA Cranston and Walter GR Browne/A Cranston):

Norman Saunders' cover art for Uncanny Tales, August 1939

Norman Saunders' cover art for Uncanny Tales, May 1940

Norman Saunders' cover art for Planet Stories, Summer 1942

Norman Saunders' art for a Topps candy bar wrapper

Artist Norman Saunders sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/saunde... died on this day, so here's three examples of his magazine cover art from 1939-1942, plus his artwork for a Topps candy bar wrapper:

Gray Morrow's cover for "Thongor of Lemuria" by Lin Carter

Gray Morrow's cover for "Warriors of Mars" by Michael Moorcock [writing as Edward P Bradbury]

Gray Morrow's cover for 'If', January 1966

Gray Morrow's artwork for the cover of 'Worlds of Tomorrow', March 1966

Artist Gray Morrow sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morrow... was born on this day, so here's some of his cover art from 1966:

Cover for Elizabeth Moon’s “Remnant Population”

Interior magazine artwork for Elizabeth Moon’s “The Perfect Hero”

Interior magazine artwork for Elizabeth Moon’s “Creative Criticism”

Cover for Elizabeth Moon’s “La Résistante”

Elizabeth Moon sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moon_e... was born on this day, so here’s some related artwork (Artist: Fred Gambino, Gregg Hinlicky, Annie Lunsford and Antoine Poulain):

Analog cover illustrating Stanley Schmidt’s “...And Comfort to the Enemy”

Analog cover illustrating Stanley Schmidt’s “Lost Newton”

Analog cover illustrating Stanley Schmidt’s “The Unreachable Stars”

Interior magazine artwork for “A Flash of Darkness”, Stanley Schmidt’s first published sf story (Analog 1968)

Stanley Schmidt sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/schmid... was born on this day, so here’s some magazine artwork for his stories (Artist: 1-3 Frank Kelly Freas, 4 Leo Summers):

Illustration for "Nicodemus" by Alfred Crowquill (1867)

Illustration for "The Water Spirit", a poem by Walter Thornbury (1867)

Illustration for "Silbury Hill" an anonymous poem (1869)

Illustration for "Brierley Grange" by Astley H Baldwin (1869)

Some illustrations from the Christmas issues of the Victorian magazine 'Belgravia' 1867-1869 (Artist: [couldn't identify], Thomas Gray/WL Thomas, HK Browne/Edmund Evans and FW Lawson/WL Thomas):

Jack Binder’s cover for Nickel Comics, July 1940

Jack Binder’s cover for Silver Streak Comics, September 1941

Jack Binder’s cover for Prize Comics, October 1941

Jack Binder’s cover for Silver Streak Comics, October 1941

Artist Jack Binder sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/binder... died on this day; he did a lot of work for comics (as well as the SF magazines), so here’s some of his comic cover artwork from 1940-1941:

Cover for 'The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 23rd Edition', edited by Edward L Ferman

The cover for 'Terminal Velocities' edited by Andrew Joron

The cover for 'In Flagranti' by Rachel Ingalls (may not be genre)

The cover for 'Mrs Caliban' by Rachel Ingalls

Editor Edward L Ferman sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ferman... and poet Andrew Joron sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/joron_... were born and author Rachel Ingalls sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ingall... died on this day: some cover art (Artist: [uncredited], DS Black, [couldn't identify] and Kathy Felstead):

Cover for "Avatars Inc" edited by Ann Vandermeer

Cover for "Irmãs da revolução: antologia de ficção especulativa feminist" edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer

Cover for "Mennyms Under Siege" by Sylvia Waugh

Cover for "Earthborn" by Sylvia Waugh

Ann VanderMeer sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/vander... was born and Sylvia Waugh sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/waugh_... died on this day, so here's some of their book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], Patrick Benson and Martin Matje):

Cover to "Other Worlds" by Cyrano de Bergerac (a 1976 edition)

From “The Comical History of the States and Empires Of The Worlds of the Moon and Sun. Written in French by Cyrano Bergerac. And newly Englished by A. Lovell", a 1687 edition

From "L'autre monde ou Les états et empires de la Lune et du Soleil" by Cyrano de Bergerac, a 1947 edition

From "L'Autre Monde" by Cyrano de Bergerac, a 1944 edition

Cyrano de Bergerac sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cyrano... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Tim White, [possibly FH van Hove], Jacqueline Charmot and Maurice de Becque):

An illustration for “The Nymph of the Waterfall”, a poem by B Montgomerie Rankin in ‘London Society, Holiday Annual’ 1875

Illustration for “The Dragon of St Paul’s” by Reginald Bacchus and Ranger Gull, from The Ludgate 1899

“The Mermaid” by SH Sime (from an appreciation of the artist – ‘The Carlyle of Art’ by Walter C Purcell, in The Ludgate, 1900)

Artwork by SH Sime (from an appreciation of the artist – ‘The Carlyle of Art’ by Walter C Purcell, in The Ludgate, 1900)

Illustrations from the Victorian magazines 'Belgravia' and 'The Ludgate' 1875-1900 (Artist: W Wagner, Louis Kight, SH Sime and SH Sime):

Attila Hejja's artwork for 'Tech Trek' by TA Heppenheimer (from Omni in 1986)

Attila Hejja's artwork for 'Body and Soul', an essay by Mark Teich and Pamela Weintraub, from a 1988 Omni essay on the 2088 Olympics

Another of Attila Hejja's artwork for 'Body and Soul', from a 1988 Omni essay by Mark Teich and Pamela Weintraub on the 2088 Olympics

Part of Attila Hejja's cover artwork for 'Doomstar' by Edmond Hamilton

Artist Attila Hejja sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hejja_... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his artwork:

The cover for Mike Resnick's "The Goddess of Ganymede"

The cover for Mike Resnick's "Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future"

The covers for Mike Resnick's "Santiago"

The cover for Mike Resnick's "Stalking the Unicorn"

Mike Resnick sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/resnic... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Jeff Jones, Michael Whelan, Philippe Gauckler and Boris Vallejo):

Asimov's over illustrating 'A Touch of Lavender' by Robin Hobb [as by Megan Lindholm]

Cover for "O Assassino do Rei" by Robin Hobb

Cover for "L'Assassin Royal - deuxième époque 2" by Robin Hobb

Cover for "La Conquête de la liberté" by Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hobb_r... also known as Megan Lindholm, was born on this day, so here's some related artwork: (Artist: Wayne Barlowe, Marc Simonetti, [couldn't identify] and Mathias Bonnard):

Illustration from Aboriginal Science Fiction, May-June 1988 for ‘The Last Impression of Linda Vista’ by Howard V Hendrix

Another illustration from Aboriginal Science Fiction, May-June 1988 for ‘The Last Impression of Linda Vista’ by Howard V Hendrix

Illustration from Aboriginal Science Fiction, January-February 1991, for Singing the Mountain to the Stars by Howard V. Hendrix

Another illustration from Aboriginal Science Fiction, January-February 1991, for Singing the Mountain to the Stars by Howard V. Hendrix

Howard V Hendrix sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hendri... was born on this day, so here's some interior magazine art for his stories (Artist: 1&2 Cortney Skinner, 3&4 Wendy Snow-Lang):

Interior magazine art for 'The Blue Demon' by Lowell Howard Morrow

Interior magazine art for 'Through the Meteors' by Lowell Howard Morrow

Interior magazine art for 'The Green Splotches' by TS Stribling: from the 1927 reprint in 'Amazing Stories'. Originally published in 'Adventure' in 1920.

Two pieces of interior magazine art for another reprint of 'The Green Splotches' by TS Stribling: from 'Famous Fantastic Mysteries' in 1952

Lowell Howard Morrow sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morrow... died and TS Stribling sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stribl... was born on this day, so here's some of the interior magazine art for their stories (Artist: Nutter, Frank R Paul, Gambee and Lawrence).

Cover for ‘The Throne of Scone’ by Patricia Kennealy

Cover for ‘Travels in Nihilon’ by Alan Sillitoe

Dean R Morrissey’s cover for ‘Gameplay’ by Kevin J. Anderson

Dean R Morrissey’s cover artwork for ‘The Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid’ by Rebecca Ore

Authors Patricia Kennealy sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kennea... and Alan Sillitoe sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sillit... were born, whilst artist Dean W Morrissey sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/morris... died on this day (Artist: Thomas Canty, [couldn't identify], Dean W Morrissey and Dean W Morrissey):

Cover to Ryō Hanmura's 戸隠伝説

Cover to Ryō Hanmura's 晴れた空

Frank Utpatel's cover for Whispers, June 1975 issue

Frank Utpatel's cover for 'Poems for Midnight' by Donald Wandrei

Author Ryō Hanmura sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hanmur... died and artist Frank Utpatel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/utpate... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 [couldn't identify] and 3&4 Frank Utpatel):

Cover for Jon Hartridge's "Binary Divide"

Cover for Jon Hartridge's "Earth Jacket"

Cover for "How Britain Won the Space Race" by Desmond Leslie and Patrick Moore

Cover for "Killer Comet" by Patrick Moore

Jon Hartridge sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hartri... and Patrick Moore sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moore_... were born on this day, so here are some related book covers (Artist: Paul Davis, [couldn't identify], Alan Cracknell and Peter Elson):