I missed a few Space Crowd Saturdays, so here's a catchup post featuring three sleazy cyberpunk bars: Barclay Shaw's 1990 cover art for Illegal Alien, by James Luceno; James Warhola's 1987 cover art for Tales from the Spaceport Bar, edited by Darrell Schweitzer and George H. Scithers; and an 80s-era Bud Light promo poster by Gary Ruddell.
Two of these three artworks appear to have references to the Alien franchise in them, marking another insight into the Space Crowd trope: Artists occasionally use the format to sneak in references and in-jokes. (Check my alt text for more info on that)
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Barclay Shaw, ''Future Life'', #16, Feb. 1980
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The artwork for the 1995 adventure game I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by American fantasy/science fiction artist Barclay Shaw.
The game was based on Harlan Ellison's short story of the same title. I've read the story, and I own the game, but somehow I've never played it. I plan to rectify that any day now.
The face on the box art is that of Ellison himself. Ellison also provided the voice of the antagonist in the game, the artificial intelligence "AM".
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trying to find an affordable apartment that allows pets
[Image description Illustration of two humans looking at a city under a magical blue energy field. Behind them is an anthropomorphic cat person holding a primate. Art by Barclay Shaw]
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Barclay Shaw, ''Future Life'', #8, Feb. 1979
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