#ralph brillhart

[70sscifiart]

Hello! I don’t know if you have a 60s scifi art equivalent or not, but do you know anything about the cover of D-99 by HB Fyfe? It was published in 1962, my friend and I found a copy of it in a second hand shop and literally have never been able to stop thinking about it ever since. Thank you!

I see why it stuck with you, it's very striking! haha

According to ISFDB, the artist is Ralph Brillhart, which makes sense. I like Brillhart! You can see some of his other covers over here, and they're almost all from the early 1960s, with another handful done in 1981-'82.

Like most 60s artists, his work doesn't have the finer detail or realistic perspectives that you tend to get with 1970s artists. But he has some great concepts, and I think he picks really interesting compositions - in my opinion, the cover here is unsettling entirely because that one wide-eyed alien in the foreground has stuck his face right up against the viewer. Very confrontational!

I bet Brillhart knew that, too, because he pulled the same trick for this 1965 cover:

Here's my favorite Brillhart cover, used for Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick, 1964. I love the odd color choices, like the pink sky.

Here's a later one that Brillhart did in 1981, for The Ends of the Circle, by Paul O. Williams. He's using another bold perspective choice, with the perfectly straight road cutting down the center of the image, and it totally works for me!

Anyway, he's a good artist! You can see a fairly complete list of his covers here. They're not all winners, admittedly, but it's a bit of a shame he wasn't more well-known or prolific.

Edit: Oh, also I have an art book that you should check out if you liked this post! No Brillhart, sadly.

[misforgotten2]

A book you very likely don’t have on your shelf #406

Cover by Ralph Brillhart -- 1962

[sandmandaddy69]

Ralph Brillhart

[gameraboy2]

The Day the Machines Stopped by Christopher Anvil Monarch Books #478, 1964 Cover by Ralph Brillhart

[technicallyclassyperfection]

art by james gurney, oliver frey, david schleinkofer, ralph brillhart

[manfrommars2049]

The Running Man by J. Hunter Holly. 1963. Cover Painting by Ralph Brillhart. via CoolSciFiCovers

[eyeofthehellhound]

ralph brillhart cover art for "after doomsday" by poul anderson, 1962

[mzksgr]

小説『Witch House』カバー絵

【元絵】 　　題名：小説『Witch House』 Monarch Books (1962) カバー絵 　　作者：Ralph Brillhart 　　　　　　ラルフ・ブリルハート 【使用作品】 　　単行本カバー [047-009] 　　　　『貸本版悪魔くん (1)』 (1963) 　　『悪魔くん復活 千年王国』予告用カット (背後の顔) [050-218-002] 　　　　週刊少年ジャンプ 1970年3月2日号 (1970) 　　カバー用イラスト [047-006] 　　　　単行本『悪魔くん (1)』サラ文庫 (1976) 　　表紙用イラスト (左下の顔) [補3-017] 　　　　単行本『世界の妖怪100話』小学館入門百科シリーズ 119 (1981)

via 中島晶也さんのツイート (2016年2月7日)

『貸本版悪魔くん』（水木しげる漫画大全集 047）

『悪魔くん復活 千年王国（下）／悪魔くん 世紀末大戦』（水木しげる漫画大全集 050）

『補巻 媒体別妖怪画報集 (3)』（水木しげる漫画大全集）

[mitchipedia]

The Running Man by J. Hunter Holly. 1963. Cover Painting by Ralph Brillhart.

[chronivore]

Ralph Brillhart's 1962 cover for "D-99," by HB Fyfe

[the25centpaperback]

The Ends of the Circle by Paul O. Williams, cover by Ralph Brillhart (1981)

[70sscifiart]

Ralph Brillhart's 1962 cover for "D-99," by HB Fyfe

[misforgotten2]

A book you very likely don’t have on your shelf #642

Cover by Ralph Brillhart -- 1964

[sandmandaddy69]

Ralph Brillhart

[retroscifiart]

Art by Ralph Brillhart for The Venetian Court (Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 1982) by Charles L Harness.

[weirdlandtv]

Cover art (detail) by Ralph Brillhart for horror novel, MR GEORGE AND OTHER ODD PERSONS, 1964.