#retro sci-fi

[this-is-cool]

The magnificent futuristic sci-fi designs of Scott Robertson - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/the-magnificent-sci-fi-designs-of-scott-robertson/

[balrog-slayer66]

Promotional artwork for "Space Pirate Captain Harlock," illustrated by creator Leiji Matsumoto for the anime series produced by Toei Animation.

[marenk-thewaffledraws]

Retro alien bbs 🛸🐄🌈🪩

[70sscifiart]

Black Mirror and retro sci-fi paperback cover art

Someone on the Black Mirror team really knows their late-60s sci-fi paperbacks! Spoilers for Season 6 ep "Beyond the Sea." 

This paperback is a 1967 edition of Ray Bradbury's 'The Illustrated Man,' with a top-tier Dean Ellis cover.

Ellis was a great paperback artist: He balanced one central image with intricate details, making covers simple yet engaging. Ellis covers don't usually have this much ennui, which makes this one a particularly good pick for the episode, about an astronaut who also feels alone.

The other main paperback featured in the episode is a 1968 edition of 'The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress,' by Robert A. Heinlein, with a cover by Paul Lehr.

Lehr is an icon of 60s/70s covers, so he's a great artist to include. This particular cover has one of his signature tropes - A crowd of tiny figures gathering around a single object, in this case a moon base.

That said, that particular Lehr cover looks more similar to the style of Richard Powers (a surreal 50s artist who influenced Lehr) than is typical for Lehr. Here are a few other 1968 Lehr covers that I think represent him better, with more shadows and monochrome.

But here's what blows my mind: We never see the cover to one paperback spine in this scene. It's this 1967 Richard Powers cover, with the yellow spine.

It seems to show a man enviously watching a woman from behind a screen - incredibly on-the-nose symbolism for this episode.

I wonder if the prop person for the show came up with multiple options and the Powers cover lost out to the Lehr one. Either way, it's an amazing Easter egg. 

 If you liked this, subscribe to my newsletter - My latest issue covers Black Mirror’s retro sci-fi cover art in more depth. You might also enjoy my art book Worlds Beyond Time, which has a restored version of that exact Dean Ellis Illustrated Man cover in it.

[fortunaestalta]

[saisons-en-enfer]

Priest - Burning love Animation by Torbjörn Fernström

Our systems slowly meld together And darkness rapidly subsides Why can't this feeling last forever? But our senses amplified

[world-of-advice]

[pulp-scifi-art]

Perry Rhodan Nr. 1000 - 1980

Open up for additional artwork and advertisements from this booklet

[f0restpunk]

Metropolis (1927)

[shelandsorcery]

only a couple pages left in my spontaneous sci-fi sketchbook! and then i will see if there's anything to be done with these! any suggestions?

[tonydowler]

The Four of Wands

[this-is-cool]

The classic science fiction illustrations and paintings of Jarosław Marcinek - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/the-science-fiction-illustrations-of-jaroslaw-marcinek/

[deepdreamnights]

Wanderings

Prompt: "Jason Argo In the Arcade of Death", sci-fi adventure novel cover from Del Ray Books, 1985, author Brixton McNair. Detailed painting, in the style of science fiction novel cover art.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"WE HAVE COME TO VISIT YOU IN PEACE AND WITH GOOD WILL."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on oversized film stills from the criticality-acclaimed American science fiction, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951), featuring Klaatu (portrayed by British actor Michael Rennie), directed by Robert Wise.

Screenplay by Edmund H. North

Costume design by Travilla & Clinton Sandeen (uncredited)

Cinematography by Leo Rover

production company/distributed by 20th Century Fox

Source: https://imgur.com/gRCMyjk?r.

[fullslack]

JVC 3240 Videosphere television (1970)

[beckfindsthings]

retro sci-fi art by Alfred Kelsner (title unknown)

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