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Natürlich machen wir auch dieses Jahr weder einen Kalender.
Aktuell korrigiere ich die Geschichten, ein paar Tage dürfte es also schon noch dauern.
Aber ich finde die Geschichten und die Bilder allesamt mega.
Ich weiß, das habe ich schon letztes Jahr gesagt, aber dieser Kalender ist der beste, den ich je gemacht habe ...#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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Natürlich machen wir auch dieses Jahr weder einen Kalender.
Aktuell korrigiere ich die Geschichten, ein paar Tage dürfte es also schon noch dauern.
Aber ich finde die Geschichten und die Bilder allesamt mega.
Ich weiß, das habe ich schon letztes Jahr gesagt, aber dieser Kalender ist der beste, den ich je gemacht habe ...#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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Natürlich machen wir auch dieses Jahr weder einen Kalender.
Aktuell korrigiere ich die Geschichten, ein paar Tage dürfte es also schon noch dauern.
Aber ich finde die Geschichten und die Bilder allesamt mega.
Ich weiß, das habe ich schon letztes Jahr gesagt, aber dieser Kalender ist der beste, den ich je gemacht habe ...#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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Natürlich machen wir auch dieses Jahr weder einen Kalender.
Aktuell korrigiere ich die Geschichten, ein paar Tage dürfte es also schon noch dauern.
Aber ich finde die Geschichten und die Bilder allesamt mega.
Ich weiß, das habe ich schon letztes Jahr gesagt, aber dieser Kalender ist der beste, den ich je gemacht habe ...#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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Natürlich machen wir auch dieses Jahr weder einen Kalender.
Aktuell korrigiere ich die Geschichten, ein paar Tage dürfte es also schon noch dauern.
Aber ich finde die Geschichten und die Bilder allesamt mega.
Ich weiß, das habe ich schon letztes Jahr gesagt, aber dieser Kalender ist der beste, den ich je gemacht habe ...#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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#WhoreMembers Maplin catalogue cover art in the 1980s? I even had a calendar with them.
https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/1980s-maplin-catalogues/
(yes, I deliberately chose the case in the first hashtag)
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#WhoreMembers Maplin catalogue cover art in the 1980s? I even had a calendar with them.
https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/1980s-maplin-catalogues/
(yes, I deliberately chose the case in the first hashtag)
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#WhoreMembers Maplin catalogue cover art in the 1980s? I even had a calendar with them.
https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/1980s-maplin-catalogues/
(yes, I deliberately chose the case in the first hashtag)
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#WhoreMembers Maplin catalogue cover art in the 1980s? I even had a calendar with them.
https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/1980s-maplin-catalogues/
(yes, I deliberately chose the case in the first hashtag)
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#WhoreMembers Maplin catalogue cover art in the 1980s? I even had a calendar with them.
https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/1980s-maplin-catalogues/
(yes, I deliberately chose the case in the first hashtag)
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-= South-Rigelian Mating Cushion =-
#surreal #abstract #sculpture #fineart #uncanny #pastel #3d #eyepleaser #sfart
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#surreal #abstract #sculpture #fineart #uncanny #pastel #3d #eyepleaser #sfart
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#surreal #abstract #sculpture #fineart #uncanny #pastel #3d #eyepleaser #sfart
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#surreal #abstract #sculpture #fineart #uncanny #pastel #3d #eyepleaser #sfart
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#surreal #abstract #sculpture #fineart #uncanny #pastel #3d #eyepleaser #sfart
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/307644/ Big Art Loop is transforming SF into a public gallery. #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #BigArtLoop #Design #Éire #embarcadero #Entertainment #GoldenGatePark #IE #Ireland #OpenAirGallery #PublicArt #PublicArtInstallation #SanFrancisco #SanFranciscoArt #sanfrancisco #SculptureGarden #SfArt #SfSculpture #sunset
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Es geht aufs Jahresende zu und deswegen wollt ich euch noch mal daran erinnern, dass wir auch wieder einen richtig geilen Kalender für 2026 haben, mit 13 Hammergeschichten, 13 starken farbigen und 13 starken schwarzweißen Illustrationen.#verlagtorstenlow #bissigeverleger #sfart #kalender2026 #kalendergeschichten
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Es geht aufs Jahresende zu und deswegen wollt ich euch noch mal daran erinnern, dass wir auch wieder einen richtig geilen Kalender für 2026 haben, mit 13 Hammergeschichten, 13 starken farbigen und 13 starken schwarzweißen Illustrationen.#verlagtorstenlow #bissigeverleger #sfart #kalender2026 #kalendergeschichten
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Es geht aufs Jahresende zu und deswegen wollt ich euch noch mal daran erinnern, dass wir auch wieder einen richtig geilen Kalender für 2026 haben, mit 13 Hammergeschichten, 13 starken farbigen und 13 starken schwarzweißen Illustrationen.#verlagtorstenlow #bissigeverleger #sfart #kalender2026 #kalendergeschichten
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Es geht aufs Jahresende zu und deswegen wollt ich euch noch mal daran erinnern, dass wir auch wieder einen richtig geilen Kalender für 2026 haben, mit 13 Hammergeschichten, 13 starken farbigen und 13 starken schwarzweißen Illustrationen.#verlagtorstenlow #bissigeverleger #sfart #kalender2026 #kalendergeschichten
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Es geht aufs Jahresende zu und deswegen wollt ich euch noch mal daran erinnern, dass wir auch wieder einen richtig geilen Kalender für 2026 haben, mit 13 Hammergeschichten, 13 starken farbigen und 13 starken schwarzweißen Illustrationen.#verlagtorstenlow #bissigeverleger #sfart #kalender2026 #kalendergeschichten
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Dzień 22.
Stworek w kosmosie.
W szaliczku, bogdyż inaczej byłoby mu zimno.
#penandpaper #oc #sciencefiction #sf #rocket #hatchingart #sfart -
Dzień 22.
Stworek w kosmosie.
W szaliczku, bogdyż inaczej byłoby mu zimno.
#penandpaper #oc #sciencefiction #sf #rocket #hatchingart #sfart -
Dzień 22.
Stworek w kosmosie.
W szaliczku, bogdyż inaczej byłoby mu zimno.
#penandpaper #oc #sciencefiction #sf #rocket #hatchingart #sfart -
Dzień 22.
Stworek w kosmosie.
W szaliczku, bogdyż inaczej byłoby mu zimno.
#penandpaper #oc #sciencefiction #sf #rocket #hatchingart #sfart -
Dzień 22.
Stworek w kosmosie.
W szaliczku, bogdyż inaczej byłoby mu zimno.
#penandpaper #oc #sciencefiction #sf #rocket #hatchingart #sfart -
I love the evocative prompt so thank you to whoever had that idea! The ink is a chameleon shimmer from Diamine called Astral, and I even managed to get you a hint of its sparkle. As is usual drawn straight ink to paper so any mistakes we all just have to live with.
This page turned out to be more writing than drawing but I thought it was in keeping with being the diary entry of some off-planet amateur archaeologist surveying an intriguing site with a helpful local guide.
Here's a transcript in case you can't read my writing.
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Desert Ruin.There was not a lot to see.
My guide gestured. "Here we are."
Amongst the sand there were a few scattered stones, probably parts of some walls. But the main item was a dark stone statue half buried in the sand. Upright, large eyed and winged, although one was broken, the tip lying next to the sculpture."Thank you." I said to the guide. "Did the ancients look like this, do you think?"
A snort was my reply. "No one know what they looked like. They made us what we are, gave us intelligence and language but didn't deign to leave us with thumbs. All we have is an oral tradition of powerful beings."
I put down a survey marker. "Do you mind helping me?"
My guide flicked an ear. "You're paying me. And you made sure I can get the saddle off if I need to."
#tootfic #microfiction
#FountainPenink
#DipPen
#OriginalArt
#Drawtober2025
#Drawingwithoutanet
#NoAI
#FantasyArt
#SFart -
I love the evocative prompt so thank you to whoever had that idea! The ink is a chameleon shimmer from Diamine called Astral, and I even managed to get you a hint of its sparkle. As is usual drawn straight ink to paper so any mistakes we all just have to live with.
This page turned out to be more writing than drawing but I thought it was in keeping with being the diary entry of some off-planet amateur archaeologist surveying an intriguing site with a helpful local guide.
Here's a transcript in case you can't read my writing.
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Desert Ruin.There was not a lot to see.
My guide gestured. "Here we are."
Amongst the sand there were a few scattered stones, probably parts of some walls. But the main item was a dark stone statue half buried in the sand. Upright, large eyed and winged, although one was broken, the tip lying next to the sculpture."Thank you." I said to the guide. "Did the ancients look like this, do you think?"
A snort was my reply. "No one know what they looked like. They made us what we are, gave us intelligence and language but didn't deign to leave us with thumbs. All we have is an oral tradition of powerful beings."
I put down a survey marker. "Do you mind helping me?"
My guide flicked an ear. "You're paying me. And you made sure I can get the saddle off if I need to."
#tootfic #microfiction
#FountainPenink
#DipPen
#OriginalArt
#Drawtober2025
#Drawingwithoutanet
#NoAI
#FantasyArt
#SFart -
I love the evocative prompt so thank you to whoever had that idea! The ink is a chameleon shimmer from Diamine called Astral, and I even managed to get you a hint of its sparkle. As is usual drawn straight ink to paper so any mistakes we all just have to live with.
This page turned out to be more writing than drawing but I thought it was in keeping with being the diary entry of some off-planet amateur archaeologist surveying an intriguing site with a helpful local guide.
Here's a transcript in case you can't read my writing.
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Desert Ruin.There was not a lot to see.
My guide gestured. "Here we are."
Amongst the sand there were a few scattered stones, probably parts of some walls. But the main item was a dark stone statue half buried in the sand. Upright, large eyed and winged, although one was broken, the tip lying next to the sculpture."Thank you." I said to the guide. "Did the ancients look like this, do you think?"
A snort was my reply. "No one know what they looked like. They made us what we are, gave us intelligence and language but didn't deign to leave us with thumbs. All we have is an oral tradition of powerful beings."
I put down a survey marker. "Do you mind helping me?"
My guide flicked an ear. "You're paying me. And you made sure I can get the saddle off if I need to."
#tootfic #microfiction
#FountainPenink
#DipPen
#OriginalArt
#Drawtober2025
#Drawingwithoutanet
#NoAI
#FantasyArt
#SFart -
I love the evocative prompt so thank you to whoever had that idea! The ink is a chameleon shimmer from Diamine called Astral, and I even managed to get you a hint of its sparkle. As is usual drawn straight ink to paper so any mistakes we all just have to live with.
This page turned out to be more writing than drawing but I thought it was in keeping with being the diary entry of some off-planet amateur archaeologist surveying an intriguing site with a helpful local guide.
Here's a transcript in case you can't read my writing.
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Desert Ruin.There was not a lot to see.
My guide gestured. "Here we are."
Amongst the sand there were a few scattered stones, probably parts of some walls. But the main item was a dark stone statue half buried in the sand. Upright, large eyed and winged, although one was broken, the tip lying next to the sculpture."Thank you." I said to the guide. "Did the ancients look like this, do you think?"
A snort was my reply. "No one know what they looked like. They made us what we are, gave us intelligence and language but didn't deign to leave us with thumbs. All we have is an oral tradition of powerful beings."
I put down a survey marker. "Do you mind helping me?"
My guide flicked an ear. "You're paying me. And you made sure I can get the saddle off if I need to."
#tootfic #microfiction
#FountainPenink
#DipPen
#OriginalArt
#Drawtober2025
#Drawingwithoutanet
#NoAI
#FantasyArt
#SFart -
I love the evocative prompt so thank you to whoever had that idea! The ink is a chameleon shimmer from Diamine called Astral, and I even managed to get you a hint of its sparkle. As is usual drawn straight ink to paper so any mistakes we all just have to live with.
This page turned out to be more writing than drawing but I thought it was in keeping with being the diary entry of some off-planet amateur archaeologist surveying an intriguing site with a helpful local guide.
Here's a transcript in case you can't read my writing.
***
Desert Ruin.There was not a lot to see.
My guide gestured. "Here we are."
Amongst the sand there were a few scattered stones, probably parts of some walls. But the main item was a dark stone statue half buried in the sand. Upright, large eyed and winged, although one was broken, the tip lying next to the sculpture."Thank you." I said to the guide. "Did the ancients look like this, do you think?"
A snort was my reply. "No one know what they looked like. They made us what we are, gave us intelligence and language but didn't deign to leave us with thumbs. All we have is an oral tradition of powerful beings."
I put down a survey marker. "Do you mind helping me?"
My guide flicked an ear. "You're paying me. And you made sure I can get the saddle off if I need to."
#tootfic #microfiction
#FountainPenink
#DipPen
#OriginalArt
#Drawtober2025
#Drawingwithoutanet
#NoAI
#FantasyArt
#SFart -
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Es ist soweit. Unser neuer Kalender ist in Druck und kann ab sofort vorbestellt werden.Link: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2026.html
#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #Kalender2026 #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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Es ist soweit. Unser neuer Kalender ist in Druck und kann ab sofort vorbestellt werden.Link: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2026.html
#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #Kalender2026 #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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Es ist soweit. Unser neuer Kalender ist in Druck und kann ab sofort vorbestellt werden.Link: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2026.html
#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #Kalender2026 #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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Es ist soweit. Unser neuer Kalender ist in Druck und kann ab sofort vorbestellt werden.Link: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2026.html
#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #Kalender2026 #sfart #kalendergeschichten
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Wir arbeiten gerade mit Hochdruck am neuen Kalender für 2026.
Die Geschichten sind mega, die einzelnen Kalenderblätter auch. Das Titelblatt ist auch schon fast fertig, braucht aber noch ein bisschen Feinschliff - deswegen zeige ich es euch auch noch nicht (und deswegen kann man ihn auch noch nicht bestellen.#bissigerverleger #verlagtorstenlow #sfart #kalendergeschichten #kalender2026
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Wir arbeiten gerade mit Hochdruck am neuen Kalender für 2026.
Die Geschichten sind mega, die einzelnen Kalenderblätter auch. Das Titelblatt ist auch schon fast fertig, braucht aber noch ein bisschen Feinschliff - deswegen zeige ich es euch auch noch nicht (und deswegen kann man ihn auch noch nicht bestellen.#bissigerverleger #verlagtorstenlow #sfart #kalendergeschichten #kalender2026
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Wir arbeiten gerade mit Hochdruck am neuen Kalender für 2026.
Die Geschichten sind mega, die einzelnen Kalenderblätter auch. Das Titelblatt ist auch schon fast fertig, braucht aber noch ein bisschen Feinschliff - deswegen zeige ich es euch auch noch nicht (und deswegen kann man ihn auch noch nicht bestellen.#bissigerverleger #verlagtorstenlow #sfart #kalendergeschichten #kalender2026
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Wir arbeiten gerade mit Hochdruck am neuen Kalender für 2026.
Die Geschichten sind mega, die einzelnen Kalenderblätter auch. Das Titelblatt ist auch schon fast fertig, braucht aber noch ein bisschen Feinschliff - deswegen zeige ich es euch auch noch nicht (und deswegen kann man ihn auch noch nicht bestellen.#bissigerverleger #verlagtorstenlow #sfart #kalendergeschichten #kalender2026
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[Art and Inspiration] Johnny Bruck
They say quantity is a quality all on its own, and that certainly fits the artistic output of Johnny Bruck.
Johnny Bruck was a German artist mostly working in pulp magazines, most famously Perry Rhodan, that weekly science fiction pulp novel series that is at novel issue 3306 as I write this.
In fact until his death in 1995 he illustrated most of the 1799 covers of the series up to that point (only two (!) were from other artists, and his wife and daughter finished his last two pictures), as well as most of the Atlan spin off series (also 800 issues or so), most of the 400 books of the paperback series of novels, and a variety of other things for the series.
And he did interior illustrations.
AND he worked for other publishers and series as well.
It seems he was just the guy if you wanted a serviceable original science fiction picture on time, and for a reasonable price. Mind you, what he delivered could be amazing. It also could be a bizarre experiment in styles and techniques that only had the most tenuous connection to the novel it illustrated.
When I was a kid I thought his style was just that, until I realized that many of the more run-of-the-mill covers of the early series which actually showed stuff from the actual novel were also by him.
He was a working artist, and I deeply respect that.
The iconic first cover of Perry Rhodan for issue 1 “Unternehmen Stardust” (Operation Stardust) from 1963, in which a group of astronauts from the American Space Force meet aliens on the moon in 1971.
Bruck also loved his western themes. He also illustrated quite a few pulp western novels (they were a large part of the German pulp market for a long time) and brought in his wild west sensibilities whenever he could get away with even in his science fiction works.
I don’t have a clue what this one is about, this was from the Atlan story “Das Multi-Bewusstsein” (The Multi-Consciousness). But I never actually read the Atlan series. Not the first one at least. Atlan was a spin-off from the main Perry Rhodan series about a sexy immortal alien that constantly talked to himself.
I remember this one from when I bought the issue. As with many of his cover illustrations I don’t have a clue anymore what the novel was about and how it related to the story, but I certainly liked whatever he tried to show here. It just looks kinda cool.
Kartanin were cat persons from another universe. Because of course they were. Perry Rhodan could be weird.
The Planetenromane (Planetary Novels) were a sub-series of Perry Rhodan, mostly standalone novels that sometimes had quite interesting topics. In this case… I don’t have a clue, but considering it’s called The Knight of Arkon I bet it was again about Atlan doing some stuff either in the past of Terra, or using his experience living through the whole of Terran history to play the knight somewhere else.
I don’t know how many ancient spherical ships stranded on a desert world were explored in the series, but I seem to remember at least 4 different ones from the novels I read (and I didn’t read even a large part of them). I guess some themes just resonate with audiences.
That looks like a system monitor with a planetoid hull in the back (in Traveller terms)
I don’t know what this is about, but the whole cover looks so 80s.
Another Atlan cover. Looks very Sword and Sorcery.
This looks so Lovecraftian I wouldn’t be surprised if he was inspired by exactly that.
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[Art and Inspiration] Johnny Bruck
They say quantity is a quality all on its own, and that certainly fits the artistic output of Johnny Bruck.
Johnny Bruck was a German artist mostly working in pulp magazines, most famously Perry Rhodan, that weekly science fiction pulp novel series that is at novel issue 3306 as I write this.
In fact until his death in 1995 he illustrated most of the 1799 covers of the series up to that point (only two (!) were from other artists, and his wife and daughter finished his last two pictures), as well as most of the Atlan spin off series (also 800 issues or so), most of the 400 books of the paperback series of novels, and a variety of other things for the series.
And he did interior illustrations.
AND he worked for other publishers and series as well.
It seems he was just the guy if you wanted a serviceable original science fiction picture on time, and for a reasonable price. Mind you, what he delivered could be amazing. It also could be a bizarre experiment in styles and techniques that only had the most tenuous connection to the novel it illustrated.
When I was a kid I thought his style was just that, until I realized that many of the more run-of-the-mill covers of the early series which actually showed stuff from the actual novel were also by him.
He was a working artist, and I deeply respect that.
The iconic first cover of Perry Rhodan for issue 1 “Unternehmen Stardust” (Operation Stardust) from 1963, in which a group of astronauts from the American Space Force meet aliens on the moon in 1971.
Bruck also loved his western themes. He also illustrated quite a few pulp western novels (they were a large part of the German pulp market for a long time) and brought in his wild west sensibilities whenever he could get away with even in his science fiction works.
I don’t have a clue what this one is about, this was from the Atlan story “Das Multi-Bewusstsein” (The Multi-Consciousness). But I never actually read the Atlan series. Not the first one at least. Atlan was a spin-off from the main Perry Rhodan series about a sexy immortal alien that constantly talked to himself.
I remember this one from when I bought the issue. As with many of his cover illustrations I don’t have a clue anymore what the novel was about and how it related to the story, but I certainly liked whatever he tried to show here. It just looks kinda cool.
Kartanin were cat persons from another universe. Because of course they were. Perry Rhodan could be weird.
The Planetenromane (Planetary Novels) were a sub-series of Perry Rhodan, mostly standalone novels that sometimes had quite interesting topics. In this case… I don’t have a clue, but considering it’s called The Knight of Arkon I bet it was again about Atlan doing some stuff either in the past of Terra, or using his experience living through the whole of Terran history to play the knight somewhere else.
I don’t know how many ancient spherical ships stranded on a desert world were explored in the series, but I seem to remember at least 4 different ones from the novels I read (and I didn’t read even a large part of them). I guess some themes just resonate with audiences.
That looks like a system monitor with a planetoid hull in the back (in Traveller terms)
I don’t know what this is about, but the whole cover looks so 80s.
Another Atlan cover. Looks very Sword and Sorcery.
This looks so Lovecraftian I wouldn’t be surprised if he was inspired by exactly that.
Rate this:
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[Art and Inspiration] Johnny Bruck
They say quantity is a quality all on its own, and that certainly fits the artistic output of Johnny Bruck.
Johnny Bruck was a German artist mostly working in pulp magazines, most famously Perry Rhodan, that weekly science fiction pulp novel series that is at novel issue 3306 as I write this.
In fact until his death in 1995 he illustrated most of the 1799 covers of the series up to that point (only two (!) were from other artists, and his wife and daughter finished his last two pictures), as well as most of the Atlan spin off series (also 800 issues or so), most of the 400 books of the paperback series of novels, and a variety of other things for the series.
And he did interior illustrations.
AND he worked for other publishers and series as well.
It seems he was just the guy if you wanted a serviceable original science fiction picture on time, and for a reasonable price. Mind you, what he delivered could be amazing. It also could be a bizarre experiment in styles and techniques that only had the most tenuous connection to the novel it illustrated.
When I was a kid I thought his style was just that, until I realized that many of the more run-of-the-mill covers of the early series which actually showed stuff from the actual novel were also by him.
He was a working artist, and I deeply respect that.
The iconic first cover of Perry Rhodan for issue 1 “Unternehmen Stardust” (Operation Stardust) from 1963, in which a group of astronauts from the American Space Force meet aliens on the moon in 1971.
Bruck also loved his western themes. He also illustrated quite a few pulp western novels (they were a large part of the German pulp market for a long time) and brought in his wild west sensibilities whenever he could get away with even in his science fiction works.
I don’t have a clue what this one is about, this was from the Atlan story “Das Multi-Bewusstsein” (The Multi-Consciousness). But I never actually read the Atlan series. Not the first one at least. Atlan was a spin-off from the main Perry Rhodan series about a sexy immortal alien that constantly talked to himself.
I remember this one from when I bought the issue. As with many of his cover illustrations I don’t have a clue anymore what the novel was about and how it related to the story, but I certainly liked whatever he tried to show here. It just looks kinda cool.
Kartanin were cat persons from another universe. Because of course they were. Perry Rhodan could be weird.
The Planetenromane (Planetary Novels) were a sub-series of Perry Rhodan, mostly standalone novels that sometimes had quite interesting topics. In this case… I don’t have a clue, but considering it’s called The Knight of Arkon I bet it was again about Atlan doing some stuff either in the past of Terra, or using his experience living through the whole of Terran history to play the knight somewhere else.
I don’t know how many ancient spherical ships stranded on a desert world were explored in the series, but I seem to remember at least 4 different ones from the novels I read (and I didn’t read even a large part of them). I guess some themes just resonate with audiences.
That looks like a system monitor with a planetoid hull in the back (in Traveller terms)
I don’t know what this is about, but the whole cover looks so 80s.
Another Atlan cover. Looks very Sword and Sorcery.
This looks so Lovecraftian I wouldn’t be surprised if he was inspired by exactly that.
Rate this:
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[Art and Inspiration] Johnny Bruck
They say quantity is a quality all on its own, and that certainly fits the artistic output of Johnny Bruck.
Johnny Bruck was a German artist mostly working in pulp magazines, most famously Perry Rhodan, that weekly science fiction pulp novel series that is at novel issue 3306 as I write this.
In fact until his death in 1995 he illustrated most of the 1799 covers of the series up to that point (only two (!) were from other artists, and his wife and daughter finished his last two pictures), as well as most of the Atlan spin off series (also 800 issues or so), most of the 400 books of the paperback series of novels, and a variety of other things for the series.
And he did interior illustrations.
AND he worked for other publishers and series as well.
It seems he was just the guy if you wanted a serviceable original science fiction picture on time, and for a reasonable price. Mind you, what he delivered could be amazing. It also could be a bizarre experiment in styles and techniques that only had the most tenuous connection to the novel it illustrated.
When I was a kid I thought his style was just that, until I realized that many of the more run-of-the-mill covers of the early series which actually showed stuff from the actual novel were also by him.
He was a working artist, and I deeply respect that.
The iconic first cover of Perry Rhodan for issue 1 “Unternehmen Stardust” (Operation Stardust) from 1963, in which a group of astronauts from the American Space Force meet aliens on the moon in 1971.
Bruck also loved his western themes. He also illustrated quite a few pulp western novels (they were a large part of the German pulp market for a long time) and brought in his wild west sensibilities whenever he could get away with even in his science fiction works.
I don’t have a clue what this one is about, this was from the Atlan story “Das Multi-Bewusstsein” (The Multi-Consciousness). But I never actually read the Atlan series. Not the first one at least. Atlan was a spin-off from the main Perry Rhodan series about a sexy immortal alien that constantly talked to himself.
I remember this one from when I bought the issue. As with many of his cover illustrations I don’t have a clue anymore what the novel was about and how it related to the story, but I certainly liked whatever he tried to show here. It just looks kinda cool.
Kartanin were cat persons from another universe. Because of course they were. Perry Rhodan could be weird.
The Planetenromane (Planetary Novels) were a sub-series of Perry Rhodan, mostly standalone novels that sometimes had quite interesting topics. In this case… I don’t have a clue, but considering it’s called The Knight of Arkon I bet it was again about Atlan doing some stuff either in the past of Terra, or using his experience living through the whole of Terran history to play the knight somewhere else.
I don’t know how many ancient spherical ships stranded on a desert world were explored in the series, but I seem to remember at least 4 different ones from the novels I read (and I didn’t read even a large part of them). I guess some themes just resonate with audiences.
That looks like a system monitor with a planetoid hull in the back (in Traveller terms)
I don’t know what this is about, but the whole cover looks so 80s.
Another Atlan cover. Looks very Sword and Sorcery.
This looks so Lovecraftian I wouldn’t be surprised if he was inspired by exactly that.
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Und noch ein Interview - ganz kurz vor Weihnachten. Diesmal kommt einer der Grafiker des Kalenders zu Wort, Mario Franke.
Unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch hat mit ihn über die Entstehungsgeschichte seiner Bilder geredet.
Das Interview findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRf6LNZaTYUnd auch das Bild, welches ich euch hier präsentiere, stammt von ihm.
Link zum Kalender: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html
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Und noch ein Interview - ganz kurz vor Weihnachten. Diesmal kommt einer der Grafiker des Kalenders zu Wort, Mario Franke.
Unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch hat mit ihn über die Entstehungsgeschichte seiner Bilder geredet.
Das Interview findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRf6LNZaTYUnd auch das Bild, welches ich euch hier präsentiere, stammt von ihm.
Link zum Kalender: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html
#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichte
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Und noch ein Interview - ganz kurz vor Weihnachten. Diesmal kommt einer der Grafiker des Kalenders zu Wort, Mario Franke.
Unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch hat mit ihn über die Entstehungsgeschichte seiner Bilder geredet.
Das Interview findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRf6LNZaTYUnd auch das Bild, welches ich euch hier präsentiere, stammt von ihm.
Link zum Kalender: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html
#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichte
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Und noch ein Interview - ganz kurz vor Weihnachten. Diesmal kommt einer der Grafiker des Kalenders zu Wort, Mario Franke.
Unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch hat mit ihn über die Entstehungsgeschichte seiner Bilder geredet.
Das Interview findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRf6LNZaTYUnd auch das Bild, welches ich euch hier präsentiere, stammt von ihm.
Link zum Kalender: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html
#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichte
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Der nächste im Bunde ist Michael Sperling, der Autor der Mai-Geschichte unseres Kalenders.
Unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch hat ihn bezüglich seiner Geschichte "Dementia – Der Gesang des Vergessens" interviewt.
Das Interview findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cp4c35tJL4Auch zu dieser Geschichte gehört eine sehr schöne Illustration, wie ihr hier sehen könnt.
Link zum Artikel: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichte
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Die März-Geschichte "Nonne und Zögling" aus unserem Kalender, zu der die heutige Illustration gehört, stammt von Achim Stößer.
Das Interview, welches unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch mit ihm geführt hat, findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_hdmCwHBgLink zu unserem Kalender: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html
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Die März-Geschichte "Nonne und Zögling" aus unserem Kalender, zu der die heutige Illustration gehört, stammt von Achim Stößer.
Das Interview, welches unsere Herausgeberin Marianne Labisch mit ihm geführt hat, findet sich auf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_hdmCwHBgLink zu unserem Kalender: https://www.verlag-torsten-low.com/de/kalender/science-fiction-art-kalendergeschichten-2025.html
#verlagtorstenlow #bissigerverleger #sfart #kalender2025 #kalendergeschichten