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Last week, we talked about how science fiction cover art evolved into the colorful, pulpy art we love today. Now, here's our look at the evolution of cover art from 1930 to 1955, as pulp styles exploded into awesomeness. More »
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We all love the colorful richness of science fiction pulp cover art. But pulp art didn't spring into the world fully formed, full of beautiful women adventurers and marauding robots. More »
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Megan Burns' art spoofs and celebrates the sexiness of space opera. Her new gallery show, opening tomorrow in New York, pays homage to paperback book covers and comic book art, with hypnorays, alien life forms, and beautiful bodies. Possibly NSFW? More »
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The Pulp Archive blog is featuring a new science fiction book or magazine cover every single day, in case your day is missing awesome images like this one, of a trumpet-playing otter leading a woman. What are they looking at? More »
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Here's an exclusive look at the full, uncropped cover art to Greg Bear's first Halo novel, Halo: Cryptum. You'll notice it's pretty different than the usual Halo book cover. No Master Chief, no Spartan armor. How did this happen? More »
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Back when the conquest of space was still a thrilling new prospect and the Moon landing seemed certain to lead to a Moonbase, educational book covers celebrated the wonders of the stars. Here are some of our splashy, exciting favorites. More »
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Given the popularity of the Iron Man by Design variant covers, Marvel's launching a new series of vampire variants to dovetail with the X-Men's upcoming battle with Dracula. The Iron Man "demon in a bottle" homage is particularly inspired. More »
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The cover art of 70s gonzo comix often hearkened back to the medium's pulp and scifi roots, albeit with a distinctly adult and tripped-out twist. Here's a slew of comic covers from artists such as Robert Crumb and Warren Greenwood. More »
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At the blog The Brave and The Bold: The Lost Issues, blogmaster Ross teams Batman up with absolutely everybody, copyright be damned. Check out the never-was issues of The Brave and The Bold, guest-starring Alpha Flight, Deathlok, and KISS! More »
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Seriously. We loved swords and crazy nudity when the late, great Frank Frazetta did them. But this? This is just... wrong. What do you think this guy is saying? [via Jonathan Strahan and Aidan Moher] More »
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The blog I Like Horror Movies has lovingly cataloged some of the most wonderfully demented horror video covers in cinemadom. And when it comes to films such as Werewolves on Wheels, the line between awesome and lamentable is incredibly thin. More »
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What do you think is happening on this book cover? Even the poor unicorn looks confused. Our new favorite blog is Good Show Sir, in which the worst SF and fantasy book covers are thrust in our faces. (Possibly NSFW.) More »
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Robot uprisings, demon armies, women fighting dragons and men striding the cosmos have never looked cooler, or lovelier, than in the pulp magazine cover art going on display at the University of Connecticut. Beware: Some of it is quite spicy. More »
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Last year wasn't just a great year for books — it also sported some amazing book/magazine covers, according to the blog Stainless Steel Droppings, which has posted an eye-popping collection of cover art. Here are a few of our favorites. More »
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Move over, Diamond Star! There's a new contender for most cheesetastic book cover of the 2000s. It's the cover art for futuristic vampire romance Those Of My Blood. In the full high-res version, you can see the lunar explorer's fangs. More »
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Most of us would have no problem being seen in public reading a science-fiction novel... unless it had a cover so hideous, or so wrong, that you might get arrested. Here are the cheesiest and most disturbing science-fiction book covers. More »
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A single book can inspire a wide range of covers, and sometimes those covers can be works of art themselves. We look at some classic science fiction novels and the various covers they've worn throughout the years. More »
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Yesterday, we took a journey into the unknown, with fantastic images that could have been science-fiction book covers or rock album covers. Today, the unbelievable truth is revealed! More »
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This cover art for Andre Norton's Three Against The Witch World crackles with eldritch insanity - and that's before you realize that artist Harry Borgman used himself and his wife as the models. More »
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I've found myself admiring John Picacio's art a bunch of times without knowing his name. His images have appeared on the cover of a bunch of books from Pyr, Tachyon and several other publishers, including this wrap-around cover illustration for Son Of Man by Robert Silverberg. His work has a grand kinetic sweep that helps put the "opera" in "space opera." There's a gallery of some of his covers, including his newly completed cover for Dan Simmon's Muse Of Fire, below. More »
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Here's a gorgeous detail from Michael Whelan's cover art for Arthur C. Clarke's 2010: Odyssey Two. It has everything, the giant blue baby head, the spaceship, the sillhouette of Jupiter, and that sexy, sexy obelisk. The folks over at LibraryThing are having a discussion of their favorite science fiction book covers, and it's introduced me to some amazing classic — and recent — cover art that I hadn't seen before. Click through to see a few of the other great LibraryThing recommendations, including an Asimov cover by Ralph McQuarrie. More »
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