From the pages of Comix International #4 (Warren, 1976), here’s “The Believer,” with story by Budd Lewis and art by Richard Corben:
Dec 252009
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- ABOVE: Ian Wallace, Croyd (New York: Berkley, 1968), with cover by Paul Lehr (1930 – 1998).
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- ABOVE: A. E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull, Planets for Sale (New York: Tempo Books, 1970), with cover by Paul Lehr (1930 – 1998).
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- ABOVE: David Gerrold, Yesterday’s Children (New York: Dell, 1972), with cover by Paul Lehr (1930 – 1998).
That makes 16 covers by Paul Lehr displayed here, with more to come…
Note that the first two paperback covers below are from early in Lehr’s career as a cover artist while the third one is from fairly late in Lehr’s career:
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- ABOVE: Robert A. Heinlein, Podkayne of Mars (New York: Avon, 1966), with cover by Paul Lehr (1930 – 1998).
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- ABOVE: Robert A. Heinlein, Glory Road (New York: Avon, 1966), with cover by Paul Lehr (1930 – 1998).
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- ABOVE: Sharon Baker, Journey to Membliar (New York: Avon, 1987), with cover by Paul Lehr (1930 – 1998).
As I was a-wanderin’ the Web for pleasure, I spied an illustration I thought looked familiar…
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- ABOVE: Howard Pyle (1853-1911), The Charge (n.d.).
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- ABOVE: Adrian Smith, untitled illustration (n.d.).
If it’s an homage, then Smith should be delighted someone recognized the reference, right?
BONUS LINK:
Dec 212009
“We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.”
—Salvador Dali, The Diary of a Genius (1952–63) (1964; London: Hutchinson, 1990), p. 95.
I’m a bit late to the party, but knocking about on the Web this morning I happily discovered that on October 2nd, 2009, the Directors of Spectrum, an annual showcase of “The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art,” announced that Richard Corben would receive the Spectrum‘s 2009 Grand Master Award. Previous recipients of the award include Frank Frazetta, Don Ivan Punchatz, Leo and Diane Dillon, James E. Bama, John Berkey, Alan Lee, Jean Giraud, Kinuko Y. Craft, Michael William Kaluta, Michael Whelan, H.R. Giger, Jeffrey Jones, Syd Mead, and John Jude Palencar. A biography and full appreciation of Corben appears in Spectrum 16, on sale now. Congratulations, Richard!
BONUS LINK:
Book Review: Spectrum 16: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
From the library of yours truly:
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- ABOVE: Philip K. Dick, The Penultimate Truth (New York: Dell, 1980), with cover by Richard Corben dated 1979.
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- ABOVE: Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny, Deus Irae (New York: Dell, 1980), with cover by Richard Corben dated 1980.
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- ABOVE: Edgar Pangborn, West of the Sun (New York: Dell, 1980), with cover by Richard Corben dated 1979.
BONUS LINK:
Figure Gallery at corbenstudios.com — 69 years old, and still going strong…
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