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Heads Up: Two Vintage Posters by Jeffrey Jones Available Now on Ebay

Posted by RC at 2:07 pm Heads Up!, Prints (Jones)

Mar 292010

Just a friendly note to let fans of Jeffrey Jones know that ebay seller intergalactic (Positive Feedback: 99.8%) has multiple copies of two vintage posters by Jeffrey Jones on sale right now: Chastity (9 available, as of today, for the “Buy It Now” price of US$10.95 each plus shipping) and Sleep (10 available, as of today, for the “Buy it Now” price of US$12.95 each plus shipping). I myself purchased one copy of each poster a short time ago, and was impressed both by the service and by the quality of the merchandise, though please keep in mind, if you decide to follow my lead, you buy at your own risk.

Look Here: A Third Obscure Paperback Cover by Frank Frazetta

Posted by RC at 11:20 am Book/Magazine Covers (All), Frank Frazetta, Illustration Art, Look Here, Original art vs. printed page

Mar 292010

The paperback indicia doesn’t include a publication date, but according to a couple of Web sites, the Paperback Library reprint edition of Danger Planet, which featured “Captain Future, inter-galactic agent of justice, whose identity is top secret, whose strength is ultimate,” was published in 1969, some 24 years after the original!

: ABOVE: Brett Sterling, Danger Planet (New York: Popular Library, 1969), with cover by Frank Frazetta.

As you can see from the above image of the actual painting (which was painted on an 18.75 x 12.5 inch canvasboard panel!), the section with Frazetta’s signature, and much else, was cropped for the cover. Frazetta didn’t get an interior cover credit either. Because everybody knows it’s timeless action heroes like “Captain Future” that sell books, not cover artists…

Look Here: Two SF Covers by Paul Lehr

Posted by RC at 8:59 am Book/Magazine Covers (All), Illustration Art, Look Here, Paul Lehr

Mar 292010

: ABOVE: Damon Knight, A for Anything (New York: Berkley, n.d.), with cover by Paul Lehr.

: ABOVE: Jack Vance, The Asutra (New York: Dell, 1974), with cover by Paul Lehr.

Click here to view all of the covers by Paul Lehr that I’ve posted to date.

Look Here: Five More by Paul Lehr

Posted by RC at 9:41 am Book/Magazine Covers (All), Illustration Art, Look Here, Paul Lehr

Mar 042010

: ABOVE: Charles L. Harness, The Ring of Ritornel (New York: Berkley, 1968), with cover by Paul Lehr.

: ABOVE: Edmund Cooper, Kronk (New York: Berkely, 1971), with cover by Paul Lehr.

: ABOVE: Dav Garnett, The Starseekers (New York: The Starseekers, 1971), with cover by Paul Lehr.

: ABOVE: D. F. Jones, The Floating Zombie (New York: Berkley, 1975), with cover by Paul Lehr.

: ABOVE: Edmund Cooper, The Slaves of Heaven (New York: Berkley, 1975), with cover by Paul Lehr.

Click here to view all of the Paul Lehr paperback covers I’ve posted so far.

Look There, and Here: “Harry” by Jeffrey Jones

Posted by RC at 6:36 pm Comics, Comics (Jones), Here, Read, Jeffrey "Jeff" Catherine Jones, Look Here, Look There

Mar 032010

Over at Atomic Surgery, blogger Staq Mavlen has posted scans of Jeffrey Jones’s short story, “Harry,” from Vampirella #85, in crisp black and white. What Mavlen doesn’t mention is that “Harry” was originally published in Vampirella #32, with day-glo colours by none other than Richard Corben! To compare the two versions, simply click here to read the black-and-white reprint and scroll down on this page to read the original colour publication: