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Star Wars A New Proof Book

Collector and Star Wars historian Mattias Rendahl has an awesome new book called Star wars A New Proof. It is a detailed look at Kenner’s vintage Star Wars packaging designs which includes proofs, Artwork and more. It looks like a treasure trove of behind the scenes info about the vintage toys we know and love.

The book will be $45.00 and pre orders start on April 7th at dearpublications.com. Check out some of the pages below. I know I’ll be buying this one right away.

by Scifi Staff — April 2, 2015 in Books 0

Beautiful 1960s Doctor Who Comic Book Art

Prepare yourself for some of the best and most beautiful Doctor Who art that you have seen in ages. This Dalek comic strip was published in the mid-1960s in Century 21 magazine. Beautiful isn’t it? Well you can see it all on Flickr. See you in a few hours!

You can find the complete The Dalek Chronicles comic on walt74’s Flickr page. Apparently they are scans from a recent magazine that collected the entire run. I just love it. This colorful artwork has flying saucers, futuristic cities, space scenes and more pulpy goodness. I wish more people did art in this style today.

via io9

by Scifi Staff — January 28, 2015 in Art 0

The Art Of The Adventures Of Lando Calrissian

I’m a sucker for vintage Sci-Fi novel cover art. They just don’t paint them like these anymore. You might remember Brian Daley’s trilogy of Han Solo novels in 1979-80. Well, this trilogy came next in 1981, featuring Lando Calrissian. The titles are almost as awesome as the art by Williams Schmidt.

The books were Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka. The action all takes place long before the events of the original Star Wars films. I just love that artwork. Just the right amount of retro and it convinces you right away that Lando would have made a great leading man in his own movies. I see him as a space-faring James Bond.

I love that you can still buy these books today in a 3 for 1 deal on Amazon. But the new cover has no soul.

via Space1970

by Scifi Staff — December 9, 2014 in Art 0

Vintage Chinese Bootleg Star Wars Comic

Nick Stember has translated a 142 page Chinese comic book adaptation of Star Wars that was originally published in Guangdong, China, in the 1980s. It’s crazy stuff. It’s best just to take a look for yourself. It seems to have been made without viewing Return of the Jedi, since there are elements of the other movies and none from Jedi.

Below are just some of the panels. You can hit up Nick’s website for the rest. This is a strange rabbit hole to fall into, but you can easily lose a lot of time looking through all of the images and translations.

by Scifi Staff — October 13, 2014 in Art 0

Fantastic Four Art By Earl Norem

It is really a shame that we can’t get a good animated Fantastic Four movie made. This artwork by Earl Norem is just stunning and this should be the template for an animated movie. It’s from a vintage kids book and is more alive than most movies.

Someone needs to run with this idea. This art is just amazing.

via Calvins Canadian Cave Of Coolness