The art of science fiction magazines

Here’s a look at some beautiful covers of science fiction magazines, which were popular in the early and mid 20th century. Later they would be replaced in popularity by books, television and film, but for a time, this was where you could get your science fiction stories.

Amazing Stories, 1926. This was the first magazine dedicated to sci-fi stories.

American Science Fiction Magazine: Nine worlds West by Paul W. Fairman 1953

Common Time, 1955. An Australian SciFi mag which featured a series of stories from popular American magazines. Cover art by Stanley Pitt. Available here.

Astounding Stories Magazine July 1935. Usually available on eBay

September 1936 Astounding Stories magazine.

Amazing Stories, February 1948 available on eBay

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec (2010)

I’m over a decade late to this, but this film, based loosely on a French comic book character, and directed by Luc Besson, has me obsessed. It has that slow burn like I got with my other Luc Besson favorite film, “The Fifth Element.” For me, both films seemed to start off a tad over-stylized and choppy, but soon wove everything together with such style, humor and charm. In addition to a whacky story, amazing set design, wonderful actors, and a beautiful score, the costume design is gorgeous. Available to rent on Amazon and other streaming services or to view free with ads on Tubi. Stick with the Director’s Cut in French with subtitles. Some versions have been trimmed, and others may be dubbed. Non non!

Adele (Louise Bourgoin) and her sister Agnathe (Laure de Clermont) get up to some tennis shenanigans

Phillippe Nahon and Nicolas Giraud as the professor and Andrej with-a-J-as-in-jaguar

Horse meets horse?

Hi, I’m back! Here’s a little sketchbook I did since last we met. What happens when Florian meets Bucky outside of the supermarket?

Soup Run

Daisy packs up the kid and the dog and hops in the car to get some extra-delicious soup from Ida's. It's just down the lane. I started with a painting in my sketchbook, & added a storefront and, of course, a bear! This illustration is now available in my Etsy shop in 2 different sizes, 8 x 10" and 11 x 14".