Science Fiction, and particularly our brand of it, would not be what it is without illustration. It’s one thing to imagine what it must be like to ice skate on one of Saturn’s moons or to seek help from alien lobstermen when you’ve crash landed on their planet (not to mention near naked humanoid bathing beauties – take that brass brassiere!), but to actually see those things depicted in the stacks at your favorite newsstand…well, not even Flash Gordon on the radio beats that!
Yes, a lot has changed since the father of science fiction art – Frank R. Paul – was chosen to be the very first Worldcon’s very first Guest of Honor in 1939 (and later posthumously inducted into the SF Hall of Fame) because everyone else at that very first world convention – including such soon-to-be-luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Donald Wollheim, Forest Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Sam Moskowitz and many others recognized the deep and positive influence Frank had over the field. He’s not just credited with setting the pace for SF illustration, he’s also credited with the first (or very early) depictions of space stations, astronauts on the Moon and viable alien habitats.
Amazing Stories honors Paul’s influence with an entire line of enhanced and re=touched high resolution scans of his covers for Amazing Stories, Amazing Stories Annual and Amazing Stories Quarterly (4/1926 – 6/1929) on posters (of various sizes suitable for framing), on clothing (T-shirts, Hoodies) and accessories such as coffee mugs and mouse pads.
All of which can be found in our online store.
Here’s a gallery of all of the covers we offer:
(posters available in up to 24″ x 36″ versions)
and don’t forget about our other offerings –
Classic Novels
Facsimile editions of iconic magazine issues –
Comics
Posters, T-shirts and more
AMAZING SELECTS imprint –
Allen Steele’s Captain Future Adventures –
YA Adventure
Author’s Collection –
Theme Anthology –
Our line of Best of the Year anthologies from Futures Past Editions –
