RΞTRO COSMIC VASTNΞSS

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The Running Man (走る男) directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri; short from anime sci-fi anthology ‘Neo Tokyo’ (1987).

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P. Craig Russell

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Images from the 1988 French sic-fi feature, Gandahar.

It was directed by René Laloux: the man behind Fantastic Planet (1973), of which I’ve posted images before. The English version, Light Years, was edited to remove some sexual elements, as innocent souls had to be protected.

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Assorted Galaxy magazine covers.

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Dean Ellis #art via my instagram

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Tim White

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Fred Gambino, “Mnemosyne’s Kiss”

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Ralph McQuarrie

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Peter Andrew Jones

[weirdlandtv]

Medical droid designs by Ralph McQuarrie for The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

All the different image sizes make this post look a bit unwieldy; I tried to arrange them in the best possible way. I’ve posted image 4 before by the way, but it belongs here too.

If I’m understanding this correctly, one of the early designs for 2-1B was later used for Jabba’s torture droid, EV-9D9.

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Peter Elson

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[weirdlandtv]

UFO art by Vito Vitulli. Reconstruction of an encounter that occurred on March 25, 1952, in Catania, Italy.

This is the same artist who did the “Adamski” illustration I posted a week or so ago. Thanks to The Vault of Retro Sci-Fi, who identified the artist.

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Byron Eggenschwiler