#sci-fi fri

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ALL HAIL THE FIRST GENERATION OF TREKKIES -- THE ONE'S WHO BLAZED THE SCI-FI FANDOM TRAIL.

PICS INFO: Mega spotlight on a teenage girl in "STAR TREK" Vulcan cosplay, as well as an entire cosplaying assembly of "Original Series"-era Vulcans, photographed at the World Science Fiction Convention in New York, NY, USA, c. 1967.

Sources: https://x.com/georgebsocial/status/1227010372235923456 (X 2x).

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"JESSICA, YOU WERE TOLD TO BEAR ONLY DAUGHTERS TO THE ATREIDES."

[Jessica ignores her, lost in thought] 

PICS INFO: Mega spotlight on film stills of Francesca Annis as Lady Jessica in the 1984 American epic space opera film "Dune," directed by David Lynch, wearing a costume by Bob Ringwood and makeup and hair by Giannetto De Rossi and Mirella De Rossi.

Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Lady_Jessica_-Francesca_Annis%281984%29.jpg.

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EVILDOERS BEWARE - ARMORED JUSTICE RISING.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1988x3056 -- Spotlight on the final page, including an absolutely epic panel of the armored Justice League of America rising into the sky to go finally meet the Legion of Doom head on, from "JUSTICE" Vol. 1 #9. February, 2007. DC Comics.

STORY/SCRIPT: Jim Krueger/Alex Ross

ARTWORK: Doug Braithwaite/Alex Ross

COLORS: Alex Ross

LETTERS: Todd Klein

Source: www.zipcomic.com/justice-2005-issue-9.

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"AN ORDINARY MAN FORCED TO BECOME AN EXTRAORDINARY HERO "

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1387x2048 -- Spotlight on a classic movie poster design for the 1991 American period action/adventure film, "The Rocketeer," directed by Joe Johnston, inspired by the classic art deco movement -- artwork by John "Joe" Mattos.

"Three years before the United States declares war, Cliff Secord leads America's first battle against the Nazis."

-- "THE ROCKETEER" (1991) film tagline

Sources: www.johnmattos.com/store/p/rocketeer-poster, IMDb, various, etc...

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THE REVAMPING OF AN IRON-CLAD CLASSIC -- THE HALL OF ARMOR IS NOW REBORN!

"This color reimagining of my Hall of Iron poster, featuring the Silver Centurion armor, was commissioned in advance of my upcoming appearance at @InkInkCollectibles in Singapore on July 18th, 2025."

-- BOB LAYTON (American comic book artist, writer, editor, living legend)

PIC #2: Resolution at 1743x2595 -- Iron Man/Hall of Armor pin-up by Bob Layton, from "Marvel Fanfare" Vol. 1 #45 (1989). Marvel Comics.

Sources: https://x.com/Bob_Layton/status/1942202921866948918, Pinterest, various, etc...

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THE ART OF HARD COPY -- THE ART OF THE CD BOOKLET -- A WINDOW INTO CULTURES PAST.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on all the pictures of English psychedelic/acid pop/rock band, THE PINK FLOYD, featured inside the CD booklet to the band's 1967 debut album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," released domestically [in the USA] on remastered CD by Capitol Records in 1994.

Cover photograph by Vic Singh, also includes photography by Dezo Hoffman, Adrian Boot, Chris Walters, & unknown photographers

CD package redesign by Storm Thorgerson & Jon Croasland.

Source: www.discogs.com/release/2360528-Pink-Floyd-The-Piper-At-The-Gates-Of-Dawn.

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FILE UNDER: CYBERNETICS, CYBERPUNK, SCI-FI ART, SCI-FI FRI, FEMALE FORM, ANIME & MANGA, ETC...

PIC INFO: Resolution at 828x1424 -- Spotlight on an A.I. rendition of The Major, a.k.a., Major Motoko Kusanagi, lead character in the cyberpunk anime & manga series, "Ghost in the Shell," created by Masamune Shirow.

Source: https://x.com/nhoeskape/status/1770899041896808613.

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"MAN IS NOT TRULY ONE, BUT TRULY TWO."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1080x1130 -- Spotlight on a Halloween-themed doodle of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, from "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde," the 1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson.

"All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil."

-- DR. HENRY JEKYLL on the nature of Mr. Hyde, from "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886), written by Robert Louis Stevenson

Source: www.pixnoy.com/profile/mizmaru_kawahara.