To The Other Planets

P. Klušancev-K jiným planetám (To The Other Planets)  is a Czech  children's book about apace travel published in 1962.
It is similar to many books published at that time in the US and elsewhere.

Here are some illustrations, by  František Škoda.

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Rochester's Rod

Eddie Anderson made a career on radio and television playing Rochester Van Jones, valet , handyman and comedic foil to Jack Benny for almost 30 years.
  Some in our modern age are quick to disparage him for playing such a demeaning role (despite the fact that if anyone bothered to listen, they'd see that he was the one upstaging Benny). He wasn't a dumb buffoon though, and had many interest outside of acting.

  Not many people know that he designed and built this car, for instance.
 In 1951 Anderson combined a Cadillac engine under the hood and a sleek, low-slung exterior to create a car that he both drove and exhibited at various sports car shows throughout the country.

clipping from  Jet Magazine, February 7, 1952

The Pulp Art of Earle Bergey

Born Earl Kulp Bergey on August 26, 1901 in Philadelphia. His father was a band director. In 1919 he began to work as an artist for a Philadelphia newspaper publisher. From 1921 to 1926 he attended night classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and in 1927 he began a comic strip called Deb Days for The Philadelphia Ledger.

1935

    His first pulp magazine covers were for the spicy pin-up titles, such as Gay Book, Pep, La Paree, Bedtime, Snappy, and Brief Stories.

1937

1951

1938

1946

1950

Nick Cardy, War Artist

Nick Cardy, born Nicholas Viscardi on  October 20, 1920 is an American comic book artist best known for his DC Comics work on Aquaman, the Teen Titans and other major characters.

Cardy did World War II military service from 1943 to 1945, earning two Purple Hearts for wounds suffered as a tank driver in the armored cavalry. He began his Army career with the 66th Infantry Division, during which time he won a competition to design its patch, creating its snarling black panther logo. His art talent led to his being assigned an office job at division headquarters. Here are some examples of his excellent water colors from that period. (Click to enlarge)

Dan Adkins-- comics AND science fiction

June 1971

Most fanboys know Adkins from his many Marvel Comics credits

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    In 1964, during the period comic-book fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comics, Adkins joined the Wally Wood Studio as Wood's assistant. Wood and Adkins collaborated on a series of stories for Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazines Creepy and Eerie. Adkins was among the original artists of Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, for Tower Comics, drawing many Dynamo stories during his 16 months in the Wood Studio.

   His work as a penciler and inker appeared in 816 comic books, and he inked over 70 artists in the comics industry. He drew 132 covers for Marvel Comics, in addition to his many pages for Doctor Strange and other Marvel titles. Adkins has worked for a variety of comics publishers, including Charlton Comics, DC Comics (Aquaman, Batman), Dell Comics/Western Publishing, Eclipse Comics, Harvey Comics, Marvel, and Pacific Comics.

   In addition to penciling and inking, Adkins has also done cover paintings, including Amazing Stories, Eerie (issue 12) and Famous Monsters of Filmland (issues 42, 44). His magazine illustrations have been published in Argosy (with Wood), Amazing Stories, Fantastic, Galaxy Science Fiction, Infinity, Monster Parade, Science-Fiction Adventures, Spectrum, Worlds of If and other magazines.

here are a fewof his SF magazine covers:

1967

1967

April 1969

July 1971