SNAKES ON A PAGE

 

I have a feeling that I've seen this book cover or something very similar somewhere else. Maybe a comic cover?

Have you got the same feeling? Any ideas?

DUNGEONS AND ADD-ONS

Being a heavy rock fan I couldn't help noticing the box art on this modern role playing game, Dungeon Crawl Classics #94: Neon Knights by Goodman Games.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery and I suppose recreating on of the most important heavy rock albums' cover art is exceptionally flattering. Its obvious that Neon Knights has lifted the outstretched demon arms from Black Sabbath's famous Sabbath Bloody Sabbath cover created by famous artist Drew Struzan [who went on to do Star Wars posters]; you can read more about Drew on Decibel]

Getting even more from Neon Knights here are related images from its parent game, Dungeon Crawl Classics.

The rear picture is a gem. I love this wild warrior with his stripy heavy metal flares extra tight around the loins! Eat your heart out Ozzy!

The contents page rings a bell. That monochrome drawing style says Prince Valiant or similar. I like it.

The Wizard page has similar black and white artwork, signed by Peter Mullen, I've seen this type of side art before, little panels of sword and sorcery. Maybe on White Dwarf?

What do you think?

F-111 Copycat Art

The post on the Telsalda Swing Wing toy was most interesting. The version shown was called the Royal Navy Swing Wing Strike-Fighter, and the box top depicted two aircraft in different colour schemes, but both with Royal Navy titles on the forward fuselage.

That art work has been bothering me. It has the look of a kit box top, and the fact that two different versions of the same aircraft are depicted just seemed odd. So I went looking. This is what I found.

The real General Dynamics F-111, originally called the TFX - Tactical Fighter Experimental, was intended for both the US Air Force and Navy. That idea did not work out, and the Navy model was cancelled. The F-111 was the first aircraft to enter service with swing-wings, the angle of swept could be varied in flight.

In the early days of the F-111 programme, most of the big US kit companies produced kits of the type, some offering optional parts for both the Air Force and Navy versions.

The Revell kit in 1/72nd scale came out in 1966, and it had parts for both versions. The box top painting showed the Air Force version in a tactical camouflage scheme, with the Navy model in the standard USN finish of white and light grey.

The Telsalda box art (also used on the SL version of the same toy) is a modified copy of the original Revell box top. This painting was by Jack Leynnwood, who did many boxes for Revell. The two aircraft were shown flying over a desert airfield, and carry full US markings.

The Telsalda art changes the background; deletes the US markings on the aircraft; and adds Royal Navy titles, but not British roundels. Otherwise, it is the same artwork. This painting is shown in the book Box Top Air Power, which I reviewed a little while ago.

Another case of copy-cat box art.

MOONBASE CENTRAL: SWING WING WHEELS (projectswordtoys.blogspot.com)

MOONBASE CENTRAL: TELSALDA SWING WING (projectswordtoys.blogspot.com)

The photo of the Revell box top is from Worthpoint.

Have you anything like this?

Paul Adams from New Zealand

GALACTIC WETTING

 

Now who do you think that boy is meant to be?

Ideas on a postcard!

Ps.

Looking at it again I think they predicted Martin Freeman's Bilbo forty years early and with a ray gun!

BLISTER ATTACK

 

Here's another of the galaxy of plastic spacemen captured in rack packs.

This is by Toyco of Montreal. Super Space Action.

The card art rings a bell.

Here's similar if not the same alien antics on Toyco's bigger boxed Alien Attack set [pic courtesy of Worthpoint]

Did you have any Toyco toys?

WHITE DWARF COVERS: MONSTER LIFTS

I was intrigued by these old White Dwarf covers I saw online. 

I only ever owned one or two White Dwarfs and they were really early issues before colour art covers came in like these.

What struck me about these three is the art lifted from other sources, so I'll have a g at ID'ing them, which is always fun.

This cover from 1979 is clearly Wolfman, but is it lifted from elsewhere? I'll leave that one for readers if you fancy having a bash?

Turning to this cover I had thought it was from an Eerie or a Creepy comic by Warren but alas its not. Does anyone know if this was used somewhere else?

This final one from 1980 I do know. I read a paperback by Mark Ronson called the Ghoul a few years back with the same cover. Its from 1980 too!

Not sure who the artist is though. You?

IN ARM'S WAY: THE MASTER CARD

 Looking at the crazy Arm's Master car art again I've been wondering about those two running space figures bottom left.

Here they a little closer.

They rang a bell.

They made me think of another toy's box art, Alien Attack by Toyco.

There's a couple of running - or at least moving - spacemen bottom left.

Looking at them close-up they're not the same but it was fun checking!

So, all the components of the Arm's Master card art remain a mystery still.

The strange metal orb with arms, the spaceship below the Enterprise, the runners and the circular portraits.

Any ideas or are they original ideas from the artist?

SEA SERPENTS 40 YEARS APART!

 1926

1967

How cool is that!

HEADER FULL OF LIFTED SHIPS

Here's an obscure toy and one for the Project SWORD completist like me!

The Pop-Rocket Missile Airplane.

The header uses art lifted from other toy boxes.

Project SWORD Probe Force 2

Hover Space Bird courtesy of Arto

Nomura Solar X

Not sure about the yellow airliner but I imagine its lifted from a toy box too. Any ideas?

SELECCION TERROR: LIFTED HORROR ILLUSTRATIONS

Seleccion Terror was a Spanish pulp issued in the 1960's. Many of the stories were written by the prolific Clark Carrados. Clark Carrados was an alias of Luis Garcia Lecha. It must have been great collecting them.

As with many cheap pulp publications Terror lifted some previous illustrations for use on its own garish and attention-grabbing covers. Some look do original though - just google Seleccion Terror. I'm unsure of the Terror artists but here are a few lifted Terror covers and what I think are their possible origins and a few mysteries you could help with too!

Dr. Terrors House of Horrors movie

Dirty Harry movie

Night of the Demon movie [but is the screamer lifted too?]

And here area few mysteries.

I have an inkling about these lifted covers but just can't put my finger on them.

Can you readers?

MYSTERY CIENCIA FICCION COVER

Any ideas what the inspirations for this old Spanish cover might have been readers?

The title means the planet of lost men I think.

MYSTERY MAN COVER

More Ciencia Ficcion.

The guy in front of the cliff with the blaster looks very familiar.

Any ideas readers?

COVER IT UP

So what are the influences behind this old cover art readers?

CIENCIA FICCION: WHAT'S THAT COVER?

OK readers, too easy this one but here goes.

What do you think inspired this Spanish cover art?

PS. I love the author's name, Silver Kane!

COVER STORY

Ciencia Ficcion: Another Spanish clone.

What's that vehicle do you reckon readers?

MONSTER COVER QUIZ

Which monster movie do you reckon this old Spanish book cover is based on readers?

See if you come up with the same as me!

COVER MYSTERY

I had thought this old Spanish cover art was a 'inspired' by the Last Starfighter [below] but I'm not so sure now at all. What do you think readers?

CIENCIA FICCION: MYSTERY COVERS

Some of these Spanish covers look familiar.

Ciencia Ficcion often lifted art or photographs for their own covers so maybe you recognise something here readers?

CIENCIA FICCION: LUCKY COVER

This is a strange spaceship on this Spanish cover on this Lucky Marty story.

It rings a bell but I can't think what. You?

SCARY COVERS AND SUPER CHEATS

I'm currently off work laid up with another of my Grandson's potent super-colds.

I'm as hot and dank as a Rancor's doo doo!

In between the sneezing I'm easing my mind with a good old search for lifted cover art. Whether its toy boxes or old pulp comics, its one of my fave pastimes!

The covers of the vintage Spanish sc-fi pulp Ciencia Ficcion [Science Fiction] published by Brugeura is a treasure trove of second-hand graphics - which I assume have nothing to do with the storie - and here's a few I snotted spotted today.

First up the big guns -

Thunderbird 4.

No idea of the original image. Have you?

Daleks!

I love this one!

Frankenstein from Edison's 1910 pioneering film.

Here's the original image!

I love these too and they featured in one of my most fave blog articles ever, Scary Monsters and Super Creeps by Wotan Bill B back in 2010. The original art was supposedly by Terrence Cuneo although I can't find it listed on his Wiki list of works! There is a signature on the second cover below but I can't read it.

This image I'm sure I know or at least the gaggle of ogres in it reminds me of something. I'm probably thinking of the brilliant Angelo Torres-drawn story Ogre's Castle buried deep in the pages of Warren's Creepy #2 from 1965 [you can read it on You Tube no less!]

Naturally there's some Star Wars too. Here's some Stormtroopers. But is it original?

... and a pretty cool scene of C3PO and Luke/Leiai wannabees in the desert. Not sure if 3PO is lifted. You?

This was fun.

At first I thought the lady was posed like Barbarella....

But then it dawned on me.

Raquel Welch in 10 Million BC!

Do you like lifted cover art readers?

Know of any on toy boxes, books, comics, film posters or LP covers?