The sci-fi comic book story that inspired ‘They Live’
Ray Nelson’s short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning,” on which John Carpenter based They Live, was first published in the November 1963 issue of…
Sci-fi
What the fuck is going on in Wiley Wallace’s crazy sci-fi paintings?
Wiley Wallace‘s meticulous canvases depict a peculiar universe in which fantastical things happen, usually in nature with kids involved. They suggest an unholy mashup of…
‘Arcade Attack’: It’s pinball vs. video games in AWESOMELY WEIRD 1982 animated sci-fi short
Arcade Attack: Silverball Heroes verses Video Invaders is a very strange short film. Part documentary, part animated sci-fi fantasy, this mini-movie also shines a light…
Andy Kaufman played an android butler in the little-known 1977 sci-fi sitcom pilot, ‘Stick Around’
On May 30th, 1977, ABC aired the pilot for a sci-fi sitcom called Stick Around. The program starred Andy Kaufman as “Andy,” an android servant…
Far-out sci-fi album art for ELO, Giorgio Moroder, Earth, Wind & Fire and more by Shusei Nagaoka
The cover of Jefferson Starship’s 1976 album ‘Spitfire’ by Shusei Nagaoka. You may not know Japanese artist Shusei Nagaoka by name, but there is no…
Visual Futurist: Step inside the sci-fi world created by ‘Blade Runner’ visionary Syd Mead
A depiction of Los Angeles in 2019 by Syd Mead for ‘Blade Runner.’ Artist Syd Mead is probably best known for his work for the…
The master of Moorcock: The psychedelic sci-fi book covers and art of Bob Haberfield
‘The Singing Citadel’ by Michael Moorcock. Cover art by Bob Haberfield, 1970. Sci-fi author Michael Moorcock has published a dizzying array of books since getting…
Monsters from Outer Space: Glorious covers for German sci-fi magazine ‘Terra’
After the Second World War, when everything was all kinda, um… shook-up and most people feared imminent nuclear annihilation, or World War Three with Russia,…
Sexy sci-fi lobby cards for ‘Heavy Metal’
In the early 1980s, cable TV was an important and marvelous new development for Young America. For one thing, MTV was on it. But there…
‘Barbarella Does Her Thing’: Behind the scenes of the sexiest sci-fi movie ever made
There’s no movie quite like Barbarella, the delicious sci-fi allegory about sex and war, based on the Jean-Claude Forest comic book of the same name.…