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That time Rock Hudson staked his talent on a bleak sci-fi movie ‘Seconds’

Rock Hudson was killing time waiting for that one big role to come along to change it all. He was making money, sure, lotsa money,…

Paul Gallagher
Aug 14, 2019

‘Rock Wars’: The super-trippy 1979 sci-fi graphic novel about the quest to reunite the Beatles

The psychedelic sci-fi graphic novel Rock Wars concerns a group of twelve volunteers from Galaxcentra (the center of the galaxy), who have been sent to…

Bart Bealmear
Jun 28, 2018

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…

Oliver Hall
Dec 1, 2017

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…

Martin Schneider
Sep 21, 2017

‘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…

Bart Bealmear
Aug 21, 2017

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…

Bart Bealmear
Aug 8, 2017

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…

Cherrybomb
May 2, 2017

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…

Cherrybomb
Apr 26, 2017

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…

Cherrybomb
Apr 6, 2017

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,…

Paul Gallagher
Mar 30, 2017

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