Who did this COVER ? 0

[jimjum12]

I thought this may be of interest to many and could be an active and informative thread. It may be just me, but Google doesn't seem to be adept at providing artists for specific paperback covers. so what the heck. I'll start it off and it can die a natural death if need be. GOD BLESS .... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

 

Honestly, I was first drawn to this PB because the gal has the sort of gams that can drive a young man to the docks for steady labor ....

Anybody know who did this cover? 

Edited June 11 by jimjum12

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/11/2024 at 4:10 PM, jimjum12 said:

I thought this may be of interest to many and could be an active and informative thread. It may be just me, but Google doesn't seem to be adept at providing artists for specific paperback covers. so what the heck. I'll start it off and it can die a natural death if need be. GOD BLESS .... 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

 

Honestly, I was first drawn to this PB because the gal has the sort of gams that can drive a young man to the docks for steady labor ....

Anybody know who did this cover? 

Raymond Johnson

[Surfing Alien]

For posterity @jimjum12  Since Dan has sold out Illustration No. 77, I'll post an image of the Raymond Johnson checklist for your reference. This is only the paperbacks and digests and there are a few additions to it since publication, but this is certainly the bulk of his pb covers as agreed to by a panel of three collectors with pretty tough criteria for attribution. There's several dozen that one or two of us were quite sure about, but we only put covers that all three of us agreed were Johnson (or were signed or credited) on the list.   There's also dozens of foreign re-uses, we've listed a couple but we've all seen quite a few more, but beyond the scope of what we were trying to accomplish, which was US pbs, within Dan's deadline.

I saved it as high a res jpg as my pdf editor would allow. It's still a bit blurry so if you want a sharp pdf, you can pm me your email and I'll send a copy.

[jimjum12]

On 6/12/2024 at 12:23 PM, Surfing Alien said:

For posterity @jimjum12  Since Dan has sold out Illustration No. 77, I'll post an image of the Raymond Johnson checklist for your reference. This is only the paperbacks and digests and there are a few additions to it since publication, but this is certainly the bulk of his pb covers as agreed to by a panel of three collectors with pretty tough criteria for attribution. There's several dozen that one or two of us were quite sure about, but we only put covers that all three of us agreed were Johnson (or were signed or credited) on the list.   There's also dozens of foreign re-uses, we've listed a couple but we've all seen quite a few more, but beyond the scope of what we were trying to accomplish, which was US pbs, within Dan's deadline.

I saved it as high a res jpg as my pdf editor would allow. It's still a bit blurry so if you want a sharp pdf, you can pm me your email and I'll send a copy.

You obviously deduced that Johson is one of my very favorites. The more I look at" Blood Money", the more I question what was I thinking? I still see elements of his style in "Macamba", particularly in the brushwork and the level of animation that the gal posses ... it seems like a fair share of his work is not posed, as seems the case with many other artists. 

Thank you a LOT for this, and I will PM for high res. You're my hero  GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[OtherEric]

Let's see what I have from the list...

Looks like I've got a decent sample.

[Surfing Alien]

On 6/12/2024 at 12:30 PM, jimjum12 said:

I still see elements of his style in "Macamba", particularly in the brushwork and the level of animation that the gal posses ... it seems like a fair share of his work is not posed, as seems the case with many other artists. 

Johnson actually did the second pb edition (Popular Library Eagle EB11) of "Macamba" - in an even more wildly animated fashion, and similar gams to "Infamy", with two back cover paintings. I don't have a high res scan but you get the drift...

[Darwination]

I much prefer the RayJo version.  Here's the (still good) Belarski (not my copies, via Flickr peeps)

The Schaare's not bad either

 

also - the cassette for Toto's 1995 Tambu o.O

Edited June 12 by Darwination

[Darwination]

I listened to the first few songs of that Toto album and would rather stab myself in the ear with an ice pick than soldier on

[jimjum12]

On 6/12/2024 at 3:35 PM, Darwination said:

I listened to the first few songs of that Toto album and would rather stab myself in the ear with an ice pick than soldier on

Am I to assume they weren't on their "Africa" game? GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Darwination]

I personally find the 2/5 star rating at Allmusic generous (based solely on the first three songs), but don't let me stop anyone from giving it a go

[jimjum12]

Here's another uncredited beauty ... perhaps painted by a man with no name? GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)