Issue Date |
Cover Artist |
Comments |
1979 JUL |
Shaw, Barclay |
illus. "Jumping the Line" by Grania Davis; Shaw worked for short periods of time with New York sculptor Joseph MacDonnell, & as a woodworker in Boston for the Charles Webb Furniture Company(Weinberg) |
1980 JAN |
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cover illustrates "Lord Valentine's Castle" by Robert Silverberg; Shaw returned to school in 1977 at the New England School of Art and Design, & began doing sf illustrations for an ad agency, & doing freelance photoretouching (Weinberg) |
1980 MAR |
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cover illustrates "Steele Wyoming" by Ron Goulart; one of Shaw's earliest sf assignments was for a number of illustrations for Future Life magazine; in 1980 he moved to New York where he first met sf author Harlan Ellison (Weinberg) |
1980 SEP |
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cover illustrates "Among the Cliff-Dwellers of the San Andreas Canyon" by Felix C. Gotschalk; Shaw was Harlan Ellison's choice for a major series of his reprints by Ace Publishers, which helped establish Shaw as one of the best new sf artists(Weinberg) |
1980 OCT |
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cover illustrates "The World SF Convention of 2080" by Ian Watson; Shaw was N-1983-1987 HUG, for Best Professional Artist; see his entry in Robert Weinberg: A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists(1988) |
1981 JUN |
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cover illustrates "The Desert of Stolen Dreams" by Robert Silverberg; Shaw's studio in Connecticut is equipped with the traditional artist's tools, & a complete computer graphics setup & digital recording & synthesizer systems(Di Fate) |
1981 AUG |
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cover illustrates "Polyphemus" by Michael Shea; Shaw has art set, Barclay Shaw Metallic Storm Card Set(1995), that reproduces his art from five sf novels & anthologies, incl. The Edge of the Atom(van Vogt, 1976), World at the End of Time(Pohl, 1990) |
1982 SEP |
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cover illustrates "The Land Where Songtrees Grow" by Scott Sanders; Shaw has book, Electric Dreams: The Art of Barclay Shaw(1995), the text written by Shaw, & with an introduction by Harlan Ellison; see pictorial article on Shaw in SFAge 1997 JAN |
1983 OCT |
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cover illustrates "To Slay the Dragon" by P.E. Cunningham; see Shaw's entry in Vincent Di Fate: Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art(1998) |
1984 APR |
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cover illustrates "Rosinante" by Chet Williamson; see many examples of Shaw's work at www.imagenetion.com/index.html, & at his homepage at www.barclayshaw.com |
1985 MAR |
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cover illustrates "Vestibular Man" by Felix C. Gotschalk; Shaw was N-1983-1987 HUG, & N-1981, 1983-1988, 1991-1996 LOC, for Best Professional Artist |
1985 NOV |
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cover illustrates "The Green Tent" by Ellen Gilchrist |
1986 OCT |
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cover illustrates "The Boy Who Plaited Manes" by Nancy Springer |
1987 NOV |
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cover illustrates "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight" by Ursula K. Le Guin |
1989 JUL |
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cover illustrates "Purpose" by P.E. Cunningham |
1994 MAY |
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cover illustrates "The Remoras" by Robert Reed |
1995 JUL |
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N-1996 HUG, for Best Original Art Work; cover illustrates "Gone to Glory" by R. Garcia y Robertson; see p.134 - using a computer, Shaw was able to create a 3-D image for the cover |
1996 MAR |
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cover illustrates "Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral" by Harlan Ellison |
1997 APR |
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N-1997 CHS, for Best Magazine Cover; Shaw's cover art inspired three stories in this issue, "The Gelfite Fish Girl" by Mike Resnick(fantasy), "King of the Cyber Trifles" by Esther M. Friesner(sf), & "Manna" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman(horror) |
1998 FEB |
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cover illustrates "Home Time" by Ian R. MacLeod |
1999 MAR |
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cover illustrates "Back Door Man" by Paul J. McAuley |
1956 JUN |
Shelton, Dick |
illus. "The Asa Rule" by Jay Williams; Shelton did 2 F&SF covers; he aslo did the cover for VSF 1957 MAR issue |
1956 AUG |
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cover illustrates "Fear Is a Business" by Theodore Sturgeon |
1989 AUG |
Smith, Terry |
(1960- ) illus. "Lost in Cleveland" by Vance Aandahl; Smith did 9 covers for F&SF; born in Long Beach, CA; attended Stanford Univ. on a basketball scholarship; back injury dashed dreams of playing in the NBA; graduated 1982, BA in Economics |
1990 SEP |
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cover illustrates "All the Way to Teelee Town" by Ronald Anthony Cross; Smith's artistic talent natural & self-taught; does not use a computer for his artwork; uses a variety of techniques, from acrylics, oil paints, watercolors, airbrush to colored pencils |
1991 MAY |
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cover illustrates "Guide Dog" by Mike Conner; in his freshman year at Stanford Univ., Smith founded a graphics design company, JRS Enterprises(named after his father); after graduating in 1982, changed its name to Terry Smith Creations, based in Mountain View, CA |
1992 AUG |
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cover illustrates "The Vulture Maiden" by Marc Laidlaw; Terry Smith Creations produces high-profile products, such as logos for college, high school, & pro sports teams, as well as sports uniforms, sports cards, posters, portraits; primary focus is sports imagery |
1994 JUL |
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cover illustrates "Jesus at the Bat" by Esther M. Friesner; Terry Smith Creations has created logos for NHL San Jose Sharks(& uniforms), Arena Football League's San Jose SaberCats, ABL Long Beach Stingrays, Chicago Condors, San Jose Lasers, WUSA CyberRays, etc. |
1995 FEB |
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cover illustrates "Tirkiluk" by Ian R. MacLeod; Terry Smith has painted portraits(some for T-shirts) of many sports stars, such as Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O'Neal, etal; he has often painted these stars as super-heroes, or in fantasy backgrounds |
1995 SEP |
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cover illustrates "The Tournament" by Robert Reed; Terry Smith Creations also includes designing greeting cards, creating video game characters & action figures; they have worked on projects for Apple Computers, Adidas, Atari, Hewlett Packard, Mattel, etc. |
1996 APR |
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cover illustrates "The Refuge" by Alan Brennert; Smith's "first love is the animation, the cartoons"; published a 48-page comic book around 1991, Terry Smith Creations Special; had 2 ½ year contract with Universal Studios to develop characters for animated features |
1999 MAY |
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cover illustrates "Game of the Century" by Robert Reed; Smith 1st approached by Ed Ferman to do covers for sports stories; he says, "I've produced the covers on the side to try to help support up & coming writers ... I know how hard it is to break into the business" |
1954 SEP |
Solovioff, Nick |
illus. "One Too Many" by J.T.McIntosh; Solovioff did 6 F&SF covers, and did interior illustrations for F&SF in 1954 |
1955 JAN |
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cover illustrates "The Tournament" by William Sansom |
1955 MAR |
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depicts a hostile planet |
1955 JUL |
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cover illustrates "Father" by Philip Jose Farmer |
1956 JAN |
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1956 MAR |
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cover illustrates "Superstition" by Poul Anderson |
1974 FEB |
Sternbach, Richard |
(1951- ) illus. "A Star Is Born" by Joseph Green; Richard Michael Sternbach did 8 covers for F&SF, includes one with Bonnie Dalzell; born in Bridgeport, CT; attended Univ. of Connecticut; also did F&SF covers as Rick Sternbach |
1976 JUL |
Sternbach, Rick |
illus. "The Anvil of Jove" by Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund; Sternbach's 1st pub. art was in ANA 1973 OCT; he W-1977-1978 HUG, & N-1975-1976, for Best Professional Artist; also did F&SF covers as Richard Sternbach |
1977 FEB |
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cover illustrates "In the Hall of the Martian Kings" by John Varley; Sternbach worked for Disney before going to Hollywood to work on a Star Trek film, & on Carl Sagan's Cosmos series; he was a founder in 1976 of the Assoc. of Science Fiction/Fantasy Artists(ASFA) |
1977 JUN |
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cover illustrates "The Star Eel" by Robert F. Young; Sternbach works mainly with the air brush, but also uses ordinary brushes; see his entry in Robert Weinberg: A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists(1988) |
1977 AUG |
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cover illustrates "A Snark in the Night" by Gregory Benford; Sternbach won an Emmy in 1980 for his work on Carl Sagan's documentary science series, Cosmos(Di Fate); has book with Michael Okuda, Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual(1991) |
1978 MAY |
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cover illustrates "King Frog" by Richard Olin; Sternbach has book, Star Trek: The Next Generation U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints(1996); he W-1976-77, & N-1975, 1979-83 LOC, for Best Professional Artist; W-1986 CHS, for Artistic Achievement |
1978 SEP |
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cover illustrates "In Alien Flesh" by Gregory Benford; Sternbach has book, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual(1998); he is a 1983 founding member of the IAAA, the International Association of Astronomical Artists |
1993 SEP |
Sweat, Lynn |
illus. "East of the Moon" by Mike Conner; Sweat's only cover for F&SF; has illus. Peggy Parish's Amelia Bedelia series of books; has children's books Cluck the Captain's Chicken(1966), Vacation and Holiday Fun(1987), Smallest Stegosaurus(1993) |
1965 APR |
Tanner, Bert |
illus. "Arsenal Port" by Poul Anderson; Tanner did 11 covers for F&SF; Tanner also did 6 covers for VSF; he was the Art Director for VSF for its 2nd run, 1969 MAY-1970 AUG |
1965 AUG |
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depicts a spaceship in flight over a planet; Tanner has illus., with Fred L. Wolff, the book by Martin Caidin: War for the Moon: The Inside Story of the U.S. and Soviet Lunar Probes and Man's Coming Flights to the Moon(1959) |
1965 SEP |
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cover illustrates "The Saliva Tree" by Brian W. Aldiss; Tanner was N-1973 LOC, for Best Magazine Artist |
1965 DEC |
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cover illustrates "The Overworld" by Jack Vance |