| Issue Date |
Cover Artist |
Comments |
| 1966 JUN |
Castellon, H. |
illus. "This Moment of the Storm" by Roger Zelazny; Castellon's only cover for F&SF; Hector Castellon |
| 1981 MAR |
Chadwick, Paul |
illus. "In the Western Tradition" by Phyllis Eisenstein; Chadwick did 6 covers for F&SF; he has written under house ps. Brant House at least 13 Secret Agent X novels & novellas in the mag. Secret Agent X, 1934 FEB-1938 SEP |
| 1982 JAN |
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cover illustrates "Starhaven" by Charles Platt & Shawna McCarthy; Chadwick has written under the ps. Ralph Boston & Paul Hawk; under ps. Eleanor Hammond has written stories in Love Fiction Monthly |
| 1982 AUG |
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cover illustrates "Spider Rose" by Bruce Sterling; under ps. Chester Hawks, Chadwick has novella "Python Men of Lost City" in Captain Hazzard Magazine, 1938 MAY |
| 1984 AUG |
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cover illustrates "Ganglion" by Wayne Wightman |
| 1985 APR |
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cover illustrates "Collectible" by Alan Dean Foster |
| 1990 NOV |
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cover illustrates "Four Kings and an Ace" by R. Garcia y Robertson |
| 1959 JUL |
Cobb, Ron |
(1937- ) depicts discovery on the moon; Cobb's only cover for F&SF; born in L.A.; worked as animator for Disney; served in Army 1960-63, incl. Vietnam; worked as cartoonist, & in film design for movies like Star Wars, Alien, etc; see bio in Weinberg book |
| 1953 MAY |
Coggins, Jack |
(1911- ) depicts rocket launching station on the moon; Coggins did 4 F&SF covers; born in London, Coggins moved to the U.S. while still a child; studied at the Grand Central School of Art, & the Art Students League |
| 1953 AUG |
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depicts erecting a communication tower on Triton, Neptune in background; during WWII, Coggins served as a U.S. Army correspondent in Europe, & did many war illustrations for Life; Coggins W-1995 Pagoda Award, from Berks County, PA, where he lives |
| 1953 SEP |
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depicts spaceship over base on Ariel, Uranus in background; he first specialized in marine painting; 1950s Coggins began painting sf covers; illus. books by Fletcher Pratt, Rockets, Jets, Guided Missiles and Space Ships('51), By Spaceship to the Moon('52) |
| 1954 MAY |
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cover illustrates "Star Lummox" by Robert A. Heinlein; after his sf career, Coggins wrote & illustrated books on military & naval history, incl. Arms and Equipment of the Civil War(1962), Ships and Seamen of the American Revolution(1969) |
| 1967 SEP |
Corben, Richard V. |
(1940- ) see p.52, depicts a three-man spaceship in search of minerals in the asteroid belt; Corben's only cover for F&SF, his 1st professional sale; born in Anderson, MO; attended Kansas City Art Institute; he's a major force in underground comic field |
| 1976 APR |
Dalzell, Bonnie & Rick Sternbach |
(1944- ; 1951- ) depicts a spacecraft or probe in intergalactic space; Dalzell's only cover for F&SF, she also did GAL 1977 MAY & JUL covers; see her website at www.clark.net/pub/bdalzell/; Sternbach did 8 covers for F&SF |
| 1998 JUN |
Dashow, Michael |
(1968- ) illus. "The Naked Face of God" by Sheila Finch; his only cover for F&SF; born Swampscott, MA; 1st pub. work comic book cover "Wild Kingdom," Issue 2; 1st sf/f book cover, Stanley Weinbaum: The Black Flame(1995); website www.michaeldashow.com |
| 1973 APR |
Davis, Don |
(1952- ) illus. "Icarus Descending" by Gregory Benford; Davis did 2 covers for F&SF; grew up in San Francisco Bay area; 1970 graduated from Menlo Atherton High School; began working for the U.S. Geological Survey, Astrogeologic Studies in 1968 |
| 1973 AUG |
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depicts four astronauts raising an antenna on the moon; has illus. in Carl Sagan's books, The Dragons of Eden(1977), Cosmos(1980), Pale Blue Dot(1994); has illus. for NASA, Morrison & Hansen Planetariums; see websites iasos.com & www.donalddavis.com/ |
| 1982 MAY |
De Marco, Rick |
illus. "Last Night on Dugan's World" by Steve Vance; De Marco's only cover for F&SF |
| 1971 SEP |
Di Fate, Vincent |
(1945- ) illus. "A Walk on Toy" by Neal Barrett Jr; Di Fate did 5 covers for F&SF; born in Yonkers; attended the Manhattan Center of Pratt Institute in the mid-1960s; 1st worked as a TV animator for Ralph Bakshi; 1st pub. illustrations in ANA 1969 AUG |
| 1972 SEP |
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cover illustrates "What Good Is a Glass Dagger?" by Larry Niven; Di Fate studied under renowned glaze painter Peter Hopkins, & modified his glaze style so his artwork would reproduce better for the paperback cover markets; see website www.VincentDiFate.com |
| 1985 JAN |
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cover illustrates "CV" by Damon Knight; Di Fate in 1976 began a column, "Sketches," on sf art in Algol magazine; he W-1979 HUG & was N 10 other times, for Best Professional Artist, thru 2001; as sf art historian, he has lectured at the Smithsonian & several colleges |
| 1985 JUL |
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cover illustrates "When Winter Ends" by Michael P. Kube-McDowell; see bio in ASI 1979 JAN, Biolog in ANA 1981 FEB 2, pictorial article in SFAge 1994 MAR, iv's in MZBFM 1997 SUM, LOC 1998 FEB, & entry in Weinberg: A Biographical Dictionary ...(1988) |
| 1999 SEP |
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cover illustrates "Ninety Percent of Everything" by Jonathan Lethem, James Patrick Kelly, & John Kessel; Di Fate N-LOC, for Best Artist 23 times thru 2001; W-1997 CHS, for Artistic Achievement; has nf book Infinite Worlds(1997; W-1997 LOC; N-1997 HUG) |
| 1972 AUG |
Dillon, Leo & Diane |
(1933- ; 1933- ) illus. "Basilisk" by Harlan Ellison; the Dillons did 2 covers for F&SF; they met while attending the Parsons School of Design & Visual Arts(grad. in 1956); decided to work together to avoid any professional jealousy; married in 1957 |
| 1973 MAR |
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cover illustrates "The Deathbird" by Harlan Ellison; they've done book covers, interior cover illustrates in sf/f field, & for children's books, posters; have W-1971 HUG, Best Professional Artists, & N twice; see articles in WotF anth. #XV(1999), RoF 2000 JUN, iv LOC 2000 APR |
| 1974 JUN |
Dixon, Don |
depicts Pioneer spacecraft approaching the planet Saturn; Dixon did 2 covers for F&SF; Dixon illus. the books by T.A. Heppenheimer: Colonies in Space(1977), & Toward Distant Suns(1979); art director of Griffin Observatory in Los Angeles |
| 1977 SEP |
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depicts a bleak landscape illuminated by a single star; Dixon has nf book Universe(1981), which describes the history of the universe thru the Voyager missions, incl. NASA images & the author's paintings; has website www.cosmographica.com/; member of IAAA |
| 1957 NOV |
Dollens, Morris Scott |
(1920-1994) depicts approaching the space station; Dollens only cover for F&SF; born in Indiana; moved to California in 1940s, working for MGM studios; an sf fan & semi-pro fan artist, he sold his paintings at sf coventions beginning in the early 1950s |
| 1982 MAR |
Eagleson, Duncan |
illus. "Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley" by Richard A. Lupoff; Eagleson did 4 covers for F&SF |
| 1983 MAR |
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cover illustrates "Welcome to Coventry" by Richard Mueller |
| 1984 JUL |
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cover illustrates "The Greening of Bed-Stuy" by Frederik Pohl |
| 1987 JUN |
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cover illustrates "The Giant, the Colleen, and the Twenty-one Cows" by Robert F. Young |
| 1991 SEP |
Eggleton, Bob |
(1960- ) illus. "Oh, Miranda!" by Charles Pellegrino & George Zebrowski; Eggleton did 7 covers for F&SF; born in Concord, MA; attended Rhode Island College; was influenced by Ron Cobb, Ralph McQuarrie, Syd Mead, & comic artist Mobius(Weinberg) |
| 1992 SEP |
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cover illustrates "Seeing" by Andrew Weiner; Eggleton W-1988 Gaughan, Best Emerging Artist; he W-1994, 1996-99, & N-1988-89, 1991-93, 1995, 2000-01 HUG; W-2001, & N-1988-2000 LOC; N-1995-96, 1999-2000 WFA; all for Best Professional Artist |
| 1995 OCT/NOV |
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N-1996 HUG, for Best Original Art Work; cover illustrates "Dankden" by Marc Laidlaw; Eggleton W-1998 CHS; N-1995, for Artistic Achievement; W-1995, 1997 SFC; N-1994, for Best Pro Artist; he lives in Providence, RI; see website www.bobeggleton.com |
| 1996 MAY |
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W-1996 CHS, for Best Magazine Cover; cover illustrates "Airborn" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Eggleton has art colls. Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton(1995; N-1996 HUG, LOC), The Book of Sea Monsters(1998), both with texts by Nigel Suckling |
| 1997 JUL |
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cover illustrates "The Funeral March of the Marionettes" by Adam-Troy Castro; Eggleton has art coll. Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton(2000; W-2001 HUG), themed around the idea of sending aliens visions of Earth, text by Nigel Suckling |
| 1998 MAY |
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W-1998 CHS, for Best Magazine Cover; cover illustrates "The Allies" by Mark S. Geston; see Eggleton interview in LOC 2001 AUG(#487), in which he says he was influenced by the artists Ferdinand Delacrcroix, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Frederic Church |
| 1999 AUG |
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W-1999 CHS, for Best Magazine Cover; cover illustrates "Strongbow" by R. Garcia y Robertson; Eggleton says other influences for him were Albert Bierstadt, Gustave Moreau & Gustave Doré; worked on animated sf movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius(2001) |
| 1952 JUN |
Emsh |
(1925-1990) illus. "Love" by Richard Wilson; working name for Ed(mund) Emshwiller, & also did covers in F&SF as such, & as Ed Emsh; Emsh did 71 F&SF covers, & 1954 & 1957 interior illus.; born in Lansing, MI; 1949 degree in Design from Univ. of Michigan |
| 1952 SEP |
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cover illustrates "Mother" by Alfred Coppel; Emsh was born in Lansing, MI; served in the army 1943-46; earned bachelor of design degree from the Univ. of Michigan in 1949; studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts(with his wife, Carol), & Art Students League |
| 1952 NOV |
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cover illustrates "Bring the Jubilee" by Ward Moore; Emsh sold his 1st sf illustration to GAL, in 1951, & did more than 400 sf covers over the next 13 years(incl. mags., paperbacks & hardcovers) |
| 1953 APR |
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cover illustrates "Beggars All" by J.T. M'Intosh; Emsh married fellow artist Carol Fries in 1949, who stopped painting & started writing sf in 1955(as Carol Emshwiller); their son, Peter, is also a genre writer, & was a managing editor at TWZ |
| 1953 JUL |
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cover illustrates "Hypnoglyph" by John Anthony; Emshwiller did so much work in so many styles he used many ps., incl. Emsh, Ed Emsler, Ed Alexander, Ed Emsch, EAE, Ensh, Harry Gars, & Willer |
| 1953 OCT |
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cover illustrates "Letter to a Tiger" by Kay Rogers; Emsh W-1960-1962, & 1964 HUG, & N-1959 & 1965, for Best Professional Artist; N-1973 LOC, for Best Magazine Artist; Emsh painted quickly, often finishing a painting in a day or two |
| 1953 DEC |
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depicts marooned on an asteroid; Emsh would sometimes make a cover paintingwhich editors would assign an author to write a story about; for some mags., esp. GAL, his covers had no yie-ins to stories in the issue, the painting telling a story themselves |
| 1954 APR |
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depicts rocket launch pad explosion; Emsh did his color work in Gouache, , casine, or designer colors, occasionally using dyes, colored inks, pastels, photographs, or air brush |
| 1955 AUG |
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Emsh' interior black & white work was done on scratchboard using india ink with both pen and knife, as well as using photographic techniques & some zipatone |
| 1955 NOV |
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cover illustrates "The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff" by Theodore Sturgeon; see a biography of Emsh, as well as a discussion of his techniques & work habits in Robert Weinberg: A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists(1988) |
| 1956 MAY |
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Emsh also painted, in addition to his sf work, fine artwork in the style of abstract expressionism, & began to take an interest in making short 16mm films in the late 1950s, his first being Dance Chromatic(1959) |
