Robert E Howard sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/howard... died on this day, so here are some of his book/graphic novel covers (Artist: Mikuláš Podprocký, Sebastijan Čamagajevac, Tomáš Kučerovský and Olivier Vatine/Didier Cassegrain):
Phenderson Djèlí Clark sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clark_... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: 1&2 [couldn't identify], 3 Stephan Martiniere, 4 Kevin Hong):
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Ljuben Dilov died on this day, his SFE entry sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/dilov_... directs you to the Bulgaria entry sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bulgaria where he's discussed. Here are some of his book covers (Artist: 1&3 [couldn't identify], 2 Текла Алексиева, 4 Александър Денков):
Fletcher Pratt sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pratt_... died on this day (10th), so here's some interior magazine artwork for his "A Voice Across the Years", co-written with his wife Inga Stephens Pratt [as 'IM Stephens'], and published in Amazing Stories Quarterly, Winter 1932 (Artist: H W Wesso):
Artist Don Maitz sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/maitz_... was born on this day, so here's some of his 1987-1988 cover art. I like how the positioning of the yellow clipboard on the Cyteen cover is designed to accommodate the bar code and isbn:
Kage Baker sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baker_... and Ed Naha sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/naha_ed were born on this day, so here's some related artwork (Artist: Greg Couch, Dave Leri, [couldn't identify] and Paul Lehr):
Bernard Cronin sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cronin... died on this day, so here are some of Virgil Finlay's interior illustrations for the reprinting of his "Three Against the Stars" in Fantastic Novels Magazine, May 1950 - written under the pseudonym Eric North [a variant title of "The Satyr" (1924)]:
Harry Wedgwood Belfield sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/belfie... died and Justina Robson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/robson... was born on this day: here are some of their covers (Artist: 4th by Fangorn, couldn't identify the others):
Artist Chesley Bonestell sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bonest... died on this day, so here's some of the artwork used on a feature on him in Future, April 1978, including the cover:
Artist Charles Vess bsky.app/profile/sfen... was born on this day, so here’s some of his artwork:
