Blast from the Past #233: "A World Beyond: A Happening" poster

Back in 1981, I did this drawing which ended up being used on the poster for a science fiction event -- or "happening", in the parlance of the day -- at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. My memory is a bit fuzzy about some of the details, but I think there was some kind of contest to see what art would be used for the poster, and my entry was picked. I can't recall if there was any prize for this, but it was cool to have my drawing on the posters. I also got to meet the author Joan Vinge at this event, and she was very cool (and a really good writer, as I was later to find out by reading most -- if not all -- of her published work).

Unfortunately, I didn't save a good copy of the drawing, and the original seems to have disappeared, so this image is from a photo of one of the posters.



And while going through some old files tonight, I found this piece -- the rough sketch for the finished poster art. -- PL

Blast from the Past #148: "A World Beyond"

I apologize for the poor quality of this mage -- I photographed it from a smallish reproduction in an advertisement printed on newsprint. I have not yet run across the original artwork, though it is possible it's in my files somewhere.


This is from one of two times that my artwork was used to promote a small science fiction event held in 1980 at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. At one of these shows, I got to meet Joan Vinge, one of my favorite science fiction authors.

In addition to being used in advertisements and posters for the event, this image was also printed on t-shirts. I think I may still have one of them (a little worse for the wear). -- PL