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Edited By Edward Ferman; Color Illustration By Mel HunterBiblio.com

Science Fiction Art Proof Of Cover Painting For The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction October 1971

1971ref. 039185New York: Mercury Press 1971. Original Proof Illustration . No Binding. Very Good. Color Cover Print. Fine Except Tiny Dampstain At Upper Right Corner In White Margin. Milford "Mel" Joseph Hunter 1927 - 2004 Was A 20Th-Century American Illustrator. He Enjoyed A Successful Career As A Science Fiction Illustrator Producing Illustrations For Famous Science Fiction Authors Such As Isaac Asimov And Robert A. Heinlein As Well As A Technical And Scientific Illustrator For Clients Such As The Pentagon Hayden Planetarium And The Massachusetts Audubon Society.With A Growing Understanding Of The Fields Of Astronomy Astronautics And Aviation Hunter Set Out To Teach Himself Book And Magazine Illustration. He Moved To New York City During The Early 1950S And By 1953 He Had Successfully Sold His First Color Cover To Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine And Talked Himself Into A Technical Illustrator At Northrop Aircraft Where He Painted Illustrations Of Advanced Aircraft And Simulated Combat Scenarios. During That Time The Most Lucrative Outlet For Space Artists Was The Science-Fiction Genre. Along With A Fertile Imagination Hunter Coupled His Art With Realism And Technical Accuracy. Hunter's Whimsical Science Fiction Robots Became His Signature To Thousands Of Science Fiction Fans; The Skeletal Steel Robots Graced The Covers Of The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Well Into The 1970S. Hunter's Lonely Robots Were Often Depicted Walking Solo Through The Desolate Landscapes Of Nuclear Ruins Or Alien Planets. Hunter Was Nominated For The Hugo Award For Best Professional Artist For The Years 1960-1962.As Hunter's Science Fiction Career Blossomed So Did His Technical And Scientific Illustrations. Hunter's Love Of Air And Space Took Him From California's Desert Runways To Florida's Seacoast Launchpads To Illustrate Every Variety Of Jet-Age Aircraft And Space-Age Rocket Imaginable-From X-15 To Saturn V. One Of Hunter's Best-Known Books Is "The Missilemen" A Photo Illustrated Work Published In 1960 By Doubleday. Hunter Visited U.S. Rocket And Missile Sites During The Late 1950S; He Took All Of The Book's Black-And-White Photographs. It Was A Rare Look Inside The World Of Rocket Scientists And Engineers Of The Early Space Age. Another Hunter Book "Strategic Air Command" Received The Aviation Writers' Association Highest Honors In 1961. "Mel Launched A Career In Scientific Illustration After He Was An Established Science-Fiction Illustrator" Said Smith-Hunter. "He Was Very Technically Accurate And Was Commissioned To Complete 26 Paintings Of Celestial Objects For The Hayden Planetarium In New York City."After 17 Years Of Technical And Scientific Illustration Hunter Moved From New York To Chester Vermont In 1967. He Began Creating Lithographic Prints Depicting The Natural Scenes Which Surrounded Him. The Following Year He Was Commissioned To Create A Series Of More Than 130 Watercolors Of "Birds Of The Northeast" By Abercrombie & Fitch Galleries And Massachusetts Audubon Society. By 1970 Hunter Signed A Contract With World Publishing Co. For A Series Of 13 Ecological Books For Children Dealing With Topics Like The Beginning Of The Earth Mankind Plants Birds Mammals And Insects. In 1976 After Accidental Damage To His Limestone Lithographic Drawing Hunter Began Using Mylar As A Medium For His Lithography And Published A Controversial Photo-Illustrated Article In The American Artist Magazine Entitled "Revolution In Hand-Drawn Lithography". In 1984 Hunter Published His Seminal Hardcover Textbook The New Lithography Which Details The "Mylar Method" Still In Wide Use Today. Mercury Press unknown

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