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Before Star Wars: Raw Visionaries of 1930s Sci-Fi Fan Art
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Before Star Wars: Raw Visionaries of 1930s Sci-Fi Fan Art

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Before Star Wars, before even Buck Rogers hit the big screen, fan artists were imagining space from scratch. In this week’s Rocketeer podcast, meet Clay Ferguson Jr, a raw visionary of 1930s sci-fi fandom.

A color illustration by Clay Ferguson Jr. for Cosmos

Ferguson’s opening illustrations for Cosmos

For the companion post featuring a more complete look at Ferguson’s Cosmos illustrations please go to my Flying Pony Studios blog.

Please note that Science Fiction Digest changed its name to Fantasy Magazine while Cosmos was running as a serial during 1933 and 1934.

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