While strolling down memory lane today, revisiting those old
Terran Trade Authority handbooks and associated artists, a few things surfaced which made me do a bit of a double-take…
I’ve probably been aware of these er, similarities, on some level for decades but seeing these images for the first time in a long time, just how obvious these swipes are came as a bit of a surprise, and as I spotted these in quick succession I’m sure there are more examples out there.
So, was Tharg aware? Attentive people might recall I posted previously* about my brother swiping an image from one of the TTA books (then combining it with a background from another) and managing to get Tharg to print it. First he received £5 and then, after being snitched on by other readers, a Rigellian Hotshot. The harsh nature of Tharg’s reaction suggests a guilty conscience may have been involved… It’s somewhat comical that readers and creators alike were swiping from the same sources, anyway.
I’d be interested in seeing any more similar examples if anyone has ‘em; if I come across any more I’ll post them here.
Right, on to the
Street of Shame.
Joe Petagno: cover art was originally used for a 1979 printing of F. Paul Wilson’s novel Healer but was also featured in Aliens in Space (Hamlyn, Galactic Encounters series)
The Mophioso: art by
Ron Smith
Tim White: cover art used for Robert Silverberg’s Those Who Watch (1977 NEL edition)
Captain Skank’s Calypso: art by
Ron Smith
Tim White again (not certain where this was used but I think it was Omni in 1980)
Alan Davis: Harry Twenty on the Swiped Rock (1982)
*
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=28631.0Image links have gone dead but here’s a new one of Tharg’s responses to swiping…
“Only a grexnix would attempt to pass off somebody else’s work as his own in the pages of my progs.” Indeed, Green Bonce, indeed. I still can't get over the enthusiasm of those snitching Squaxx... If only they knew.
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