Lynn McGuire wrote:

> One of these days I am going to get out my box of Rhodans that I bought
> on Ebay a decade ago and read a few more again. I read all the English
> ones in the 1970s but lost them all in The Great Flood of '89.

PR escapism entertains me. My _PR_ binge recently went into high gear
with the debut of the tri-planetary Arkon system and its Great
Coordinator AKA Robot Regent AKA Brain.
Reviews were the first casualty of my out-of-control binge. They're
no longer duly published on my website in a timely manner. Nowadays
there's only enough time to read the next issue, then the next, ...

ROTFLMAO

Danke,

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On 2021-08-25, Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> wrote:

>> >> https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3a4AAOSw~ipguOPz/s-l1600.jpg
>> >
>> > Hey! I recognize the ship! Model kit made of it:
>> > https://fantastic-plastic.com/PERRY%20RHODAN%20SOL%20PAGE.htm
>> Can't be. The SOL first shows up in #700.
>
> Huh. Equivalent to me saying I recognize the starship Enterprise, and being told it's Picard's, not Kirk's.

No, it's like you seeing an illustration from 1953 and proclaiming
that's the starship Enterprise.

The SOL with it's dumbbell shape is a unique design in the Perry
Rhodan series and only appeared much later. Whatever that illustrator
drew for #42, it's not the SOL, and it's not something similar to
the SOL, because there was no such thing in the series.

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On 2021-08-26, Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:

>> and the publisher liked it. The drawings seem to be carefully based
>> on the descriptions in the novels, but I think they are essentially
>> independent works. They are certainly more accurate than the title
>> illustrations; Johnny Bruck clearly did not read the series.
>
> Are my reviews of Johnny Bruck's covers inaccurate?
>
> As expected, Johnny Bruck’s cover, shown above on the left,
> depicts actual story elements.

Yes, they typically do, but don't expect the details to match the
text. I don't know if he simply flipped through the text or if
he was given notes.

I don't want to diminish Bruck's work. He produced almost 1800
title illustrations for Perry Rhodan, right until his death,
uninterrupted from #1 to the upper #1700s. A bunch of them he even
painted with a broken hand (!) while recovering from a motorcycle
accident.

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Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Don wrote:
>
>>> and the publisher liked it. The drawings seem to be carefully based
>>> on the descriptions in the novels, but I think they are essentially
>>> independent works. They are certainly more accurate than the title
>>> illustrations; Johnny Bruck clearly did not read the series.
>>
>> Are my reviews of Johnny Bruck's covers inaccurate?
>>
>> As expected, Johnny Bruck’s cover, shown above on the left,
>> depicts actual story elements.
>
> Yes, they typically do, but don't expect the details to match the
> text. I don't know if he simply flipped through the text or if
> he was given notes.
>
> I don't want to diminish Bruck's work. He produced almost 1800
> title illustrations for Perry Rhodan, right until his death,
> uninterrupted from #1 to the upper #1700s. A bunch of them he even
> painted with a broken hand (!) while recovering from a motorcycle
> accident.

Marrow created cover art for Ackerman's Aces and it's great. Someone
ought to obtain a license to print posters on demand. It'd be worth it
for me to trade my Vampirella poster (circa 1990) for a Marrow. :)
Speaking of the Vamp, her ad, "das neue Horror Comic," debuts on the
back of "Der Mensch und das Monster Nr. 44." And Ackerman apparently
helped create Vamperilla (news to me). So it seems the Ackerman and PR
relationship dates back before Ackerman published his first translation.
My Vamperilla poster was acquired strictly for its looks. The comic
was never read by me.

Danke,

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In article <20210826a@crcomp.net>, Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
>Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>> Don wrote:
>>
>>>> and the publisher liked it. The drawings seem to be carefully based
>>>> on the descriptions in the novels, but I think they are essentially
>>>> independent works. They are certainly more accurate than the title
>>>> illustrations; Johnny Bruck clearly did not read the series.
>>>
>>> Are my reviews of Johnny Bruck's covers inaccurate?
>>>
>>> As expected, Johnny Bruck’s cover, shown above on the left,
>>> depicts actual story elements.
>>
>> Yes, they typically do, but don't expect the details to match the
>> text. I don't know if he simply flipped through the text or if
>> he was given notes.
>>
>> I don't want to diminish Bruck's work. He produced almost 1800
>> title illustrations for Perry Rhodan, right until his death,
>> uninterrupted from #1 to the upper #1700s. A bunch of them he even
>> painted with a broken hand (!) while recovering from a motorcycle
>> accident.
>
>Marrow created cover art for Ackerman's Aces and it's great. Someone
>ought to obtain a license to print posters on demand. It'd be worth it
>for me to trade my Vampirella poster (circa 1990) for a Marrow. :)
> Speaking of the Vamp, her ad, "das neue Horror Comic," debuts on the
>back of "Der Mensch und das Monster Nr. 44." And Ackerman apparently
>helped create Vamperilla (news to me). So it seems the Ackerman and PR
>relationship dates back before Ackerman published his first translation.
> My Vamperilla poster was acquired strictly for its looks. The comic
>was never read by me.
>
>Danke,
>

Vampi is still going strong -- Dynamite comics has has about eleventy-dozen
mini-series featuring her lately, including a crossover romp which teamed
her with Red Sonja & Betty & Veronica.
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