# james allen (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover james allen. Page: Feed: --- ## [Alice in Sci-Fi Wonderland](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/alice-in-sci-fi-wonderland/) _2026-08-24 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Alice in Wonderland : The 1865 Lewis Carroll story isn't just one of the most well-known kids books ever, it was a trippy inspiration for generations of hippies, stoners, and pop culture icons, to say nothing of Jefferson Airplane. Science fiction loves swiping Alice in Wonderland iconography, from ## [Michelangelo Miani](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/michelangelo-miani/) _2026-08-21 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Spaceship art by Italian illustrator Michelangelo Miani is like the work of a trippier Chris Foss or Peter Elson. ## [Earth From Orbit](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/earth-from-orbit/) _2026-08-17 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ We're used to seeing Earth from the ground level, and it's easy to picture the pale blue dot version as well. Today, we're taking a look at the Goldilocks zone between those two extremes of visual interest: The view of Earth from within its ## [Alan Gutierrez](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/alan-gutierrez/) _2026-08-14 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Alan Gutierrez's career in sci-fi covers spans the majority of the '80s and '90s. ## [Giant People](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/giant-people/) _2026-08-10 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ I mostly picked this theme because I really love the image below. It's Howard V. Brown's cover art for the June 1924 issue of Scientific American , depicting "The world in miniature: Model makers at work on a huge relief map." In other words, it& ## [Jael](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/jael/) _2026-08-07 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Jael's science fiction and fantasy illustration career lasted an impressive 68 years or so. ## [Frogs](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/frogs/) _2026-08-03 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ It's finally time to cover the humble frog's presence in retro speculative fiction art. Moistorized. Flourishing. Occasionally rising up for eco-terroristic revenge. Science fiction artists don't have quite the same collective love for frogs as they have demonstrated for cats. Still, frogs are ## [Book Notes: Women of Wonder](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/book-notes-women-of-wonder/) _2026-07-31 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Women of Wonder, a 2015 collection edited by Cathy Fenner, focuses much more on fantasy art than on science fiction, but there's a lot of interesting recent art by women artists in here. ## [Odds and Ends: July 2026](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/odds-and-ends-8/) _2026-07-27 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ I posted these two iterations of the same Chris Foss canvas on Tumblr a while back. Foss had a habit of painting over his previous work to create a new scene (Frank Frazetta would do something similar). In its science fiction form, this one was the 1973 cover art for ## [James Allen St. John](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/james-allen-st-john/) _2026-07-24 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Active mostly across the 1910s through the 1940s, James Allen St. John was famous as the definitive Edgar Rice Burroughs artist. ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FGoZdGVVkH4Q) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [Weird Galaxies](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/weird-galaxies/) _2026-07-20 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ I'm still not entirely sure if Wojtek Siudmak is intentionally making a "wormhole" visual pun with his 1985 cover to a French-language edition of Jack Vance's The Blue World . On one hand, English isn't his first language. On the other hand. ## [Alex Schomburg](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/alex-schomburg/) _2026-07-17 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Alex Schomburg stands out for the sheer length of time he spent as an active science fiction artist: His first work for the genre was in 1925, and he kept creating new art up until the mid-80s. ## [Surface Reflections](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/surface-reflections/) _2026-07-13 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ I wrote about space helmet reflections in this newsletter back in 2020, a topic that I later turned into one of my favorite sections in my 2023 art book Worlds Beyond Time . However, seven years later, I still haven't written about other types of reflections in retro speculative ## [Book Notes: The Science Fiction Book - An Illustrated History](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/book-notes-the-science-fiction-book-an-illustrated-history/) _2026-07-10 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Featuring Virgil Finlay, John W. Campbell Jr., uncredited Howard V. Brown covers, Frankenstein, and Almos Zaschtk, but not in that order. ## [Alien Waterfalls](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/alien-waterfalls/) _2026-07-06 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ When crafting an atmospheric landscape on an alien planet, it's always best to borrow the coolest, most interesting elements found here in the beautiful natural world. ## [Philippe Caza](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/philippe-caza/) _2026-07-03 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Is it possible to pick just one artwork to represent French comic book artist Philippe Caza? They're all so good. ## [The Fairytale-Themed 1976 Fender Guitar Catalog](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/the-fairytale-themed-1976-fender-guitar-catalog/) _2026-06-29 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ Step aside, USA and your paltry 250th birthday. The year 2026 marks a far more meaningful anniversary. It's officially a full half a century since the debut of Fender's fairytale-themed guitar catalog. We've covered vintage ephemora before, from '80s Maplin catalogs to ## [Book Notes: Paint or Pixel](https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/book-notes-paint-or-pixel/) _2026-06-26 · Adam Rowe · 70s Sci-Fi Art_ A 2008 essay collection of artists discussing the merits of digital tools, including Jael, John Berkey, Jill Bauman, Tom Kidd, Frank Wu, and more.