January, 1984, and the 80s are kicking into gear. On FM radio and MTV,
the latest single by The Fixx – ‘The Sign of Fire’ – is getting airplay.
The
latest issue of Heavy Metal magazine is on the stands, with a wraparound cover
by Mitch O’Connell.
By now - that is, the start of 1984 - , MTV was firmly in place as a pop culture
cornerstone, and even the most stylishly jaded of hipsters could not avoid
referencing it. So, the Dossier section hypes MTV, and provides a photo of
Robert Plant posing with the VeeJays – this picture communicates just how physically
tiny Martha Quinn actually was.
The Sentinel, and succeeding volumes in the Berkeley Books 'SF Masterworks' series, was the brainchild of Byron Preiss, who was still resolutely trying to make graphic novels and illustrated books mainstream entries in sf and fantasy publishing.
While I can't say that Arthur C. Clarke is one of my favorite authors, the illustrations by Woods are very well done.
There are some good comics in this January issue; posted below is Segrelles's '1992', a sardonic look at the End of the World.
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2 comments:
Hi there! I'm not sure if you'll see this message, but I figured I'd take a shot.
I have a fun tumblr blog that's focused on all things 1980s. I don't know if you know anything about tumblr, but it's a microblogging platform where people mainly post and repost images from online and eachother, etc. I do it for fun - mainly because I love the 80s lol.
Anyhow, I was browsing around online for cool pictures of Heavy Metal Magazine, and one of the links brought me to your blog. I noticed you have some pretty decent scans of covers - I was wondering if it was OK to post the occasional image from your site?
I know I probably didn't NEED to ask permission (who does nowadays, right? lol) but I figured what the heck. If you want, I think I can add a "source" link to your page if you want me to.
If you want to see my tumblr it's http://eightiesgalaxy.tumblr.com
If you're not cool with it, that's fine. Thanks for reading!
Doug
Doug, you are welcome to post images from The PorPor Books Blog. It's not like I have so many daily hits, that I can turn away referral visits..........heh.
Your Tumblr site certainly is fully and unconditional 80s. 576 Notes for a Sybil Danning photo, is a pretty good response rate. Not to mention 2,380 for an Evil Dead post ?!
Your X / Twitter, though......seems in stasis, for the moment....? Anyways, enjoy.
tarbandu
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