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Explore The Covers Of Venture Science Fiction!

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by Bert Tanner

Venture Science Fiction was a pulp magazine that ran from 1957 to 1958 and was later revived for six issues in 1969.  Despite its relatively brief run, it featured stories from some of the most prominent names in science fiction.

Here are a few of the covers of Venture Science Fiction!

by Edmund Emswhiller

by Dick Shelton

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

by Edmund Emshwiller

A Scene That I Love: Jackie Robinson Hits A Homerun in 42

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I nearly shared the “there’s no crying in baseball” scene from A League Of Their Own as a reminder to myself not to cry, no matter what the Rangers’s final record is.

But then I decided that I would rather share this scene from 42, in which Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) takes his team to the World Series!  Forget about Black Panther and Da 5 Bloods.  This was Boseman’s greatest performance.

A Scene That I Love: The Merciful Dinosaur and the Meteor From The Tree Of Life

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The scene from The Tree of Life is a reminder that empathy is not just a human trait and that no one and nothing will be here forever. This is one of my favorite scenes from this film. I don’t claim to understand everything about The Tree of Life but I’m still moved every time that I watch it.

Celebrate Dinosaur Day With Devil Dinosaur!

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The first recorded discover of dinosaur fossils occurred in 1820 and, since then, dinosaur remains have been found on all seven continents.  Richard Owen, an English anatomist, came up with the word “Dinosauria” in 1842. The word comes from the Greek word “deinos,” meaning terrible or fearfully great, and “sauros,” meaning reptile or lizard. He applied the term to three animals that fossilized bones had been found of over the previous few decades.

Today, we celebrate Dinosaur Day with Devil Dinosaur!

Devil Dinosaur and his sidekick, Moonboy, were created by Jack Kirby in 1978.  Marvel comics put out 9 issues of Devil Dinosaur, all written and penciled by Kirby, before canceling the series.  Despite the end of his own title, Devil Dinosaur continued to appear in other comics as an occasional guest star.  In 2015, Devil Dinosaur got a second series, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, which ran for 47 issues.

Here are the nine covers of Devil Dinosaur!

 

Artist Profile: Clifford Benton (1893 — 1974)

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The son of a mailman, Clifford Benton was born in Colorado but grew up in Idaho and got his education at Chicago’s Art Institute.  After serving in World War I, Benton found success as an illustrator and photographer.  Along with his work with the pulps, he spent 20 years working for the National Safety Council, illustrating pamphlets and books about how live safely in a changing era.

Here’s a small sampling of his pulp work:

The Tough Covers of Detective Yarn Magazines

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Detective Yarns Magazine was published from 1938 to 1941.  It featured detective stories from some of the best and the worst writers of the era.  Eventually, it was renamed Black Hood Detective.  Then it was called Hooded Detective.  Over the next 16 years it was called Crack Detective, Crack Detective Stories, Famous Detective, Famous Detective Stories, and finally Crack Detective And Mystery Stories.

Whatever the title, the tough guy and sexy dame content remained the same.  Here are a few of the covers of Detective Yarns Magazine.

by A. Leslie Ross

by William Soare

by William Soare

by John Walter Scott

Unknown Artist

by John Walter Scott

by William Soare

by William Soare