The Covers of If


1957, by Edmund Emshwiller

If was science fiction magazine that was published from 1952 to 1974, by Quinn Publications.  Though If was never more than a modest success as far as sales went, it still published work from authors like Harlan Ellison, Robert A. Heinlin, and Larry Niven.  It also featured some of the best covers in the business.  Here are a few of the covers of If magazine:

1952, by Henry Jones

1952, by Martin Key

1952, by Ralph Joiner

1952, by Ralph Joiner

1954, by Ken Fagg

1955, by Frank Kelly Freas

1959, by Frank Kelly Freas

1959, by John Pederson

1959, by John Perderson

1962, by Virgil Finlay

1965, by Richard McKenna

When The Quest For Knowledge Goes Wrong: The Terrifying Mad Scientists Of The Pulp Era


by Henry Fox

Where would be without science?  We would have less mad scientists and Halloween would be much less interesting!  The pulp ere was full of men and women of science who had been driven crazy by the search for knowledge.  Today, we pay tribute to the terrifying scientists of the pulp era!

by David Berger

by Frank R. Paul

by George Menendez Rae

by Herman Bischoff

by John Doolin

by Rafael DeSoto

by Rafael DeSoto

by Ralph Joiner

by Robert Fuqua

by Sol Immerman

by Graves Gladney