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February 12, 2010 By 4 Comments

To The Stars!

First Spaceship on Venus

First Spaceship on Venus (from the 1960 East Germany/Poland film)

Handpicking a few — just a few — from Dark Roasted Blend’s latest installment of their “Retro Future: To the Stars!” series of fantastic retro space art.

"The War Against The Rull" by A. E. Van Vogt

Fragment of the cover of The War Against The Rull by A. E. Van Vogt; image via modern_fred @ Flickr

These three are my favorites from this round; I find the space cowboys especially charming:

Fragment of the Grosset & Dunlap 1950 "Book of Model Spaceships"

Fragment of the Grosset & Dunlap 1950 Book of Model Spaceships

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  1. Brian says:
    February 12, 2010 at 6:16 am

    GLORIOUS! (though the studded sleeve cuffs and bandanas are a little odd)

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    • Danielle says:
      February 12, 2010 at 8:45 am

      Yeah, I wondered about that myself, lol. Maybe they’re magnets, so they can adhere to the spaceship in times of need?

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  2. John Soares says:
    February 14, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    I read some A.E. Van Vogt way back in high school. Cool art here!

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