Friday, March 06, 2020

Mark Wheatley illustrated The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom book

Mark Wheatley writes in,

Thanks to Michael Dirda, there is a great review of a book I spent about six months on last year, The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom. Although I designed the covers and painted the front cover illustration, as well as many illustrations all through the book, the main reason I enjoyed the book was the chance to produce documentary comics.

The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom is the brainchild of Father and son team, David and Dan Ritter. this has been a passion project for them for a few years now. They were great to work with and I’m looking forward to doing a few more projects with them.

Since the history of SF Fandom starts in the 1920s and 30s, there is little visual history of the people involved. So I was asked to illustrate some key moments, based on accounts. Here is a direct link to the story of how Ray Palmer went from ambitious fan to influential editor: https://firstfandomexperience.org/2020/02/29/palmers-ascension-a-true-story-from-early-fandom/


Check it out. Digital preview is here: https://firstfandomexperience.org/a-sample-of-the-visual-history-2/

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