Monday, August 24, 2009

Really Heavy

There have been a lot of cool covers on Heavy Metal. This is probably my fave. 

Chris Moore

Howard, how cool that you were in that issue.
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7 comments:

  1. Joe JuskoAugust 24, 2009 at 9:21 PM

    Back when Heavy Metal was THE magazine to be in! My very first published job was the cover to the June 78 issue when I was 17 (and Howard's assistant).

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  2. AnonymousAugust 24, 2009 at 9:43 PM

    This Chris Moore's picture (along with Soroyama's works) was one of the main influences behind groundbreaking 1985 commercial 'Sexy Robot':
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eedXpclrKCc

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  3. Thomas Haller BuchananAugust 24, 2009 at 10:20 PM

    Joe! You were seventeen?!? Yow. Speaking of women with swords,that was a cool cover. How did you come to get that assignment?

    pinwizz, yes indeed. Thanks for the link.

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  4. eeryowlAugust 25, 2009 at 12:11 AM

    I just finished looking through all your previous blog posts. Just wanted to say this is an amazing collection of images you've assembled. Love the travel posters. Hope you keep it going.

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  5. Joe JuskoAugust 25, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    Thomas,

    I became Chaykin's assistant in Dec '77 and a couple of months later he sent me up to the Heavy Metal offices with the the three sample paintings I had done the summer I graduated high school. They bought that piece for a cover and commissioned a couple more for the 79 calendar and the Nov 79 cover. I got lucky early! lol

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  6. Thomas Haller BuchananAugust 25, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    Joe, you must've felt on top of the world (and probably still do)! I love that Nov 79 wraparound.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2009 at 7:00 PM

    I recognize that cover! It was also used for an early edition of Orson Scott Card's book "Capitol." Great cover!

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