Obscure retro-futuristic art

Over at Dark Roasted Blend, Avi Abrams has compiled a lovely collection of retro-futuristic artwork as part of a new series collecting these "vintage visions of the future." But rather than showcase the usual American pulp art fare, Abrams is seeking "artwork from rather unlikely sources: Soviet & East Block "popular tech & science" magazines, German, Italian, British fantastic illustrations and promotional literature - all from the Golden Age of Retro-Future (from 1930s to 1970s)." Seen here, Gennady Golobokov's "Socialist Space Workers" (1973). Link

[#1 posted by OM , November 24, 2007 3:41 PM]

...This would have been more welcome if someone hadn't spammed the URL to about 5000 usenet newsgroups last night. Most of us over on sci.space.* killfiled the sender on sight, as usually that sort of crossposting usually means porn spam and/or some psychotic crap by Daniel Joseph Min.

That being said, the retro space art was actually pretty cool...:-)

[#2 posted by Abrams , November 24, 2007 7:20 PM]

Om, I'd like to know more about that. Send me an email at [e-mail]
Avi

[#3 posted by Motisbeard , November 25, 2007 10:17 AM]

"East Block"?

Try "Eastern Bloc" instead.

[#4 posted by Stefan Jones , November 25, 2007 9:13 PM]

The "Mars Snooper," here, was turned into a model rocket, here.