Tumblr favorite #1888: The Floating Robot

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My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 058 – The Floating Robot.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This image is signed H.W. McCauley (for Harold W. McCauley) and may be found on Flickr in downloadable sizes up to 2239×3000 pixels. It is the artwork that was used on the cover of Fantastic Adventures magazine in January of 1941:

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The same robot appears in an interior illustration introducing the story The Floating Robot (by David Wright O’Brien):

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Artist H.W. McCauley is the subject of a short profile here:

A Chicago native, Harold McCauley trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the American Academy of Art. From 1939 until 1942, he worked at Haddon Sundbloom’s busy Chicago art studio and posed for the original painting of the Quaker Oats Man. Starting in 1946, McCauley worked as a staff artist for the Ziff-Davis publishing house and painted over a hundred covers for magazines like Amazing, Fantastic Adventures, and Mammoth Detective. Duringthe early 1960s, he also painted several covers for Nightstand Library.

This fanzine article about McCauley offers a photograph of the artist, who does indeed somewhat resemble the famous Quaker Oats logo:

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Tumblr favorite #1880: Where are Asimov’s laws when you need them?

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My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 049 Robot Gangbang.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This image appeared on page 11 of Penthouse Comix 9 (September/October 1995) as part of that magazine’s second annual Damsels In Danger Spectacular. It may be seen to be titled “Iris Dewey, Lady Lawyer” and signed “Johnson 95”.

According to ComicBookDB, the “Johnson” signature corresponds with Dave Johnson, aka ‘Reverend Dave’ and/or Cornelius, whose credits include “Penthouse Comix #9 – ‘2nd Annual Damsels in Danger Issue’. His defunct-since-2009 website may be seen in the Internet Archive, and he maintains a presence on DeviantArt. ComicsVine lists him as a prolific artist with 795 artist credits.

In confirmation of this attribution, the previous page in Penthouse Comix 9 contained the following image, which shows a fragment of the same artist’s signature lower right and is captioned “Cybersex by Dave Johnson”:

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For a comic book artist so prolific, it’s curious how little biographical information seems to be available on the web. His Blogger profile lists six (!) different blogs he maintains or has maintained, along with this self-description: “Just a cover artist/animator commenting on what he thinks are good and bad cover designs. Oh yeah, he’s a multi-Eisner and Harvey award best cover artist nominee and even won once.”

Tumblr favorite #1878: Deathray Trail

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My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 047 – Deathray Trail.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This is not an actual movie poster but is rather (according to the artist) one of artist Mike Mitchell’s first gallery pieces. He writes:

Deathray Trail.

This was one of my very first gallery show pieces ever! When I lived in Madison, WI in 2007 I was asked to be in a show where we took old movie lobby cards and painted over them. I did two. It was a neat idea, but in the end hardly anyone showed up. I still sold a couple prints, but the curator disappeared shortly after and never paid anyone or returned their leftover work. Ohhhhhh art.

The artist’s web site is here, with a gallery where the artwork also appears.

Sadly, there seems to be no information available on which lobby cart was painted over. There also seems to be no discoverable information that any actual “Deathray Trail” movie ever existed, so it probably did not.