tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post6970251997887156343..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: AMAZING, the first all-sf magazine: some of the best covers, for each editor: Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-72513753680799411432013-08-27T23:01:47.713-04:002013-08-27T23:01:47.713-04:00Glad you liked it! Of course, a collection that em...Glad you liked it! Of course, a collection that emphasized the artists at the expense of the editors would be even more impressive, if less representative...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-16305864993701725512013-08-27T20:30:34.001-04:002013-08-27T20:30:34.001-04:00Stunning collection! It was a real treat to look t...Stunning collection! It was a real treat to look through these.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-46155665494998179522013-08-27T11:13:26.024-04:002013-08-27T11:13:26.024-04:00Sergio--indeed! And Paul Fairman would, if anythin...Sergio--indeed! And Paul Fairman would, if anything, further the leaning into perversity with more than his share of covers for the magazine during his few years as very casual editor. Thank you...you note that Browne sought to step back from pulpishness after having gone whole hog, but he just couldn't bring himself to care sufficiently...particularly as (as both his covers might suggest) he was never shy about letting everyone know how much more he liked fantasy than sf (and, of course, the crime fiction he wrote throughout his career than either). <br /><br />Bill--indeed! Hope you enjoyed the memory-jog...and you particularly know how slim the pickings can be among Fairman-ere covers, particularly (Patrick Price seemed relatively unengaged with good cover art, too...but the TSR days at AMAZING always did seem to have an afterthought quality to their packaging, even given the lavish production of the later issues). <br /><br />Jerry--no question. Lalli also seemed an editor who wasn't That worried about covers (or perhaps wasn't allowed, at least at first, to have much say over them), but she did publish more good covers than not by the end of her run (leaving aside the lack of budget and promotion the magazines got at Ziff-Davis during her editorship, almost all after Davis, the great fiction-magazine champion, had left). Ted White and Elinor Mavor both faced even more ridiculous undercapitalization, and particularly Mavor overweening publisher's meddling, but it's notable how quickly both editors, with some experience and talent in graphic arts, strove to improve their magazines' packages as much as possible. (Given their hideousness, the publisher-driven first Mavor issues fully deserved her hiding behind a pseud.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-64974164078069686882013-08-27T10:34:56.928-04:002013-08-27T10:34:56.928-04:00Cele Goldsmith Lalli and Ted White both did an ama...Cele Goldsmith Lalli and Ted White both did an amazing job with the restraints they had.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-74693848748609947502013-08-27T08:11:27.907-04:002013-08-27T08:11:27.907-04:00I miss the old days.I miss the old days.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-90630221943935592032013-08-27T05:00:18.794-04:002013-08-27T05:00:18.794-04:00That Popp cover is truly perverse! Some great art ...That Popp cover is truly perverse! Some great art and some great juxtapositions especially - thanks chum. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com