Somehow, I made the connection between Approaching Centauri by Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, featured in the July 1977 number 4 issue of the fantasy illustration magazine entitled Heavy Metal, and the cover artwork of the Metal Blade Records musical recording of the band Slayer's 1985 release, Hell Awaits! Wikipedia credits Albert Cuellar as the LPs artist.
I wonder what the back-story is with this? I mean did Albert Cuellar just say to himself "fuck it! No ones gunna figure this out, and if they do, they will probably only write about it like twenty five years from now, on some obscure computer based electric fanzine that hasn't even been invented yet, and even then, only the nerdiest of metalheads will even read it". Or maybe he and/or Metal Blade legitimately paid to use the images.
The answer is out there, somewhere. If anyone has any info, please post a comment!
Download the PDF of Approaching Centauri Art by Moebius, written by Philippe Druillet.
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Excellent detective work, sir. I've been trying to track down all of the Wade Speyer decks that ripped off the Slayer artwork. Now I can add a third dimension to the collection. I used to have both versions of this shirt: http://www.vaskateboards.com/Boards/Powell%20Peralta%20-%20Wade%20Speyer%20-%20Crucified.jpg
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ReplyDeleteThanks for putting light on this illustration! I remembered seeing this somewhere in a comic. At first I thought about Möbius's "Nightmare in White" but it wasn't there.
ReplyDeleteThat cover should have mentioned: "after an idea by Jean Giraud".
Hey. I'm writing a thing about Slayer. I found this piece, and I would like to properly credit you for the observation. Can you send me an email, please?
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Sorry for the spacing! Thank you. NICE CATCH!
Thanks backround story and pdf story. Love the variety.
ReplyDeleteWell done. Blew my mind that Jean Giraud did those!
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