Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Europe's First Fully-Computerized Thing-1960's

Originally published at Booksteve's Library in March of 2006
When I joined Wallace Wood's official fan club, the Friends of Odkin (FOO) in the late seventies, one of the cool things the artist sent along with his basic membership kit was a leftover copy of an outdated portfolio he had made up for advertising agencies. Inside were random style samplings from sci-fi digests, comics, fanzines, children's books and toys. As a Wood fan, many of these were pieces I had seen before. One that I had not seen nor have I seen it anywhere since was this one. This is described in the portfolio as "Scandinavian Airlines announces Europe's first fully-computerized thing." Zoom in on this sucker and you'll find enough Woody goodness here to keep you occupied for awhile. Enjoy!

3 comments:

  1. see, now this is the picture that they invented the word AWESOME for. never seen it before, thanks for the share.

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  2. I have looked for theis drawing for ages, thanks! Oh the details!!!

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  3. an even more amazing version of this runs as the ENDPAPERS to Vanguard's new Hardcover WALLY WOOD STRANGE WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION. Will knock your socks off! Only in the hardcover.

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