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Monday, May 19, 2008

Ray Harryhausen Art circa 1940


VOM (VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION #36, 1944

PUBLISHED & EDITED BY FORREST ACKERMAN

One of the longest practicing "Science Fictioneers" is the legendary character Forrest Ackerman - "Forrie", "Uncle Forrie", "Dr. Acula".

The much beloved FA has been in the field since the 1930's and one of his finest fanzines was "Voice of the Imagi-nation". Everyone who was anyone in Science Fiction - either writer or fan - contributed letters, commentary, articles and artwork to "VOM".

This is issue #36 and some of the contributors are Robert Bloch, William F. Temple, Harry Warner, Jr., William Baring-Gould, and Jack Speer.

The noted special affects Guru (7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason & the Argonauts, etc.) - Ray Harryhausen is present with an early cover illustration - this early Harryhausen material is scarce.

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