Book/Magazine Covers Archives - The Retrofuturist

January 3, 2019

Space Cat Vintage Sci-fi Children’s Books from the 1950s

I kept seeing these vintage covers of Space Cat on Pinterest and I was so curious about who Space Cat was and what these…

January 14, 2018

I have such a sweet spot for retro-style art, especially advertising and illustrations from the 1950s and 60s. It’s not surprising that when I…

July 16, 2017

Starting in the 1950s, World Editions (an Italian publishing company) decided they wanted to break into the US market with a new sci-fi magazine….

May 9, 2017

Cartoonist Dan DeCarlo is most famous for his beloved characters created under the Archie Comics name, like Josie & the Pussycats or Betty and…

March 3, 2015

I was so excited when I found out this weekend that the classic science fiction book The Runaway Robot by Lester Del Ray is…

February 8, 2015

We already know I’m a huge retro-sci-fi fan, but one of the things that irks me the most about vintage magazine and book covers…