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February 24th, 2012

Charles Moll

Filed under: Inspiration — Tags: — William Cardini @ 7:55 am

A couple of weeks ago the PorPor Books Blog (a great source of old sci comic scans and book reviews) posted a review of a John Brunner book with a Charles Moll cover. That cover was so cool that I decided to put together a post for y’all of other Moll covers:

Huon of the Horn by Andre Norton Cover by Charles Moll
Huon of the Horn by Andre Norton. I dig the textures and patterning. Via the Ace Image Library.

The Best of Keith Laumer Cover by Charles Moll
The Best of Keith Laumer. This cover is so creepy. I love how Moll rendered the tarp-like carapace. Via a visual bibliography of Keith Laumer.

The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov Cover by Charles Moll
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov. This includes some cool gradients without being totally overwhelming like these two Moorcock covers. Via retrosapien’s Flickr stream.

While I was putting together this post, I realized that I have some Moll covers in my collection and I’ve scanned them and posted them to my Flickr here and here (Moll did the cover on the right in that second link). Also if you want to see more, check out this great list of Moll covers with large images on Paperback Fantasies. Moll did great covers for a bunch of Barry Malzberg books.