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| Mysteriously odd drawing of an Alien face hugger curiously attributed to Ron Cobb |
An odd drawing of the Facehugger turned up a few years ago online, was it at ebay and was said to be by Ron Cobb.
However it also turned up later displayed with egg at the EMP Museum in Seattle, Washington.
I can't see if there's information about its source
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| Sketch of facehugger turns up displayed with egg at the EMP Museum in Seattle , Washington. (Source: |
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| Sketch of facehugger turns up displayed with egg at the EMP Museum in Seattle , Washington (Source: |
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| https://aminoapps.com/c/horror/page/blog/mopop-seattle-part-3/V0Qt_7uPWN32bJEWgw0KxL5G0wdp5w7 |
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"Facehugger concept art by James Hegedus for the film Alien and |
That is absolutely not a Cobb drawing. Doesn't even look like his style.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's reasonable to throw doubt on it, but then what was it doing at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle? Are their exhibits that doubtful and bad?
DeleteHowever, if it should have been a chuckable sketch by Cobb or whoever that was something from the early Alien production phase, I suppose that I would be looking for an illustration from a Tintin book that Cobb or whoever might have loosely referenced, and if there is one, I haven't worked it out yet.
DeleteOkay, well once upon a time this thing was being advertised as Ron Cobb's art, I suppose on ebay. I thought it looked rather odd but interesting still. Later I noticed it was in a photo of a display a the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, but I couldn't see what it said and now I've found a flickr page where it says that it's by James Hegedus whoever that is. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dustinholmes/33671496345
DeleteHi wmmvrrvrrmm, it’s been a long time since we last spoke — I hope you’re doing well. According to the Profiles in History Auction 30 catalogue, dated December 2007, that Facehugger concept art was created by James Hegedus in 1977–78.
ReplyDeleteI’d love to see that Profiles in History Auction 30 catalogue entry. it was a while before I found out who the actual artist was, even if only, as you can see, second hand information. many many thanks for that!
Deleteyes, thankyou, I seem to be very much alive and as confused as anyone about the new Alien Tv series. hope you’re doing well too!
DeleteI’m glad you’re okay, my friend. I’ve been better, but I’m trudging along as usual, lol. The Profiles in History 30 catalogue is available on archive(dot)org — I’ll post the link in my reply at the end if it lets me. I watched the Alien TV series… and honestly, I didn’t like it.
Deletehttps://archive.org/details/pih-auction-30/page/199/mode/1up?q=Alien
Thanks for that. it’s a challenge trying to work out how to come to terms with this new series. At least the alien beast seems to be more interested in intense killing rather than gathering with others for a mass suicide at the sight of a pulse rifle, but perhaps the aliens in Alien: Romulus were that bored. This new alien design is a slightly off putting though but we might see worse in years to come. I’ve watched the first two episodes about three times by now.
DeletePerhaps I get on with the characters. i don’t mind this Wendy character that much, the actress seems very sweet. I spent a good few months cringing over this Peter Pan connection, so I’m over and done with gnashing my teeth over the matter. the Hermit character seems to be the sort of person I could imagine passing by in a music and video shop. (Okay, yes, I passed the actor in the stairs in Fopp) I thought that the android Kirsh reminds me of Roy Cropper from Coronation Street, cosplaying as Billy Idol. the little eyeball on tentacles alien looks like something from one of these Japanese Gashapon machines. I refer to the Boy Cavalier character as Bore Cavalier.
nothing makes sense in an interesting way so far, every seems as rubbery and the mentality behind Romulus, but I hope for a better point of view later. It’s like a form of madness finding ways to appreciate it, and expecting more of the worse
Ah, just read you knew that already. Apologies.
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