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Dean Ellis - Alan Dean Foster -

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Dean Ellis - Alan Dean Foster - Comic Art

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"The Tar-Aiym Krang" published cover

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Title:	Dean Ellis - Alan Dean Foster -
Artist:	Dean Ellis (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Prelim
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	741
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	2/26/2022
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We went to an estate sale today (conducted at an off-site warehouse). There was quite a bit of science fiction and fantasy stuff there -- the person or couple clearly used to attend SF cons, as there were several old convention programs from Chicago area cons held in the late 1970's and 1980's, including Chicon IV, Windycon, Capricon and the Chicago Comic Con. They'd also belonged to the SCA, and we picked up some costume stuff we'll use when we go to the Ren Faire.

We snagged several books but our most interesting buy was the one piece of original art we found, which clearly had been purchased at a convention art show. By artist Dean Ellis, it's the preliminary for "The Tar-Aiym Krang" by Alan Dean Foster, published by Ballantine in 1972. The prelim is very similar to the finished cover (which I'll show here as well), but the finished cover lacks the astronauts on the left. This was Foster's first published novel, and introduced his characters Pip and Flinx. I loved reading that series, beginning as a teenager, so was pleased to add this to our collection.

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	Doug Ellis ( 1 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	November 2004
Last Login:	September 2025
Website:	http://pulpvault.com
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 2/26/2022

I am clearly going to the wrong estate sales ;)

Great find!

Doug Ellis
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 2/26/2022

Rick W wrote:

I am clearly going to the wrong estate sales ;)

Great find!

Sometimes ya get lucky!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/27/2022

Doug Ellis wrote:

Sometimes ya get lucky!

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Yeah, you more than most! But seriously, you and Deb deserve everything you find for all the work you put into hunting down leads. Kudos!

Victor Dricks
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/27/2022

I'[ve always liked this piece. You lucky dog!!

Comics Superworld
Member Since 2007

Posted on 2/27/2022

Great piece! I've always loved pure space oriented science fiction. It ain't 'sexy', but so stirring to the imagination.

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