TOMORROW ITALY #30 (1978)

Original Cover Art - Giuseppe Festino (Italian, * 1943).

Cover of TOMORROW ITALY #30. The paperback was published in January 1979 in France and the artwork is dated 1978 and signed lower right.

Tomorrow Italy #30 is a collection of 13 short stories of Italian science fiction - Special Fiction Issue No. 30, Selected by Jean-Pierre Fontana.

Gouache/acrylic on illustration board. Board size: 20 x 14 in, image size: 15.75 x 11 in.

Giuseppe Festino is an italian professional illustrator who started to work in the 1960s.The 1980s and 1990s marked a pivotal era for Festino’s career as he received notable commissions to design covers for URANIA, one of Italy’s leading science fiction series. Utilizing acrylic paints, he maintained a stylistic continuity with previous artists while infusing his unique flair into each cover. He also illustrated many covers of the Italian ROBOT series.

I met his son Federico close to Copenhagen in Denmark. I was impressed by the story and a few artworks Federico was able to show me. I really liked the style and bought a few...