John Davis & Kim Saxon Collection :: Johnny Bruck

Atlan 131

Artist: Johnny Bruck (Painter)

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Title:	Atlan 131
Artist:	Johnny Bruck (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	246
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	11/27/2023
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I have become fascinated with Western/SF mashup illustrations, especially since moving to southern Arizona and being immersed in the American "old west". It is almost a subgenre with many interesting examples by various artists.

Johnny Bruck painted lots of these fun mashups. This cover by Bruck (Atlan 131, 1974) is a great example with a timely theme -- a border crossing of an illegal alien (in this case an ACTUAL alien). Bruck has clearly used the iconography of a US/Mexican border -- the "alien" immigrant even wears Mexican sarape and sandals! The border wall is depicted as a SF "force field", as the alien leaves the desert for the promise of a better life (represented by the futuristic city on the other side).

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Bruce W
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 11/28/2023

I like this quite a lot -- seems to have a late 50s era Van Dongen vibe to it, and reminds me a bit of his famous 'Pastoral' ASF cover.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 11/29/2023

Perfectly illustrates the situation of the illegal alien with an alien. I like the long stretch of the border going into the horizon as they are taking the extreme measure to protect a wide stretch of empty land against one guy.

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