A bit more puts this in 1948 (https://www.fantasmak.com/editions/Mairani.pdf)
Luna Park N°37/1947 à 8/1948 : Una donna infernale

I have an Alvaro Mairani page from the episode 22, so was looking into this a little bit. The first episode of Una Donna Infernale was published in a 1947 issue of Luci del Luna Park. I can't see which issue from that year,and am unsure if episodes were released weekly, but this is more likely late 40s (possibly 1947/1948).

Thanks! I felt a little like I stole this one...

Yes! There's at least a few more out there, all great. The game was an "ambitious" attempt at a fully 3d game, and it's interesting to see how these translated to the game (...didn't).

Thanks-- it's great, I'm really happy with it! Thanks for letting it go! Now just to figure out where I'm allowed to hang it...

I'm a big fan of Brantonne's covers. Never quite sure I'm the biggest fan of this particular Brantonne cover, but still-- happy to have it.

American. Apparently he was WWI infinitry, and did cartoons for trench papers that wer later collected/published as a book- "Happy Days." Looks fun, somehow.

I love how they go around and come around again.

Mystery solved(ish)-- I traded emails with the artist, and this was *not* an Apple ad (as listed by HA), but actually done for a humor/satire book, making fun of liberal/left/tree-huggers (hence the owl), and this was back when using Macs was a bit of a signifier of that. That explains why the Mac doesn't exactly match the details on an actual computer (they way you'd think it would for an ad). Apparently there's a matching version for someone on the right, and I'm still not sure on the year...

12" would also track with the keys being right at the edge of the case vs. having a large bezel. Interesting on OWL-- I have the vaguest recollection of that being a thing, but definitely seems like you could be on to something. The timing is right.

I was thinking either that or a PowerBook G4, which could push it back as far as 2003. Details on the laptop aren't spot on for either, and I don't know what to make of the owl.