Re: Cover Artists 2

Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:46 pm

977|City of Death: Ed Dovey
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/9 ... y_of_Death

Per inlay:
"ARTWORK: ED DOVEY"

5417|The Tripods
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... he_Tripods

Loading screen by David Sheridan per instructions

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:01 pm

899|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Michael Foreman
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/8 ... te_Factory

Taken from the book:
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/first-editio ... 3123919/bd
https://kschocfactory.wordpress.com/tag/illustrations/

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:50 am

2813|Laser Squad: Steve Yeowell
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... aser_Squad

Per instructions
(Note: other unrecorded credits in instructions)

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:09 am

2354|Hostages
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... m/Hostages

Has a "PC 88" signature. It might be Philippe Campion, mentioned in the credits in the rear cover, but not in the instructions, which say:
"ORIGINAL IDEA: Philippe AGRIPNIDIS
SCENARIO: Philippe AGRIPNIDIS, Pascal BUREL, Daniel CHARPY,
Eric MOTTET, Najib EL MAADANI, Josyane GIRARD,
Tuan DO CAO
PROGRAMMING: Daniel CHARPY, Pascal BUREL, Najib EL MAADANI,
Tuan DO CAO, Philippe CAMPION
MAIN GRAPHICS: Josyane GIRARD
GRAPHICS: Didier CHANFRAY, Dominique GIROU

AMSTRAD, SPECTRUM and MSX versions: NEW FRONTIER SOFTWARE

PROGRAMMING: Isidro GILABERT
GRAPHICS: Juan José FRUTOS & Alberto José GONZALEZ
MUSIC: Alberto José GONZALEZ"

Not all these credits are recorded in the archive.

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:36 am

3460|North and South: Willy Lambillotte ("Lambil")?
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... orth_South

The game is a licensed adaptation of the comic Les Tuniques Bleus, and the cover seems to come from the comic. However, there is no signature or credit confirming that the artist is the same as the comic.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Tuniques_Bleues

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:48 am

3898|Prohibition (Infogrames, not Players release)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... rohibition

This also has the same "PC" signature, as Hostages, above.

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:09 pm

7065|The Sydney Affair
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/7 ... ney_Affair

Has a "NAMS"(?) signature.

7160|Vera Cruz
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/7 ... /Vera_Cruz

Has same (but partial) signature.

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:10 pm

Rorthron wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 1:09 pm 7065|The Sydney Affair
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/7 ... ney_Affair

Has a "NAMS"(?) signature.

7160|Vera Cruz
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/7 ... /Vera_Cruz

Has same (but partial) signature.

There is a French illustrator Patrick Nahon, who uses the NAMS name and signature. He might well be the same person, but I haven't found confirmation. His current signature is different from the one on the Infogrames covers, but he could easily have changed it in the last 20-odd years.

https://namsimage.ultra-book.com

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:09 pm

3509|Olympicon
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... /Olympicon

There is a blurred signature, which looks like it might be Roger Pearse's, but it's not clear.

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:11 pm

6780|The Pen and the Dark: Sacha Z
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6 ... d_the_Dark

Per inlay
(Also cover graphic design credit: Richard Kelly)

See also:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/zx-spect ... rk/credits

6942|The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾: Caroline Holden
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6 ... Aged_13_34

Cover taken from the book:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sec ... ,_Aged_13¾

6991|The Snow Queen: Michael Foreman
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6 ... Snow_Queen

Per inlay
(Also cover graphic design credit: Richard Kelly)

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:11 pm

7184: The Width of the World: Sacha Z
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/7 ... _the_World

Per inlay

The archive does not have a proper scan of the whole inlay and instructions. There is a better one here:
https://mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=widthworld

(Also cover graphic design credit: Richard Kelly)

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:29 pm

3738|Piromania: Robin Grenville Evans
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... Combustion

Per inlay.

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:18 pm

6571|Legend: Carl Lundgren
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6 ... rum/Legend

Same cover as the book:
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2022239

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:54 pm

5110|Tachyon Command: Angus McKie
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... on_Command

The cover is the same as that of Brian Stableford's book Halcyon Drift:
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Book ... ortby%3D20

(ISFDB seems to be down right now, but it also confirms this.)

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:35 pm

4496|Siege: Templeton?
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... trum/Siege

There seems to be a "Templeton"(?) signature on the spine of the inlay.

Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:43 pm

Rorthron wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 1:54 pm 5110|Tachyon Command: Angus McKie
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... on_Command

The cover is the same as that of Brian Stableford's book Halcyon Drift:
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Book ... ortby%3D20

(ISFDB seems to be down right now, but it also confirms this.)

Here is the confirmation in ISFDB:
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?124491

Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:57 pm

26268|Frankenstein Jnr: Allastair Graham
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... nstein_Jnr

Per inlay:
"Illustration Allastair Graham"

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:56 pm

11996|Pilgrim's Progress: Vic Mitchell
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... s_Progress

Per inlay

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:06 pm

I think I'm starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel, so it's probably a good time to stop and let [mention]druellan[/mention] catch up!

StooB · Post by **StooB** » Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:53 pm

Spider Man

Cover art is by Al Milgrom, according to the cover of the original release and inside of the Americana re-release.

This is the American Al Milgrom, and not the Australian Alfred Milgrom already in the database.

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 2:32 pm

I know I said I'd give @druellan a break, but I'm too pleased with the latest batch to hold off any longer.

1538|Dun Darach: Brendan McMahon (SB Graphics) [cover and map]
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... Dun_Darach

2274|Heavy on the Magick: Brendan McMahon (SB Graphics)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... the_Magick

2882|Lightforce: Brendan McMahon (SB Graphics)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... ight_Force

4460|Shockway Rider: Brendan McMahon (SB Graphics)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... kway_Rider

3040|Marsport: Matthew Rea (SB Graphics)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... m/Marsport

5087/5086|Sweevo's World/Whirled: Matthew Rea (SB Graphics)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... evos_World
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... os_Whirled

These involved a bit of investigation. The inlay credits refer to SB Graphics, which was a Birmingham graphics design firm that no longer exists. There are also some signatures (which look like "Bren" and "M Rea/McRea"). In the end I was able to track down "Bren" (Brendan McMahon, the real "Bren the mapmaker" from Dun Darach), and he kindly confirmed all the above information by email.

Many thanks to Brendan.

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Audionautas · Post by **Audionautas** » Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:55 am

Hi

* Cyberbig (Animagic, 1989). https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... m/Cyberbig

Cover art: LUIS ROYO. https://computeremuzone.com/ficha/191/cyberbig

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Rorthron · Post by **Rorthron** » Sun Oct 11, 2020 10:11 pm

With the aim of speeding up the process, I have collated all the data in this thread into a spreadsheet. It has three lists:

1. uncontroversial and checked cover artists, which can be uploaded directly to ZXDB, without any further review (unless you want to check the right numerical IDs have been applied);
2. cover artists where there is any element of uncertainty or incompletion (even if very slight); and
3. titles with additional credits (other than cover artist).

(Note the third list overlaps with the other two.)

I've emailed it to [mention]PeterJ[/mention] to pass on to [mention]druellan[/mention] .

This should mean the artists in the first list (104 in total) can be put straight into ZXDB en masse. druellan can then work through the others at his leisure.

Juan F. Ramirez · Post by **Juan F. Ramirez** » Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:25 am

Gnasher by R&R Software was coded by 'J. Nixon' and, according to the instructions, 'Sleeve Illustration by Jonathan Nixon'.

It seems he coded and also drew the cover of the original inlay (the Mastertronic re-release cover is different).

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druellan · Post by **druellan** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:00 pm

Rorthron wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:32 am Mailstrom (ID 2992): there is a "Haslam" signature on the cover.

Confirmed the author is John Haslam from https://www.johnhaslamillustration.com Contacted him via Facebook:

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