Does anyone have any idea who the cover artist was behind Mastertronic's early MAD games?
I always loved these comic strip style covers.
MAD Cover Artist
MAD Cover Artist
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Re: MAD Cover Artist
The artwork was good but I didn't like that rather drab spotted background framing; I much preferred full-page images. I guess it's an attempt at brand-recognition marketing. I always associate that style with re-releases; I wouldn't look at repeated designs like that and immediately think 'Ooh, a series of wholly new and original games'.
Re: MAD Cover Artist
I think John Smyth was responsible for a fair few of them, I did think Ray Owen did some but I sort of now think he did the nice loading screens.
https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=12080 (R.A)
https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=18136 (J.S)John recalls: "Despite my absolute ignorance of computers (I only bought one about three years ago) I found myself designing game covers for Mastertronic through a studio called 'Words and Pictures' for whom I'd done illustration work previously."
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Re: MAD Cover Artist
If they are John's, they're in a completely different stylespider wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:52 pm I think John Smyth was responsible for a fair few of them, I did think Ray Owen did some but I sort of now think he did the nice loading screens.
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https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=12080 (R.A)
Pretty sure Ray just did the loading screens
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