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Post by evertype on Aug 24, 2010 19:27:59 GMT 1
Are there any modern (or at least post-1906) editions of War of the Worlds with the complete set of Alvim Corréa's illustrations, either in English or Portuguese or French or anything else? I'm having trouble finding anything.
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Aug 24, 2010 21:21:45 GMT 1
Hi evertype and welcome to the forum. The only Alvim Corréa illustrated versions I have seen are from 1906 or before.  Are you looking for just the illustrations or the whole book? Here's a modern version of one of Alvim's tripod.  |
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Post by Relyt on Aug 24, 2010 21:24:11 GMT 1
I believe that's your picture for the martian strip calendar, is it not? The newest version I can find is the 1977 Oxford University Press edition. The cover doesn't exactly show Correa's tripods, but it contains his illustrations inside. drzeus.best.vwh.net/wotw/0072.html |
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Aug 24, 2010 21:28:54 GMT 1
Hehe ;D
Yes it was, though I've taken the Martian pole-dancer off the leg for this picture, it saves a lot of explaining. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2010 0:25:55 GMT 1
I've been looking for the original illustrations for a very long time.
That's one of my favorite depictions ever. (Even though I always thought the Tripods looked a little silly with those huge glowing eyes. ;D)
And beautiful art, Lonesome~
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Post by Relyt on Aug 25, 2010 1:14:25 GMT 1
They actually look a lot cooler if you remove the pupils.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2010 14:53:00 GMT 1
I agree. If you remove the pupils, the design is one of the best I've ever seen.
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Post by evertype on Aug 25, 2010 15:51:06 GMT 1
I'm going to be publishing the book in Cornish translation and I would like to use the Corrêa illustrations. So I need decent reproductions of them. Most of what I've seen on the internet is 72 dpi to 100 dpi, which isn't good enough. The Vandamme edition was limited to 500 copies. There is one copy in the British Library but I doubt that they will let the book out on Interlibrary Loan. So I was wondering if there were more modern editions which had all of the illustrations in them. A facsimile of the Vandamme publication, for instance, or... well, anything.
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Aug 25, 2010 21:18:12 GMT 1
I did find a site a few years ago where you could buy prints of the original artwork.
Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the site, but it might be worth Googling around the internet to see if you can find it.
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Post by Thunder Child on Aug 26, 2010 13:08:18 GMT 1
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Aug 26, 2010 21:46:33 GMT 1
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Post by Relyt on Aug 27, 2010 0:53:16 GMT 1
That reminds me. Some time ago, I was in a Barnes & Noble bookstore, doing my normal search for a book on warships that has caught up with me. I saw a book on the Titanic, and inside was your poster. It said that it was an authentic poster from 1912. Granted, it looks like it could be from that year, but yours is instantly recognizable because the four funnels appear to be leaning slightly to the ship's port side. The Titanic turned out to be my very first obsession. It came when I was about 6 years old, and left when I was about 8. Then in 2005, I became obsessed with The War of the Worlds. The fact that the obsession came the same year as the 3 films is no coincidence. I'm no longer obsessed with it, but it remains one of my primary interests. I don't know what my next one will be. |
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Post by Lonesome Crow on Aug 27, 2010 3:09:49 GMT 1
That reminds me. Some time ago, I was in a Barnes & Noble bookstore, doing my normal search for a book on warships that has caught up with me. I saw a book on the Titanic, and inside was your poster. It said that it was an authentic poster from 1912. Granted, it looks like it could be from that year, but yours is instantly recognizable because the four funnels appear to be leaning slightly to the ship's port side. Yes, it's not the first time someone has clammed it is an original 1912 painting and out of copyright. I painted it back in the 1980s someone in America was turning out posters of this image. it didn't bother me because I had sold the rights of the piece over to a poster company, but they wanted me to write an affidavit that proved I painted the picture. Luckily whilst I was painting the picture I took photos of the painting progression, but the thing that really proved it wasn't a 1912 painting was the typeface I used for the slogan 'The Worlds Largest Liner' I used a transfer lettering called Letraset, The shop I usually bought my Letraset from had sold out of the correct period lettering so I had to use the nearest and it was only produced in 1977. needless to say, We won the case. ;D |
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Post by richardburton on Aug 27, 2010 11:31:00 GMT 1
Hehe ;D Yes it was, though I've taken the Martian pole-dancer off the leg for this picture, it saves a lot of explaining. ;D Ah, you should've left it on!  |
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Post by Thunder Child on Aug 28, 2010 12:29:35 GMT 1
Here is a picture that is obviously based on the Correa Tripods but without the pupils...  |
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