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I loved the old Byte issues with the fun covers (I still want to buy prints of a couple like the AI and Smalltalk covers). This particular one was a bit funny
by protomyth 4y ago
I loved the old Byte issues with the fun covers (I still want to buy prints of a couple like the AI and Smalltalk covers). This particular one was a bit funny because my mom thought it was more of that D&D crap[1]. Thinking about it, reading the DMG and articles about Lisp, might make me think she had a point.
1) I should point out that my parents never bought into that whole D&D is evil craze. Star Frontiers was "cute" though.
- nrp 4y agoAmazingly enough, you can! Robert Tinney was the illustrator for many Byte covers from the 70s and 80s (though not sure if he did this one, based on the style). He used to have a website up, but if you check archive.org you can still find his email address. If you send him an email, he’ll let you know what cover prints are available and you can order them directly from him. I recently ordered 5.
- sizzzzlerz 4y agoByte, in it's heyday, had the best cover illustrations of any magazine published before or since.
- tssva 4y agoI would put The Saturday Evening Post cover illustrations by Norman Rockwell ahead of the Byte cover illustration.
- protomyth 4y agoFor a certain crowd, I agree. The Saturday Evening Post covers spawned a homage set of covers with DC superheroes and villains that is very true to the original's spirit. I will say that in my youth the Byte covers were "better" because I didn't grow in a place that the SEP covers would invoke feelings of nostalgia or familiarity.