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Valentine’s Day is this week, so I’m taking the chance to showcase one of my all-time favorite retro sci-fi artworks, this 1971 black light Marvel greeting card, from a series of 24 (Here’s an album on my Facebook page if you want more).
This image doubles down on what I see as a couple (relatively) essential traits of retro sci-fi art: Gonzo color sche…