I have a number of posts currently “in the pipeline”, but not yet finalized.
In the meantime, I thought I’d share this interesting composition by “Swenson”, which accompanies Lewis Padgett’s (Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore) short tale “Rain Check“, from page 54 of the July, 1946 issue of Astounding Science Fiction.
Though perhaps not as well as other illustrators, Swenson – or, “Walter Swenson” / “Walter Swensen” / “H. Swenson”, as suggested by DocSavage.Org and PulpFest – had a very distinctive style, with a woodcut-like boldness and crispness of his work taking precedence over intricate detail.
Anyway, I simply like the image below, for what at first looks benign and paper-weight-ish, on second glance, is actually quite eerie…!
