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RIP Ron Cobb, who passed away yesterday. Here& #39;s a thread celebrating his work, beginning with the interstellar pictograms he designed for & #39;Alien& #39;. https://wharferj.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/ron-cobbs-alien-semiotic-standards/">https://wharferj.wordpress.com/2012/05/2...
Here& #39;s a brilliant blogpost about the inspired design team on & #39;Alien& #39; ("He was hung over from an LSD trip and I felt kind of guilty, but I had to have those designs...") https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/space-truckin-the-nostromo/">https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/10/2...
Cobb& #39;s design for the DeLorean time machine in & #39;Back to the Future& #39; http://www.roncobb.net/17-Back_To_The_Future.html">https://www.roncobb.net/17-Back_T...
He also made many cartoons for underground/countercultural publications. Some were playful satire, others were unflinching http://roncobb.net/cartoons.html ">https://roncobb.net/cartoons....
I first encountered Cobb& #39;s work with & #39;Aliens& #39;, without yet knowing his name. It felt so lived-in and so labyrinthine, fantastical and believable at the same time. I must have been about 7 or 8 when I first saw it. Been thinking about it ever since http://roncobb.net/21-AlienS.html ">https://roncobb.net/21-AlienS...
"Get your ass to Mars", "I got five kids to feed", "See you at the party, Richter", "Come on Cohaagen, you& #39;ve got what you want. Give these people air", "Two weeks..." etc etc http://www.roncobb.net/28-Total_Recall.html">https://www.roncobb.net/28-Total_...
