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John Berkey (1932-2008)

Posted on February 25, 2010 by russ

Considering yesterday’s tragic killer whale attack at SeaWorld, it brought to mind the work of John Berkey, a fantastic sci-fi illustrator who specialized in Star Wars concept art and disaster movies. Unfortunately, Mr. Berkey passed away in 2008, but his terrific terrifying images will live on to terrorize us all…

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Richard on January 9, 2012 at 7:29 pm said:

John Berkey is great but he didn’t paint the key art for ‘The Hindenburg’. This artwork was by historical painter Mort Künstler. (who also painted the key art for ‘The Poseidon Adventure’)