Listen: This post has come unstuck in time. Poo-tee-weet.
Since February 7, 1921… seems like it’s been a century.
From the first, at the last, who would have imagined?
Figure study, John V. Baltandonis, 1991Figure study, John V. Baltandonis, 1980sFigure study, John V. Baltadonis
From the beginning, would he have imagined?
Imaginative Fiction, v1n1, October 1935. Art by John V. BaltadonisFantasy Fiction Telegram, v1n2, November 1936. Art by John V. Baltadonis
First, he was a fan.
PSFS News, v2n1, January 1939. Click for larger image.
We see glimpses, perhaps a trajectory.
Art by John V. Baltadonis, 1937A page from John V. Baltadonis’ high school notebook, 1937
As a fan, an editor and evolving artist.
Art by John V. Baltadonis, c1937Fantasy Herald, v1n4, Winter 1940 Art by John V. BaltadonisThe Science Fiction Collector, v4n3, August 1938Art by John V. Baltadonis, 1939Oil on canvas by John V. Baltadonis, c1939
After the war… a changed man. Art as a career. By then, we might have guessed.
Protest meeting. Art by John V. Baltadonis, 1947Still life by John V. Baltadonis, 1946Illustration for “The Solitary Hunters”Illustration for “The Abyss”Jacket and interior illustrations by John V. Baltadonis, 1947
A man of faith.
John V. Baltadonis, c1946
A First Fan.
John V. Baltadonis, c1938John V. Baltadonis, Oswald Train, Milton A. Rothman at PhilCon, 1983 Photo by and copyright (c) Andrew I Porter
And ever a fan. Happy 100th, JVB!
Deep thanks to Steve Baltadonis for much of the material herein.
