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Maybe it's pure ego, but I get a kick when I see some of my work spreading out on the Internet on its own. One of my favourites is the Radio Police Automaton from 1924, which is featured on
Tales of Future Past. The illustration is quite real, being from the May 1924 issue of
Science and Invention, but the copy I scanned it from was heavily damaged with a dirty great hole in it courtesy of some bookworms, so it was hardly in a condition for posting. Fortunately, the layout of the artwork was fairly obvious and I'd made a close study of a German version of it some years before, so I was able to fill in the gaps quite seamlessly, if I do say so myself.
Since I posted it, the restoration has spread all over the place (usually without a credit, but there you go) and it's amusing to think that it's currently the definitive version. It's a sort of trivial immortality, I suppose, but it's nice to see all that effort appreciated.
7 comments:
David, had I known the image was cleaned up by you I would have credited you for your work. However, as you can see from the post I reference in mine, there was no mention of you. I have now added a credit for your scan/restoration. Enjoy.
Mark,
Thanks for the credit. I appreciate it. I know that most people aren't aware of my restoration on the image and I take my satisfaction that people are enjoying my work.
If I was losing royalties or ad revenues it would be different, but since I'm not, I'm not put out.
The link to the cleaned-up version appears to have been disabled. Got an alternate? Thnx...
No problem. Alternate is on its way.
David & Mark;
Thank you for rescuing this bit of robotic Americana from oblivion. Now I know where the original idea for the robots in a couple of Republic serials came from.
When I become an Evil Overlord, I will definitely have them mass produced. Just to be able to speak into a microphone, say "Go forth, my minions!"- and not get any backtalk.
;-)
cheers
eon
In a strange chance of coincidence, Gizmodo posted this...
http://gizmodo.com/5733103/what-to-do-when-you-find-something-cool-on-the-internet-a-flowchart
Who are the rioters supposed to be?
Immigrants?
Communists?
Unionists?
War Veterens?
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