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Past Visions of Tomorrow: A Journey Through Sci-Fi Illustrations

Giuseppe Festino has harbored a deep passion for science fiction since he was a young boy.

He first had the opportunity to put this passion to use in the pages of several fanzines, such as Vox Futura and Alternativa, and later, starting in 1976, for the magazine Robot.

In the second half of the 1980s, he collaborated with Mondadori, creating various covers for Urania and its special editions. He is also the creator of movie posters. Besides his work in publishing, he has collaborated with numerous advertising agencies.

Many of his works are part of private collections in Paris, Munich, London, Oakland, and Los Angeles.

In the early 2000s, he produced a remarkable series of covers for the collections of Perseo Libri until that publishing house closed.

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These are some om my illustrations created for magazines and story books using acrylic colors and black ink on white paper.

Nova SF* 63 – Original cover illustration (2003)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Original previouslly unpublished illustration (ca. 2005)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Stranimondi – Original poster illustration (2024)
Acrylic on 50×75 cardboard

Original previouslly unpublished and incomplete illustration (ca. 2005)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Original previouslly unpublished and incomplete illustration (ca. 2003)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Narratori Europei di Science Fiction – Original cover illustration (2004)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Original unpublished illustration
Acrylic on 50×75 cardboard

Nova SF* 52 – Original cover illustration (2001)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 54 – Original cover illustration (2002)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* – Original cover illustration
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Narratori Europei di Science Fiction – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Lost Tales Andromeda Nr. 1 – Original cover illustration (2018)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Original umpublished illustration
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

6-96 unpublished – Original illustration
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 60 – Original cover illustration (2003)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Narratori Europei di Science Fiction – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 64 – Original cover illustration (2003)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 58 – Original cover illustration (2002)
Acrylic on 70×90 cardboard

Nova SF* 62 – Original cover illustration (2003)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Original previouslly unpublished and incomplete illustration (ca. 2005)
Acrylic on 70×90 cardboard

Narratori Europei di Science Fiction – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 70×90 cardboard

Nova SF* 73 – Original cover illustration (2006)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 74 – Original cover llustration (2006)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 67 – Original cover illustration (2004)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 61 – Original cover illustration (2003)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 68 – Original cover illustration (2004)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 53 – Original cover illustration (2001)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Narratori Europei di Science Fiction – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Nova SF* 65 – Original cover illustration (2003)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

Narratori Europei di Science Fiction – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 50×70 cardboard

I Libri di Robot- La Luce Morente by George R. R. Martin – Original cover illustration (1979)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Urania Millemondi Estate #3 – Original cover illustration (1995)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Urania Natale #986 (alternative version) – Unpublished original cover illustration (1984)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Urania Millemondi Inverno #5- Original cover illustration (1995)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Sperling Kupfer – Original cover illustration
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Urania Millemondi Estate #7 – Original cover illustration (1996)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Enciclopedia della Fantascienza by James Gunn – Original cover illustration (1979)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Urania Millemondi Autunno #8 – Original cover illustration (1996)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Inverno Giallo Mondadori – Original previously umpublished cover illustration
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

La Setta – Original cover illustration (1986)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Wolfen – Original cover illustration (1992)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Galassia – Original cover illustration (1977)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Robot 49 – Delos Edizioni – Original cover illustration (2006)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Robot 42 – Delos Edizioni Unpublished Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Robot 42 – Delos Edizioni – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Robot 48 – Delos Edizioni – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Robot 46 – Delos Edizioni – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Robot 44 – Delos Edizioni – Original cover illustration (2006)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Speciale Carmilla. Il futuro nel sangue. 19 fantapologhi sul Potere – Original illustration (2003)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Robot 47 – Delos Edizioni – Original cover illustration (2005)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Robot – Original interior illustration (1976-1979)
Black ink on 35×50 heavy paper

Robot #37 – Original interior illustration (1979)
Black ink on 35×50 heavy paper

Robot – Original interior illustration (1976-1979)
Black ink on 35×50 heavy paper

Robot #19 – Original interior illustration (1977)
Black ink on 35×50 heavy paper

Robot – Original interior illustration (1976-1979)
Black ink on 35×50 heavy paper

I Libri di Robot – Original cover illustration (1979)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard paper

Urania Millemondi Estate #27 – Original cover illustration (1994)
Acrylic on 35×50 cardboard

Robot 40 – Original cover illustration (1979)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Edizioni della Vigna – Original cover illustration (2014)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Fantacollana #16 – Original cover illustration (1977)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

L’impero dell’atomo – I Libri di Robot #5 – Original cover illustration (1978)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Anelli intorno al sole. Storie di matrimoni fantastici – Original cover illustration (2017)
Acrylic on 25×35 cardboard

Past Visions of Tomorrow: A Journey Through Sci-Fi Illustrations

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