Saturday, March 19, 2011

THE BLACK HOLE (1979) Promotional Art by David Mattingly

Here's a piece of art that I had never seen before, until stumbling upon this scan online. It's a Black Hole promotional painting by space artist David Mattingly done for Disney. I don't know if it was ever used anywhere - as I said, I've never seen it before, not on any merchandising or advertising.

That's another cool thing about doing this blog: as I search around for stuff to illustrate my posts, I occasionally stumble across something like this that is completely new to me.

ADDENDUM 6/11: I have just discovered that this art appeared on the cover of the sixth issue of Questar magazine, published in February of 1980.

6 comments:

  1. One of the best Sci-Fi-Movies ever! :D Thx for the post.

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  2. Fantastic piece or art! I collect items from The Black Hole and have never seen this painting anywhere. The piece has a more somber tone than other posters from the films since V.I.N.C.E.N.T. (the robot) is not in it and instead we have the zombie-like faceplate of a former Cygnus crew member. Anyone that has not seen the film would probably find the composition puzzling and perhaps that's why it was not used for promotion.

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  3. That is freaking fantastic! Thanks for sharing this Chris!

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  4. I never saw this one before either... very cool image though. Thanks for posting it.

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  5. I think this was for the graphic novel adaptation

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  6. Juan: If it was, it wasn't actually used. At least not in the U.S.

    It did appear on the cover of the sixth issue of Questar magazine.

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