Here some cover versions of the science fiction trilogy "Battle Circle" by Piers Anthony. The covers are by the British artist Patrick Woodroffe.
In an post-apocalyptic world people settle their conflicts with highly ritualized combat in a so called "battle circle". Each warrior wears as second name the weapon he wields. And so the books are name after their protagonists:
Sos the Rope (1968)
Var the Stick (1972)
Neq the Sword (1975)
It’s good old thrilling action stuff, like those novels were in these times paving the way for the Road Warrior and others to come.
These days theirs is a new browser game called Deathend on the web. In post apocalyptic ruins you have to kill hordes of mutants.
Some time ago I discovered in an abandoned factory in Barcelona some artwork of the Brazilian artist Rodrigo Villas. Some colourful graffitis on the walls and above all the little birds, for which he’s probably best known.
These little bird sculptures provide a light, floating contrast to all the rotting concrete.
Sos the Rope (1968)
Var the Stick (1972)
Neq the Sword (1975)
The great webcomic FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield is still going on. Volume 5 is in the stores now for everyone who wants it printed. I like especially this mixture of steampunk and decay in partly flooded London.
