MINDCANDY

A weekly rummage in the attic of sci-fi

He may be just a man, with a man's courage - just a man, who can never fail, to give him the full job description - but he's rarely looked more gloriously heroic than in this stunning piece of international promo art for 1980's Flash Gordon. It's the work of renowned Italian artist Renato Casaro, who also gave us the iconic poster for Barbarella, another SF classic from mogul Dino de Laurentiis. Dive, my brave Hawkmen! Diiiiiiiiiive!

Nick Setchfield
Editor-at-Large, SFX Magazine

Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements.