Alex Ebel (November 14, 1932 – December 6, 2013) was a

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

illustrator. Ebel painted the poster for the original ''

Friday the 13th Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year ...

'' (1980), and an unused poster for ''

Friday the 13th Part 2 ''Friday the 13th Part 2'' is a 1981 American slasher film produced and directed by Steve Miner in his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut, and written by Ron Kurz. It is the sequel to ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'' (1 ...

''.

Books

His illustrations for book covers include ''Galaxies'' and ''The Sun'' by

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...

, ''Evil Earths'' by

Brian Aldiss Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for oc ...

, ''Ability Quotient'' by

Mack Reynolds Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds (November 11, 1917 – January 30, 1983) was an American science fiction writer. His pen names included Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Dallas Rose, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Har ...

, ''Homefaring'' by

Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American science fiction author and editor. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo Award, Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a SFWA Grand ...

and one of his most famous, ''The Left Hand of Darkness'' by

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...

Magazines

His art for magazines includes ''

Space Science Fiction Between 1952 and 1954, John Raymond published four digest size, digest-size Science fiction magazine, science fiction and Fantasy magazine, fantasy magazines. Raymond was an American publisher of men's magazines who knew little about science ...

'', '' Heavy Metal'' and '' Fantastic Story Magazine''. In addition, he illustrated for

World Book The ''World Book Encyclopedia'' is an American encyclopedia. ''World Book'' was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually. Although published online in digital form for a number of years, ...

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Alex Ebel
1923 births 2013 deaths American science fiction artists American fantasy artists American horror artists 20th-century American illustrators American poster artists {{illustrator-stub