Milena and Vlada, the duo behind Yugodrom—a new blog focused on "graphic aesthetics from ex Yugoslavia"—have been unearthing gems from seventies and eighties issues of the science magazine Galaksija.
They wrote to me suggesting that the "surrealistic, sci-fi-sh, serigraphic and absolutely amazing" illustrations of Nikolai Lutohin would be suitable for 50 Watts, and I am inclined to agree. The Russian artist Lutohin was born in Yugoslavia and did many illustrations for Galaksija. I've included ten below.
updated 12/18/2011: I also love the magazine's covers (which often use graphics from famous American and British SF artists, perhaps uncredited) and for this post selected a handful from the 136 covers in Yugodrom's flickr set. See more of my favorite covers in a companion post on But Does it Float.
12/18/11 update: this uses a Bruce Pennington illustration (hopefully he got paid)
12/18/11 update: art by Chris Foss, famous British SF artist
12/18/11 update: art by the legendary Frank R. Paul
See more of my favorite covers in a companion post on But Does it Float.