The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner

Lavishly illustrated comprehensive biography

Written by Turner's long-time friend and agent John Lawrence (1944-2023), this is the first-ever comprehensive biography of this accomplished artist, and presents a wealth of his incredible and highly distinctive work, all reproduced in unparalleled quality.

Ron Turner has long been regarded as one of the most innovative and stylish sci-fi illustrators the UK has ever produced. For when lesser artists' spacecraft were cigar tubes with fins, Ron's were of the most complex design, yet amazingly detailed and appearing as if they could actually work. And when other artists gave us antennae-waggling Martians, Ron introduced us to some quite bizarre galactic beings that seemed drawn from life.

The extent of his art was truly vast and amongst many others included British and American comic strips such Judge Dredd (2000AD), Action Force (Battle Action), Space Ace (Lone Star), Rick Random (Super-Detective Library), Jet-Ace Logan & John Steel (Thriller Picture Library), War Picture Library, Wonder-Car (Whizzer and Chips), Alex Raymond strips such as Flash Gordon, PLUS American sci-fi pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories and Astounding Stories, through to TV series and mags such as Gerry Anderson's Stingray & Captain Scarlet, Doctor Who, and TV Century 21 magazine.

Author: John Lawrence
Artist: Ron Turner
Publisher: Telos Publishing, 15 March 2025
Number of pages: 384
Format: Hard Cover; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 8" x 11" (215mm x 279mm)
ISBN: 9781845832353
Code: FANTASTICRONTURNER