Tuesday, 24 February 2026

HPANWO Fifties Sci-Fi

 
Recently my friend Zoë created an image with a HPANWO-esque theme, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2026/01/menzies-lyth-rides.html. Now she has made another, illustrated above. This is an interesting blend of the 1950's, 1970's and modern motifs. It resembles a '50's science fiction poster or magazine illustration. Many of them in those days were crypto-erotic and this is an obvious element to this picture. The very glamourous young lady looks to me like one of the Hollywood stars at the time, like Anne Francis or Beverly Garland. Her T-shirt sports a very prestigious slogan. There are flying saucers above her in the background. Below her is the pun "HPAN... WOAH!" in '70's computer text and a series of modern emojis. See here for an interview with Zoë: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2025/04/hpanwo-show-585-podcast-zoe-nicholls.html. Many thanks to her for this, a second great artwork.

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