Alan Hunter

(February 19, 1923 – August 1, 2012)

Alan Joseph Hunter was a UK artist, both fan and pro, from Bournemouth active from the 1950s.

His earliest professional work was an interior for New Worlds #8 (Winter 1950) followed by covers for the first two issues of Nebula in 1952 and 1953, after which he was credited as the magazine's art consultant. He also published three short stories, two in the 1950s and one in 1981. 'The Piper' earned its publication in 1953 by winning Authentic's short story competition.

He attended the Festivention in 1951 where Walt Willis noted, 'Other striking personalities included Alan Hunter and his beard. It suits him too, if not quite down to the ground'. And:

Through breaks in the clouds of smoke, we could see as far as Alan Hunter of New Worlds and Phantasmagoria. On the outer fringes of his beard was Ben Abas from Holland. Both were strenuously praising each other's artwork, and though Ben was at somewhat of a disadvantage because Alan had only one sketch with him against his own 20, he did such a good job on that one sketch that it blushed visibly.

In June 1951 he sent out a circular about a fantasy artists group and this led to the formation of the Fantasy Art Society in 1952 under the auspices of Operation Fantast. Hunter was editor of their official organ, the Fantasy Art Society Newsletter. He was also a UK agent for Inside.

He contributed to many fanzines including Algol, Banana Wings, Maya, Phantasmagoria (where he was art editor from #2), Science Fiction Chronicle and Vector. He worked primarily in black & white.

Links

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• Alan Hunter in Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Portfolio in The Reluctant Famulous #90 (November/December 2012)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1981 – Fantasycon 1981

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Person

1923—2012

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