Robert Gibson Jones (1889-1969). American illustrator Robert Gibson Jones. After completing his art training in Chicago, Jones worked mainly in advertising for 20 years before becoming a regular Ziff-Davis cover artist in 1942. Jones also created covers for non-genre titles such as Mammoth Adventure and Mammoth Detective. Later in the 1950s, Jones was responsible for covers for Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Mystic Magazine. He also did interior art.
Jones’s stimulating, vivid cover illustrations were reminiscent of Earle K Bergey in some respects. They featured exotically dressed characters and a love for beautiful, dark-haired ladies. One famous cover, for the August 1950 issue, Amazing, featured a woman with a bejewelled headband appearing above a mountain range to a group grounded space travellers. Brian W Aldiss in Science Fiction Art (1975), quotably stated that Jones “made champagne out of the mythology of technological progress: The wish that frontiers beyond Earth will yield adventure power and romance.” However, one could also say that Jones’s distinctly old-fashioned visions for the future, which evoked the imagery of historical romances but lacked any real resonance with the futuristic spirit that sf embodies.
Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 45-06, illustrating Thought Records of Lemuria by Richard S. Shaver.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 43-09, War Worker 17 by Frank Patton (Raymond A. Palmer, the editor).Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 48-04, Lair of the Grimalkin by G.H. Irwin.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 49-12, Moon of Battle by J.J. Allerton.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 51-06, illustrating Who Sows the Wind… by Rog Phillips.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 48-01, Secret of the Serpent by Don Wilcox.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 47-02, Orphan of Atlans by William Lawrence Hamling. (1103×1600)Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 51-07, The Dead Don’t Die! by Robert Bloch.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 43-03, illustrating Drummers of Daugavo by Dwight V. Swain.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 51-12, Jongor Fights Back by Robert Moore Williams.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 50-03, Diana and the Golden Ring by S.M. Tenneshaw.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 47-10, Witch of the Andes by Richard S. Shaver.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 51-05, Invasion from the Deep by Paul W. Fairman.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 48-09, The Lavender Vine of Death by Don Wilcox.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 48-04, The Monster from Mars by Alexander Blade (Richard S. Shaver. Alexander Blade was a “house name” used by S.J. Byrne as well as Shaver.)Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 51-12, illustrating Jongor Fights Back.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 50-10.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 51-09illustrating The Terrible Puppets by Paul Fairman.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 50-06, illustrating Goddess of the Volcano by Craig Browning (Rog Phillips).A Robert Gibson Jones babe (Fantastic Adventures 50-02) superimposed on a different background. No doubt the image is in the public domain.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 51-05, illustrating Planet of No Return by Lawrence Chandler.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 51-04, illustrating The Glory That Was Rome by Paul Fairman.Robert Gibson Jones. Amazing Stories 47-11, Illustrating The Giant of Mogo by Don Wilcox.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 48-11, illustrating Castle of Terror by E.J. Liston.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 45-12, Quest of Brail by Richard S. Shaver.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 45-03.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 48-03.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 50-04.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 50-07, illustrating Victims of the Vortex by Clinton Ames (Rog Phillips).The Face Beyond the VeilRobert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 45-01.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 43-01.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 49-01.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 43-12.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 51-12.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 46-09, Earth Slaves to Space by Richard S. Shaver.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 51-09.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 48-08, illustrating Starship from Sirius by Rog Phillips.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 47-03.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 51-08, illustrating The Wrong Side of Paradise by Raymond F. Jones.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 49-07, Exiles of the Elfmounds by Richard S. Shaver.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 50-03, The Ultimate Peril by Robert Abernathy.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories, 51-03Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories, 43-11.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 51-12, Somewhere I’ll Find You! by Stephen Marlowe.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 50-09.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 48-06.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 47-12, The Green Man Returns by Harold M. Sherman.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 51-01The Justice of Tor by Franklin Bahl.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 43-02.Robert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 51-08.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 51-05.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures February, 1948Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 47-01.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures, 43-08.Robert Gibson Jones, Fantastic Adventures 50-07, …You’re All Alone by Fritz Leiber.Fantastic Adventures, Oct. 1943, cover by Robert Gibson JonesPublication: Fantastic Adventures, May 1947 Editors: Raymond A. Palmer Year: 1947-05-00 Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company Cover: Robert Gibson JonesRobert Gibson Jones, Amazing Stories 50-10, illustrating Weapon from the Stars by Rog Phillips.Publication: Fantastic Adventures, February 1948 Editors: Raymond A. Palmer Year: 1948-02-00 Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company Cover: Robert Gibson Jones
