From what I can tell, the "Space Crowd" trope really thrived in the 80s and 90s. Here's a great example: Gary Ruddell's cover art for "Shufflepuck Cafe," a 1988 Broderbund Software computer game about playing air hockey against aliens in a space cafe.
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Art by Gary Ruddell for ‘Campbell Wood’ by Al Sarrantonio (1987)
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Vampiric Dragon
Artist: Gary Ruddell
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Shufflepuck Cafe by Gary Ruddell, 1988
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Hyperion Cover Art by Gary Ruddell
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I missed a few Space Crowd Saturdays, so here's a catchup post featuring three sleazy cyberpunk bars: Barclay Shaw's 1990 cover art for Illegal Alien, by James Luceno; James Warhola's 1987 cover art for Tales from the Spaceport Bar, edited by Darrell Schweitzer and George H. Scithers; and an 80s-era Bud Light promo poster by Gary Ruddell.
Two of these three artworks appear to have references to the Alien franchise in them, marking another insight into the Space Crowd trope: Artists occasionally use the format to sneak in references and in-jokes. (Check my alt text for more info on that)
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Art by Gary Ruddell for Hyperion by Dan Simmons
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Sacred Ground
The land will never betray those who gave their lives for it.
Artist: Gary Ruddell
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City at the Edge of Time by Gary Ruddell, 1988
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