Submitted by: aka.attrition
Closer Than We Think
Closer Than We Think is a 2017 documentary that tells the story of Arthur Radebaugh, a futurist illustrator and imagineer whose ability to extrapolate and prognosticate has kept his work relevant for nearly a century.
It is a documentary about the golden age of post-WW2 futurism explored through the life of Radebaugh, the visionary artist behind the comic strip Closer Than We Think.
The documentary was the winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and the Comic Con International Film Festival.
This was the stuff of my youth and, I suspect, those of many here on TBP. Here’s a little look back at his great art predicting the future. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did re-discovering these and many other images of the future from our youth.
How many did he get right?
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