I estimate that Berkey did 38-40 illustrations for
POPULAR MECHANICS
1984 Feb & Aug — 1985 Oct — 1986 Aug — 1988 June & Dec
1989 Aug & Sept — 1990 Jan & Aug & Nov — 1991 July & Nov
1992 Feb & May — 1993 June & Dec — 1994 July & Nov
1995 Dec — 1996 April & June — 2000 Feb & July
2003 April
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June 1988
BELOW: Berkey’s awesome Futurerail Monorail prelim
And here is a 2nd prelim that was just discovered in January 2013:
BELOW: Here’s the Futurerail poster print that was POPULAR MECHANICS June 1988, next to the size the “smaller” print of it appeared in Jane Frank’s book…
Details…
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POPULAR MECHANICS December 1988
Dec 1988
Here’s the great cover for the December 1988 POPULAR MECHANICS — it’s been reprinted before… but Berkey’s interior “cut away” illustration has NEVER been reprinted or posted on any other website!!!
Detail…
(NOTE: If anyone wants a larger jpeg of any of the images on my website, just write and let me know which ones…)
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November 1994
ABOVE: Berkey’s FAST FREIGHTER from POPULAR MECHANICS Nov. 1994 (which has never been reprinted anywhere nor posted on any other webpage!) — Berkey did 2 illustrations of this incredibly neat ship…. nice!!…
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1990 August
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Popular Mechanics July 1994
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November 1991
Details….
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Sept 1989 POPULAR MECHANICS
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June 1993
ABOVE: Prelim / BELOW: Finished illustration
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POPULAR MECHANICS May 1992:
BELOW: Close-up of the land on the left side of this painting…
BELOW: The original art…
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August 1984 (& card)
Details…
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January 1990
NOTE: This was the issue that the “Deep Quest” illustration was in! (Notice the change in the diver’s facial expression, on the cover he’s smiling, in the version below he isn’t…)
Berkey’s very nice “Deep Quest” illustration was in the January 1990 issue of POPULAR MECHANICS (this was printed in the 1994 trading card set, but it was so small and printed so dark that you could hardly even see it — it looks totally different in PM)!
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Berkey’s cover of POPULAR MECHANICS July 2000 that has never been reprinted in any book or card set:
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1985 October:
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August 1986 POPULAR MECHANICS illustration:
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Tech Update / POPULAR MECHANICS Nov 1990
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John did 4 illustrations for the 1993 POPULAR MECHANICS:
(NOTE: He did the plane, not the sky…)
BELOW: John did these 2 paintings of the Wright Brothers’ airplane for this issue…
Here is the real pic of the 1st flight at Kitty Hawk….
This painting was originally done for Berkey’s 1977 calendar!
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Dec 1995 POPULAR MECHANICS
Berkey did these 7 nice interior illustrations:
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April 2003 POPULAR MECHANICS
Berkey obviously did 2 versions of this “Battle Island” — a thinner version for the cover, and a wider version for the interior illustration! Compare the differences…
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Various illustrations….
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February 1992
