Lost In Space: The Art of Juan Ortiz Hardcover – August 7, 2018

Wow.....I am really glad to have this truly awesome book! It's big, it's bright, it's high-quality. It's ART. And most of all, it is FUN!These posters really bring the series alive in the loyal fan's imagination and instill a renewed appreciation for our beloved Lost In Space. I'm taking my time with this- I'm going to savor it the way I would a long novel. There's so much to look at, and to look for. The artist has put a lot of thought, creativity, whimsy and enjoyment into his poster concepts. The execution is just top-notch! LIS fans are in for a real treat!Thanks to the publisher for making such a wonderful book available. (How about a book of "Batman" posters next?)

I became a big fan of Juan Ortiz's original series Star Trek posters, and it feels like he's back in his happy place with this exhilarating Lost in Space collection, after the relative slog of hisNext Generation series. I am only marginally familiar with Lost in Space and it doesn't matter at all in being able to appreciate the artwork. Although I want to go back and dip into the series now! The artist's visual imagination is at full force here.

A great book with fantastic movie poster art for each episode using various styles. Ghost in Space, The Lost Civilization, Treasure of the Lost Planet, Welcome Stranger and Castles in Space are some of my favorite posters in this book. Other reviewers had said this book was big but I was still surprised when it showed up. I really hope he gets around to doing Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He did not mention The Outer Limits as a possible project but I hope he does that one too.

Unless you have some deep-seeded hatred for the Lost in Space franchise, it would be hard to hate this book of posters for episodes of the 1965-1968 science fiction classic series.Make no mistake -- Star Trek is superior to Lost in Space, and Star Trek does not owe its existence to Lost in Space. But that doesn't make this collection of artwork any less enjoyable. Every episode and more is covered here and I do mean more. From the critically acclaimed "My Friend, Mr. Nobody," to the universally panned "Great Vegetable Rebellion," you can be guaranteed a variety of mock movie posters, comic book covers, and other artwork depicting the episodes. More on those episodes later. The book starts out with an interview, and a series of pictures associated with the cast rather than the episodes. I like the one he did for Marta Kristen best. The surviving cast members have even seen some of them and have used one of them in the Blu-Ray box set.The poster for "My Friend, Mr. Nobody" looks like a novelization of the episode, which you might find in a comic book shop or a bus station. This was the first time I discovered the artwork of Mr. Ortiz, and it made me consider seeking out a copy of this imaginary book. I wasn't entirely disappointed to find that no such book existed, but it didn't make me like his work any less.The one for "The Great Vegetable Rebellion," looks like a Robert Crumb underground comic book cover. Two other episode posters also look like comic book covers, but those are "Silver Age" comic book covers. Ortiz is a comic book illustrator, after all.Aside from those, with some exceptions, many of the images look like movie posters including some that were made by legendary artist Saul Bass. The image for "The Lost Civilization" looks like a 1930's exploitation movie poster. The poster for "The Deadly Games of Gamma Six" looks a bit like one of Irwin Allen's 1970's disaster movie posters, although if it were truly authentic, the photos of the cast members on the bottom would be in color and would have captions below the photographs. The poster for "The Promised Planet" is quite exciting for something that looks like it was made with a two-color printing press. I've seen that photo of Penny from this episode before, but this is the first time I actually wanted to join her in a dance. The only problems are; 1)She's a fictional character, 2)I can't dance to save my life, and 3)I am way too old for Penny Robinson now (though in real life Angela Cartwright is way too old for me).I don't want to make this book seem perfect, but when it comes to finding something negative about it, aside from the minor details regarding "The Deadly Games of Gamma Six," I can't think of any reason to do so. Each poster is a matter of interpretation, as you really should expect it to be. I don't know what his poster for "Flight Into the Future" was supposed to be, but I know it's a lot of fun.Have I revealed too much? I'm trying not to. As one other reviewer mentioned, this is a coffee-table book. A cheap coffee-table book, but still a coffee-table book. So whether you're a die-hard fan of the show despite the flaws, or you just watched it because you had a die-hard TV crush on Judy or Penny, this book will give readers plenty to enjoy.

Great companion to M. Ortiz’s Star Trek book.

Juan Ortiz does an amazing job of capturing the feel of the series and breathes some new life inot the series. Hardbound, very neat presentation, huge pages to absorb the artistry involved.

This book was even better than I had expected. His art is wonderful!

Ortiz manages to distill LiS down to the elements we remember as thrilling while excising the silly bits all in a modern style nonetheless reminiscent of the '60s. A great addition to any LiS fan's library or admirers of movie/TV poster art in general.