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E.C. McMullen Jr.
RUMOR

RUMOR: People are dying to know the truth

PERPETUAL
BULLET

"'Some People' ... may be the standout story in the book."
- John Grant, Infinityplus

E.C. McMullen Jr.
WILLOW BLUE

"'Willow Blue' will burrow under your skin and stay there long after you've put the book down."
- Jeffrey Reddick, Creator of
FINAL DESTINATION

IN OTHER BOOKS
E.C. McMullen Jr.'s
short story
CEDO LOOKED LIKE PEOPLE
in the anthology
FEAR THE REAPER

"This Ray Bradbury-esque is one of the most memorable and one of the more original stories I've read in a long time."
- Steve Isaak,
Goodreads

HORROR 201:
The Silver Scream

Filmmaker's Guidebook
featuring
RAY BRADBURY,
JOHN CARPENTER,
WES CRAVEN,
TOM HOLLAND,
E.C. McMULLEN Jr.,
GEORGE A. ROMERO,
and many more.

And In
CINEMA
E.C. McMullen Jr.
Head Production Designer

MINE GAMES
(Starring:
JOSEPH CROSS,
BRIANA EVIGAN,
ALEX MERAZ,
ETHAN PECK)

Dept. head
Special Effects Make-Up
(SFX MUA)

A SIERRA NEVADA
GUNFIGHT
(MICHAEL MADSEN & JOHN SAVAGE).

Production Designer

UNIVERSAL DEAD
(DOUG JONES,
D.B. SWEENEY,
GARY GRAHAM)

Art Director

THE CRUSADER
(COLIN CUNNINGHAM,
GARY GRAHAM)

MAN CONQUERS SPACE

MAN CONQUERS SPACE - 2001

Man Conquers Space official website (defunct)

Directed by: David Sander

What's that space video? It's really short, but we are going into space and landing on the moon or mars, and it looks all different? It looks like a real old training film or something. Like some government thing out of the 1950s? It's amazing!

David Sander's MAN CONQUERS SPACE - Teaser I

Yes it is. At less than a minute, I've seen a grown man brought to tears when watching this film. Of course, that grown man truly believes in a future where humanity finally leaves its nest and takes flight. Humanity, science, and all our endeavors since retreating from space exploration in the 1970s, have turned inward. All of our technologies have stopped reaching out and instead, turn provide us with trivial past times, games, entertainment, and of course, to monitor and watch over us.

MAN CONQUERS SPACE was released way back in 2001 by David Sander, through his company, Rendered Surfaces. This 47 second short was a mature, realistic vision of what movie producer, George Pal and studio Paramount, brought to theaters in 1958 in Conquest of Space. Unlike the goofy drama and veneer of science fiction respectability, David's Man Conquers Space, with his Chesley Bonestell inspired space vehicles, has a look and feel of an actual history. It's a beautiful future that could have been but never was and one we will never have.

George Pal's CONQUEST OF SPACE - Trailer

UPDATE: Feb. 12, 2022
A 20 year old 2002 Interview with David Sander of MAN CONQUERS SPACE at Mike.WhyBark.com.

UPDATE: July 11, 2018
Everything went silent for a few years on David Sander, and I mean nothing since 2013. Even his Man Conquers Space site is closed.

Why? This blog may provide a sad clue.
"Man Conquers Space:" Well, that answers that

So the David Sander contribution dies here.

Other projects on this theme do not. MAN CONQUERS SPACE ... SOON, was a series of Collier Magazine articles long before there was a David Sander to use it for his retro piece. The same goes for the Chesley Bonestell spaceship designs that Sander used for his short film.

There's a new website that apparently runs without David Sander's input,

MAN WILL CONQUER SPACE SOON