Ron Cobb’s artwork contributed greatly to the design and production of many late 20th century science fiction and fantasy films, his work helped shape our vision of the most diverse types of aliens, private and military spacecraft and even flying DeLoreans capable of crossing time and space.

Ron Cobb begun his career as a cartoonist and was mostly active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for his sharp and poignant political-social cartoons which were published in underground newspapers all over the world.

Later he reinvented himself as a film set designer for various Hollywood science fiction and fantasy films, including ‘Dark Star’, ‘Alien’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Special Edition’, 'Back to the Future’, ’Total Recall’ and 'The Abyss’. Cobb also wrote scripts, designed sets and co-directed episodes of several TV series, including 'Amazing Stories’ (1986).