Sue Coe is an
English artist best known among X-Files fans for her cover of the CD "
Songs in the Key of X" that was
released in 1996. However, she did some additional XF-related work that
was published in magazines accompanying articles at the height of the
series' success. On the X-Files, she said in 2004, "The X-Files had
lots of aliens, violence, and sex -- everything that a television show
needs!" More generally, her work often deals with political issues such
as cruelty to animals, US interventionism in South America or Iraq or
capitalist greed. Brushes of charcoal and twisted and nightmarish
figures render chilling and violent imagery; her raw surrealist style
fits the subject matter -- and the dark X-Files atmosphere -- very
well; I invite you to take a look at her
other work
for some strong and memorable artwork.
Alien, used as back cover
of Songs
in the Key of X
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Portrait of Chris Carter, used in Songs
in the Key of X
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Front cover
of Songs
in the Key of X
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Mulder's nightmare,
Entertainment Weekly, September 29, 1995
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Things that make the
Sculders nervous, Details Magazine, June 1998
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Eyes, Details
Magazine, June 1998
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Scully's alien autopsy,
Entertainment Weekly, 1995 year-end special
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