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2 unusual facts about Chris Achilleos


Chris Achilleos

Achilleos created the controversial cover for Whitesnake's 1979 album, Lovehunter, which featured a naked woman straddling a giant serpent.

Lovehunter

Lovehunters controversial cover art, featuring a naked woman straddling a large snake, was created by fantasy artist Chris Achilleos, and was the last album cover he designed for many years - until 2003 and Gary Hughes' rock opera Once and Future King.


Peter Brookes

In the mid-1970s he replaced Chris Achilleos as regular jacket illustrator for Doctor Who novelisations from Target Books but his cartoon-style artwork proved less popular than Achilleos's more naturalistic style and he completed only four covers.


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