Dracula Day!

Moving right along with the Countdown to Halloween, here's some images of everyone's favorite count: Dracula!




Cover art for Brides of Dracula, 1960. Book by Dean Owen, artist unknown.




Tomb of Dracula #1, April 1972. Cover art by Neal Adams.




Splash page for Tomb of Dracula #1, April 1972. Art by Gene Colan.




Vampirella #16, April 1972. Cover art by Sanjulian.




Dracula movie poster, 1931.




Dracula movie poster, 1951 re-release.




Dracula Lives #1, 1973. Cover art by Boris Vallejo.

Friday Odds and Ends

This Island Earth by Raymond F. Jones, 1955.




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House of Mystery #211, February 1973. A classic cover by Bernie Wrightson.




Funny Pages #42, October 1940. Cover art by Paul Gustavson.

Better Things: The Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones

MaCab Films, the makers of the documentary Better Things: the Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones, is offering a panel on the work in progress at the upcoming San Diego Convention:

Better Things Panel Description: Comic-Con International 2011

Thursday, July 21st

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Jeffrey Catherine Jones: The Documentary — Filmmaker Maria Cabardo is joined by artists Bill Sienkiewicz ( Elektra: Assassin ), Mark Bode ( Cobalt 60) , Rick Berry ( Sparrow #6, Double Memory ), Robert Wiener ( Donald M. Grant Publisher ), George Pratt ( Batman: Harvest Breed ), Henry Mayo (Ghostbusters, Dune) and tentative Louise Simonson ( Superman, X-Factor ), for a preview and discussion of her upcoming documentary feature Better Things: The Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones . Using interviews with Jones and a wide range of family, friends and colleagues, the film explores the late artist’s fascinating, challenging life and unique journey through the worlds of comics, illustration and fine art. Moderated by John Butler . Room 4.



If you're interested in supporting the film with a donation, $25.00 donated here will get you an unsigned 11"x14" print of "Vampire Mother."




$75.00 donated here will get you a copy of the signed and numbered print "Native Son." Only a few left at the time of this writing.

Friday Night Frights

Here's some photos of plastic monsters I got at the dollar store:

My New Wrightson Drawing

Below is a drawing I purchased from Bernie Wrightson at the Heroes Con in Charlotte last weekend:



It is a concept sketch for a cover Bernie did for a Vertigo titled American Vampires. Apparently this is a "variant" cover for issue #2. I'm not sure exactly what that means except for the fact the comic is a lot more expensive. Once again I'm reminded why I don't buy new comics much anymore. (Of course that didn't stop me from ordering a copy.) Below is a scan of the finished cover art from the Vertigo blog.




I will soon have some pictures of the con posted when I get my camera back from they guy whose car I left it in.

Bernie Wrighston: Monster Times

Monster Times was a newsprint magazine published from 1972 to 1976. It focused on monster movies, but also covered comic books and things like Star Trek. Issue #1, dated January 26, 1972 had King Kong on the cover and some nice Wrightson work on the inside. Below are Bernie's contributions to that issue: a Frankenstein centerfold and a nice atmospheric two page Nosferatu strip. The Nosferatu strip was reprinted in both The Mutants and The Reaper of Love. The Frankenstein illustration was also reprinted in The Mutants.













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