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Saturday, May 30, 2009
T-Rex vs. Tank
I love these dinosaur war comics. I was going to post a bunch of them, but its late and I'm tired. Instead, I'm just going to post this one for now. A combination of factors, including the expression on the dinosaurs face and loving attention to detail in the rendering of the tank's gear wheels, just make this one of the most f*cked up comic covers I've seen in awhile. It's got some kind of insane quality to it.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Superheroes by Brian Bolland
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Wonder Woman
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Green Goblin, The Vulture, Spiderman, and Iron Man
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Black Canary, Batman, and Green Arrow
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Batman and The Scarecrow
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Bernie Wrightson Ad
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Vampirella
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Painting by Glenn Barr, 1991.
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Vampirella #1, Sept. 1969. Cover art by Frank Frazetta.
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Vampirella #36, Sept. 1974. Cover art by Sanjulian.
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Vampirella #63, Sept. 1977. Cover art by Enrich Torres.
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Vampirella #102, Jan. 1982. Cover art by Enrich Torres.
Last, and certainly not least, a couple photo covers featuring Barbara Leigh.
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Vampirella #67, Mar. 1978.
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Vampirella #78, May, 1979.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Conan
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Conan and Red Sonja by Neal Adams. Not sure where this was originally published.
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By Barry Windsor-Smith, from the cover of the 1973 Detroit Triple Fan Fair program.
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Unpublished piece by Bernie Wrightson.
Monday, May 11, 2009
The Wrightson Completionist: Part 5
This is the back page of the Alterna-Con Spring 1985 Convention program. It was at this con I first met Michael Kaluta and took this photo. This Wrightson drawing was on the back page of the program and needless to say I was disappointed when I learned Bernie was not going to be a guest at their fall convention. The drawing is obviously of Uncle Creepy and was probably intended as an inside front cover illustration for Creepy magazine. I don't recall this drawing being used for a Warren magazine and I've never seen it anywhere before. If anyone has seen this printed elsewhere please let me know.
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Uncle Bill's Barrel
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I recall reading somewhere that Carmine Infantino saw a set of negative photostats of this story which led to Bernie getting his first job at DC Comics. "Uncle Bill's Barrel" was a fine early effort by a then up and coming young artist already showing some of the trademark mannerisms and craftmanship that would make Wrightson's work so unique and captivating in the years to come.
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Monday, May 4, 2009
War Stories Combat
Friday, May 1, 2009
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