The third issue of Web of Horror (1970)featured an art contest. Readers were invited to fill in the blank on the operating table with a monster of their imagining. Below is Bernie Wrightson's art as it appeared in the magazine, and below that is a scan of the original art with Wrightson's creature in all its glory.
Bernie told there was never a 4th issue (or contest winner) because the publisher split town with all the original art and all the money owed Bernie, Jeff, etc.
ReplyDeleteYes, the story of Web of Horror #4 is a sad one. I know some of Kaluta and the other artists' work for that issue showed up in some fanzines. I'm not sure if Bernie's "Out On A Limb" was intended for that issue or not. There's an image of a cover rough for #4 I've seen that depicts a scene very similar to that story.
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