Secrets of Haunted House

By Mike Kaluta

Below is a scan of the hand-colored original art for Secrets of Haunted House #16, September, 1979. Below that is the cover of the published comic book.

Basil Wolverton: They Crawl By Night

Here is a wonderfully creepy story drawn by Basil Wolverton. The story is called "They Crawl by Night" and was originally published in Journey Into Unknown Worlds #15 (February 1953). These scans are from a reprint comic Basil Wolverton's Gateway to Horror #1 (June 1988).

Zago!

Here's a weird looking comic. Zago #3, January 1949.

Teenage Sleuths

By Rudy Nappi



The Hardy Boys, The Secret of Skull Mountain, 1966.




Nancy Drew, The Ghost of Blackwood Hall, 1967.

He's a Dope Fiend!

Public service announcement by Frank Frazetta, 1950s [?]

The Creature From the Black Lagoon

ACBA Sketchbook, 1975

The ACBA (Academy of Comic Book Artists) is a professional organization founded in 1970. The ACBA functioned as an honorary society, presenting Shazam awards for outstanding comic book work from 1970-1975. The Academy has also worked for increased rights for comic book creators, particularly around the return of original art to the artist. The ACBA published several sketchbooks as fundraising tools. Below are some what I feel are some of the better pieces from the 1975 sketchbook. Read a review of the 1973 edition at Ink Destroyed My Brush.





Cover by Bernie Wrightson.




Frank Brunner




Neal Adams




Michael Whelan




Russ Heath




Bernie Wrightson




Harvey Kurtzman




Michael Kaluta




Gray Morrow




Back Cover by Jeff Jones.