Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Wrightson: Ode to a Scottish Prayer


Ode to a Scottish Prayer is one of my favorite Wrightson pieces. It was originally released as small edition photo print. In 1990, Glimmer Graphics re-released it as S&N print and a poster. You can still get the poster here.


Pogo For President!


It's election day in the United States, and if you haven't done
so already, go exercise your right to vote!


Pogo For President by Walt Kelly, 1979.

Monday, November 5, 2012

The Crusaders Before by Jerusalem



by N.C. Wyeth, from The Gateway to American History, 1924.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Steranko's Nick Fury


Jim Steranko's masterful covers of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. I can't imagine what it was like being a kid in 1968 and finding stuff like this on the newsstand every month.


Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, June 1968.


Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2, July 1968.


Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #3, August 1968.


Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #4, September 1968.


Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #5, October 1968.


Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #6, November 1968.


Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #7, December 1968.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Halloween's Over!


Yeah, Halloween is over for this year. So what, here's
an early Wrightson drawing of a guy stealing a pumpkin.



Trash!




Campus Call Girl, 1964. Unknown artist.


"Sergeant Gregory's Escape from Red Chinese Captivity," cover for Stag magazine, October 1960. Art by Mort Kunstler.



By Love Depraved, 1961. Art by Ernest Chiriacka.



Women's Doctor, 1952. Art by Rudy Nappi.



Swamp Kill, 1952. Unknown artist.



"Nazi Standoff," cover for Cavalcade magazine, November 1959. Unknown artist.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween!



Weird Mystery Tales #21, August 1975. (One of my favorite Wrightson covers).




DC 100 Page Super-Spectacular #4, 1971. The back cover was Bernie's beautiful front cover reprinted without the logos and type.



Secrets of Haunted House #5, January 1976.


Secrets of Haunted House #44, January 1982. The date next to Wrightson's signature indicates this was drawn in 1972.