Look Here, Read: “The Well” by Tom Sutton

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From Creepy Things #1 (July 1975), here’s “The Well,” with script and art by Tom Sutton; the cover is by Sutton, too:

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Archie’s Christmas Stocking (1957)

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Yesterday evening, we set up and decorated our tree, hung a wreath on the door, scattered Christmas knickknacks around the livingroom, etc., etc., while we listened to Christmas music from the 1940s and 50s. And a fun, relaxing time was had by all.

Here’s hoping that the holiday season gets off to a great start at your home, too, and that you receive your heart’s desire for Christmas this year.

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Look Here: Two SCARY TALES covers, with art by Tom Sutton

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Look Here: EUROPEAN CARTOONIST cover by Hugo Pratt

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To celebrate Universe’s announcement of a new English-language edition of Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea, here’s the cover of the inaugural issue of Nino Bernazzali’s European Cartoonist magazine (October 1973), which focused on the art of Hugo Pratt:

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Heads Up: THE ART OF HOWARD CHAYKIN

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Coming in December from Dynamite Entertainment:

Written by Robert Greenberger, The Art of Howard Chaykin will include a foreword by Brian Michael Bendis and an afterword by Walter Simonson. The product description at Amazon reads as follows:

Legendary for what he has done on the page and infamous for what he has said off it, Howard Chaykin ranks among the superstars of modern comics. In The Art of Howard Chaykin, go behind the scenes with the creator whose pioneering works include American Flagg! and Black Kiss, and experience the stories of his life as only he can tell them. Filled with no-holds-barred perspective from his longtime friends and colleagues, and featuring an extensive selection of artwork from throughout his career, including many never-before-published pieces from Chaykin’s own archives, The Art of Howard Chaykin takes readers on an in-depth journey from the 1970s to today with one of the medium’s great storytellers.

Although we won’t know until The Art of Howard Chaykin is published what work will be reprinted, here’s a gallery of the kind of work that MIGHT appear:

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Actually, Howard Chaykin’s work has been in the spotlight a few times here at RCN. You can click here, for instance, to access a list of links to stories with art by Howard Chaykin and to read the story “Seven Moons’ Light Casts Complex Shadows” by Samuel R. Delany and Howard Chaykin, from Epic Illustrated #2 (June 1980). You can also click here to read “Gideon Faust” by Wein and Chaykin, from Star*Reach #5.

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Look Here: LORD OF THE BLACK CORSAIRS 1974, 1975, 1977 by BWS

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Look Here: Six (more) SF covers with art by Paul Lehr

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From my personal library of disintegrating pulp:

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My favourite image in the above group is Lehr’s wraparound cover for John Boyd’s The Rakehells of Heaven, even though the display font used for the title and author name is overbearing and, in places, difficult to decipher! To view all of the covers with art by Paul Lehr that I’ve posted so far, click here.

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Connections: Frazetta vs. Ferri

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Keywords: Frank Frazetta, Tarzan and the Lost Empire, Zagor, Thongor against the Gods, Lin Carter, Gallieno Ferri

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Look Here: Nine more SF covers with art by Richard Powers

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Once again, RCN presents an assortment of vintage paperback covers scanned from my very own collection of SF “classics”:

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richard-powers_outpost-mars_ny-dell-1952 — **ABOVE:** Cyril Judd, *Outpost Mars* (New York; Dell, 1952; 760), with cover art by Richard Powers. “Cyril Judd” was a pseudonym of Cyril Kornbluth and Judith Merril.

richard-powers_earthlight_ny-ballantine-1955 — **ABOVE:** Arthur C. Clarke, *Earthlight* (New York: Ballantine, 1955; 97), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-city-and-the-stars_ny-signet-1957 — **ABOVE:** Arthur C. Clarke, *The City and the Stars* (New York: Signet, 1957; P3429), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_reach-for-tomorrow_ny-ballantine-1963 — **ABOVE:** Arthur C. Clarke, *Reach for Tomorrow* (New York: Ballantine, 1963; U2110), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_odd-john_ny-berkley-1965 — **ABOVE:** Olaf Stapledon, *Odd John* (New York: Berkley, 1965; F1128), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_assignment-in-nowhere_ny-berkley-1968 — **ABOVE:** Keith Laumer, *Assignment in Nowhere* (New York: Berkley, 1968; X1596), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_trader-to-the-stars_ny-berkley-1976 — **ABOVE:** Poul Anderson, *Trader to the Stars* (New York: Berkley, 1976; Z3199), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_the-trouble-twisters_ny-berkley-1976 — **ABOVE:** Poul Anderson, *The Trouble Twisters* (New York:, Berkley, 1976; Z3245), with cover art by Richard Powers.

richard-powers_homeward-and-beyond_ny-berkley-1976 — **ABOVE:** Poul Anderson, *Homeward and Beyond* (New York: Berkley, 1976; D3162), with cover art by Richard Powers.

To view all of the paperbacks with cover art by Richard Powers that I’ve posted so far, click here.

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Look Here, Read: Gahan Wilson plays dice with the universe!

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From Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone, volume 5, number 3 (August 1985), here’s the cover with art by Gahan Wilson along with an amusing fumetti-style collaboration between Gahan Wilson and photographer Arthur Paxton; in the original printing, the photographs ran, in sequence, with each on a separate page:

If you are a fan of Gahan Wilson, you will definitely want to have the magnificent three-volume, slipcased set, Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons, from Fantagraphics Books — recently re-released at a new, lower price! — in your collection.

BONUS LINKS:

Comic Book Resources > 50 Years of Gahan Wilson [interview] by Chris Mautner

The Daily Cross Hatch > Interview: Gahan Wilson Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt.3, Pt. 4

Fantagraphics FLOG! Blog > The Infinite Kim Thompson — inspired by Marvel comics editor Mark Guenwald, “One Day, While Sitting at a Nexus…” is a grainy black-and-white photo-comic written by and starring Fantagraphics co-publisher, Kim Thompson, with photographs by John E. Thompson.

Fantagraphics FLOG! Blog > New Comics Day/Now Available: cheaper Ghost World & Gahan Wilson

Fantagraphics FLOG! Blog > Nuts by Gahan Wilson – Previews, Pre-Order

Fantagraphics FLOG! Blog > Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons BLAD

Ragged Claws Network > Heads Up: NUTS by Gahan Wilson