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Look Here: “Erebus Odora” by Jeffrey Jones

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Two studies in red conté along with the final painting, which was published in Epic Illustrated #30:

One of the main frustrations of the various books on the art of Jeffrey Jones is the lack of documentation regarding mediums, supports (e.g., masonite, mounted canvas, stretched canvas, whatever), sizes, dates, etc. Trouble is, Jones himself never kept proper records of his work, and his publishers apparently have not had the wherewithal to locate the works in order to fill in the gaps

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Look Here, Read: “Gideon Faust” by Wein and Chaykin

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Back on 27 March 2010 over at “Grantbridge Street and Other Adventures,” blogger Joe Bloke posted the story “Gideon Faust: Warlock at Large” by Len Wein and Howard Chaykin, as it was reprinted, in colour, in Star*Reach Classics #5. Today here at RCN, however, we’ve got the story as it originally appeared, in beautiful black-and-white, in Star*Reach #5 (3rd printing, June 1978 [1st printing, July 1976]); and here, also, is Chaykin’s original colour cover:

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The inking style here is pretty much the same as the style Chaykin used in the first issue (March 1977) of Marvel’s Star Wars series — and from where I sit, over thirty years later, it still looks fresh!

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Look Here, Read: Kafka’s “A Country Doctor,” adapted for comics by Leo Duranona

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From the out-of-print collection Kafka: The Execution by Leopoldo Duranona (Fantagraphics Books, 1989), here’s Duranona’s adaptation of Kafka’s “A Country Doctor“:

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To view all of the stories with art (or art and script) by Duranona that I’ve posted thus far (including three more Kafka adaptations), click here.

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Look Here, Read: “My Heart Broke in Hollywood,” with art by Jim Steranko

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From My Love #23 (May 1973), here’s a tale of romance as narrated to Stan Lee and illustrated by Jim Steranko:

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

(But what a stupid ending to that story… )

BONUS LINKS:

The Simon Drax Blog: “My Heart Broke in Hollywood,” from Our Love Story (June 1970) — the first printing.

ana_lee: “My Heart Broke in Hollywood,” as reprinted in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (2002)

ALSO:

Cloud 9: The Passing of a God — here’s a notice of the death of Frazetta that includes the complete story, “Empty Heart,” from Personal Love #28 (1954) with glorious black-and-white art by the master.

AND:

Click here to visit an online gallery of all of the original Alex Toth art for the 7-page story “I Fooled My Heart,” Popular Romance #24 (July 1953).

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Connections: Jones, Jones, Jones

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I believe the oil painting is called The Puritan and was one of a series of paintings by Jones that were based on Robert E. Howard’s Solomon Kane.

I gave readers a “Heads Up” back on 25 July 2010, and now the regular hardcover edition of Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art (IDW Publishing, 2011) — a 256-page collection of Jones’s “personal favourites” from a long and celebrated career — is available for purchase at a bookstore near you. I haven’t received my copy yet, but it should be here soon…

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Look Here, Read: Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony,” adapted for comics by Leo Duranona

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From the out-of-print collection Kafka: The Execution by Leopoldo Duranona (Fantagraphics Books, 1989), here’s the title story, “The Execution,” which is based on Kafka’s original short story, “In the Penal Colony“:

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To view all of the stories with art (or art and script) by Duranona that I’ve posted thus far (including two more of the artist’s Kafka adaptations), click here.