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Creepy frontispiece

Artist: Bernie Wrightson (All)

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Title:	Creepy frontispiece
Artist:	Bernie Wrightson (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	518
Likes on CAF:	25 26
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	26
Added to Site:	4/17/2024
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My first piece of published comic art-a gift from my parents on my 16th birthday. If you want to see a more detailed look, check out Felix Lu's short show and tell with me on his youtube channel.

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	Benno Rothschild ( 3 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	October 2003
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 4/17/2024

1 candle is better than 16!

Michael Weigant
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/17/2024

Wow,that's a pretty early Wrightson you have there,it's fantastic !

Shaun Crowell
Member Since 2003

Posted on 4/17/2024

Beautiful in a creepy sort of way!

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/17/2024

Just now posting? Awesome starter page. That book is SO Jack Davis. Did you ever ask Jack about Bernie?

Joao Antunes
Member Since 2007

Posted on 4/17/2024

I specially love to know the support of your parents to start on this path of no rseturn and no regrets, and I can relate in many ways to that, super congrats

Brian Boggs
Member Since 2003

Posted on 4/17/2024

I know where the beating heart is to go along with the head. Right here!

Stephen F
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/17/2024

Your parents chose well! Congrats on a beautiful page and a great backstory.

George H
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/17/2024

Such an amazing birthday gift!

Brian Mulcahy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/17/2024

A crown jewel of any collection.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/18/2024

Nice and ghouly sweet sixteen! This is great quality and probably exceeds the worth of a car from back then.

Ron S
Member Since 2007

Posted on 4/18/2024

Great one Benno!

Tim J
Member Since 2021

Posted on 4/18/2024

16? My kids would not be happy, lol. What a gift, congrats!

Comics Superworld
Member Since 2007

Posted on 4/18/2024

Boy, that wasn't a start, it was a leap!

Mark Levy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/18/2024

A clear example of a great piece that may not leave your possession - and wow, what awesome parents!

Tom Coker
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/18/2024

Benno I have such love for these masthead illustrations Bernie did in those Warren magazines. In my opinion much of Wrightson's very best work was done in those mags around 1974, and this gem is a perfect example. All the great Warren stories, spot illustrations, and inside covers he did there were just very special.

Tom Coker
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/18/2024

Tom Coker wrote:

Benno I have such love for these masthead illustrations Bernie did in those Warren magazines.�In my opinion much of Wrightson's very best work was done in those mags around 1974, and this gem is a perfect example. All the great Warren stories, spot illustrations, and inside covers he did there were just very special.

And this Uncle Creepy is a full size inside front cover illo isn't it!? One of the best!

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 4/18/2024

What a gift! Good for you for holding on to it

David Kwock
Member Since 2012

Posted on 4/18/2024

What an awesome present this was. Beautifully creepy work by the master. Major congrats on owning such a great piece!

Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/18/2024

Fantastic, a Wrightson masterpiece a-head its time!

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/18/2024

Can your parents adopt me?

John Voytek
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/19/2024

How does one keep such an amazing page to themselves all of those years?; stunning example of the genius of Wrightson.

Steve . M
Member Since 2017

Posted on 4/19/2024

I've heard you tell the tale on Felix before and (if i remember right) I love the idea that you opted for this instead of something more "typical" as a gift. And moreover you hung it in your college dorm room!

Pure love.

Benno Rothschild
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 4/19/2024

Steve . M wrote:

�

Pure love.�

I framed it immediately(again, my parents paid for that) and though I have reframed it, otherwise it has hung everywhere I've lived for now close to 50 years. Definitely a keeper! 😜

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/22/2024

Outstanding Bernie Wrightson splash! Love seeing Uncle Creepy as a candle with the wax melting down his forehead. Wrightson was so good at knowing just what scenes would creep us out. And then bringing them to life...or death.

Paperchaser 1968
Member Since 2005

Posted on 5/13/2024

...now that is something!!

Scott R.
Member Since 2003

Posted on 5/13/2024

Ummmm Wow. What increbibly cool parents. An amazing example. Congrats.

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