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Graveyard Plot, A - 1971 (Ace 30251)

Artist: Jerome Podwil (All)

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Graveyard Plot, A - 1971 (Ace 30251) Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Graveyard Plot, A - 1971 (Ace 30251)
Artist:	Jerome Podwil (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,495
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	3/14/2011
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Description

Compare the art with the scan of the paperback itself up above!

BOARD: 19 1/4 x 26 7/8

IMAGE: 14 1/4 x 22 1/4

Gouache? on 1/16" Illustration Board

This is the original painting published as the cover to the vintage Gothic paperback novel A Graveyard Plot by Margaret Erskine in 1971.

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	Rubén DaCollector's Paperback Art
Joined:	February 2005
Last Login:	October 2023
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George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005

Posted on 7/6/2018

This is another repackaged ENglish traditional mystery passed off as a gothic

George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/1/2019

And the woman has to be ten feet tall!

Rubén DaCollector's Paperback Art
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/1/2019

George Hagenauer wrote:

And the woman has to be ten feet tall!

Yup, in real life her feet would be firmly planted 2 steps higher. But she's on stilts! Actually, elongated women was something of a hallmark of Podwil's Gothic covers. It's a technique even the great Hugo Pratt utilized, often drawing Corto Maltese and supporting characters 8 to 12 feet tall!

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