Bill Ward prelim for the 1978 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide
Artist: Bill Ward (Penciller)
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DescriptionBill Ward's art for the 1978 Overstreet Price guide made an obvious impression on my 13 year old mind when I first saw it in 1981. Ward's art in general was some of the first "erotic" art I recall seeing when I was way too young to be seeing it! Much of his art (especially in the late 70's and 80's) has a way of being alluring and grotesque all at the same time. The nostalgia was too great for me and I could not resist this prelim. Especially considering the size (approximately 12.5" x 20") and number of full figures on the page!This being the image for "The Women in Comics" on the hobby's "bible" at the time is a good indications of how the times have changed these last, heading on 40 years... Social/Sharing |
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Will K 
Member Since 2006
Posted on 7/24/2015
"alluring and grotesque"... you've just crystallized Bill Ward for me. Great piece.
Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006
Posted on 8/14/2015
Will K wrote:
"alluring and grotesque"... you've just crystallized Bill Ward for me. Great piece.That definitely sums up the appeal of (and, at times, my aversion toward) Ward's style. But there's no aversion here. Ward drawing all these great Golden Age heroines (not to mention one of his more attractive modern renditions of Torchy) with a great deal of what the "good doctor" called "headlights" and a bit of gratuitous bondage is pure appeal.
craig macmillan
Member Since 2008
Posted on 7/25/2015
Fabulous pick up - congratulations (& jealousy)
Mark Yanko
Member Since 2009
Posted on 7/25/2015
Quite the find, sir...my hat's off to you, with congrats! Your comment about the way that times have changed is true and perceptive.
Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009
Posted on 7/25/2015
Magnificent! I remember this OPG fondly from my early comic collecting smash well....I still admire Ward's creative layout to fit all these great heroines on one cover. Congrats Frank!
Rob L
Member Since 2003
Posted on 7/25/2015
I can't think of a Ward that I would want more than THIS one ... just AMAZING!!!
Marc Pecorella
Member Since 2007
Posted on 7/25/2015
Frank, it's hard to believe it's a prelim! I remember picking up the guide and thinking what a beautiful cover it was back when. What a piece...of art I mean!!!
Tony K
Member Since 2012
Posted on 8/6/2015
Congrats! This brings back great memories of endlessly going thru my overstreet. Ward's work always intrigued my young mind!
Andrew Clarke
Member Since 2009
Posted on 8/18/2015
Fantastic BW - always wanted a phone girl hanging on the wall. HA has the Cover Painting Original Art in this months auction!
Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009
Posted on 10/3/2015
Awesome piece Frank! This was my first price guide growing up, especially loved the variety of heroines too! Congrats!
Maurizio Scudiero
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/4/2016
Wow ! This is the first Bill Ward's artwork where titties are not in atomic-size and neither popping-out. A fantastic find ! Congtats
Yoann B.
Member Since 2013
Posted on 3/8/2017
I find this amazing prelim even nicer than the finished pieces that Ward did!
The Comic Coffin™
Member Since 2007
Posted on 5/3/2017
This is so great. I remember seeing this Overstreet Price Guide edition as a kid and wanting to then collect all of the price guides.
William Lawson
Member Since 2015
Posted on 8/28/2017
WOW! I swear I could have written your intro above myself LOL...such fond memories of this (I was around 8) and saw it in the local comic shop. NEVER forgot it, bought one of those paperbacks editions when I was around 14 too...HA! Fantastic that you own this, simply awesome.
Joe Murray
Member Since 2006
Posted on 2/10/2018
Wow, it’s hard to think of this in any other way than just WOW, congrats!!
Mark Levy
Member Since 2004
Posted on 7/1/2018
Took a while for me to come across this one but wow what a great combination of art, ladies, and nostalgia!
Greg Gross
Member Since 2006
Posted on 7/1/2018
Cool piece! They don't make them like this one anymore!
George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 11/17/2018
Given it is almost and given my dotage memory this may be the prelim Bill ward doanted to the Chicago Comicon Benefit art auction in the early 1980s (maybe 1981 or 1982) He did several prelims as he worked upthe image (most of the prelims I have seen were of the actual puiblished cover) so I can't tell if this is it - this is by far the best one I have ever seen!
Bob Kopman
Member Since 2007
Posted on 12/16/2018
The covers to the Overstreet guides in the 1970s including this Bill Ward cover will forever be imprinted on my memory. Very cool and detailed prelim. Congrats on owning this.
Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012
1 - Posted on 10/15/2024
1st CBPG I ever bought. I was 11. My mom did not like it. I loved it...
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