Johnny Comet Sunday--a gift to Wrightson!
Artist: Frank Frazetta (All)
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DescriptionOne of the best Comet Sunday's I think... Frank gifted this piece to Berni Wrightson long ago....here's the story from artist Michael Kaluta:"... Hickman, Harper and I got to New York in 1967 to attend the SCARP Con, where we met up with the guys from the EC fanzine Spa-Fon: Rich Hauser and Helmut Mueller. We hung out at Phil Sueling’s table and he was, of course, always willing to introduce us to all the good artists. This young Catholic kid from Baltimore, Bernie Wrightson, was at the convention and he won an award for best young talent. We all met, hit it off and went everywhere together. The guys from Chicago said, “Frank’s upstairs and he wants to meet you,” so we ran up the nine flights. We were too impatient to wait for the elevator! We all had portfolios under our arms and we went to Frank’s room. Ellie was there and so were their kids. Frank was on his hands and knees trying to plug a TV set in for his kids to watch cartoons. Then he looked through our portfolios, one by one, as we were standing there, awestruck to be in the presence of the Master. I don’t remember what he said to me, if anything, because Bernie had presented him with a drawing and Frank said, “Look, here’s a bunch of Johnny Comet originals — go pick one.” They were Sunday pages! It was flawless work! Later, the Chicago Boys, with Bob Barrett and Frank, brought Frazetta’s originals to the hotel. We had this big artfest up in the room and everybody there went absolutely bugfuck looking at this stuff. It was also very sobering because after staring holes through the paperback covers the originals were so much more painterly with so much incredible depth — I was not the only guy to think “...might as well just give up... this guy is too good!”.Social/Sharing |
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Enrico Salvini
Member Since 2005
Posted on 3/30/2007
That second tier is...I don't know what it is...it's just too much!!!
J L
Member Since 2005
Posted on 3/24/2008
Rob, this is an amazing Johnny Comet!!!! Congrats on owning such a stellar example!!!!
artless artmore 
Member Since 2013
Posted on 3/15/2014
Every panel in this Sunday is priceless. The 2nd tier is indeed phenomenal, but my favorite panel is at the very end. The caricatures in this are just unbeatable! This is among my favorite handful of JC Sundays.
Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006
Posted on 11/22/2015
The history of how it went to "This young Catholic kid from Baltimore" (where my dad was from, I feel compelled to mention) adds to the smiles.
John Livesay
Member Since 2009
Posted on 10/7/2017
Outstanding!! Would very much like to get a Sunday, but I'll have be ok with the daily strips I own.
Chris K.
Member Since 2008
Posted on 6/3/2018
Not sure how I missed this one. Was looking around CAF for Frazetta examples and came across this jaw-dropper! Tons of great things going on in this one. Great piece!
Mark Levy
Member Since 2004
Posted on 12/28/2024
No surprise, the middle tier is my favorite - yes, I know the rest is great work but the middle tier!!
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