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Virgil FInlay - 1935 - Weird Tales pulp sample

Artist: Virgil Finlay (All)

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Virgil FInlay - 1935 - Weird Tales pulp sample Comic Art
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Title: Virgil FInlay - 1935 - Weird Tales pulp sample
Artist: Virgil Finlay (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Illustration
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 612
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Comments: 7
Added to Site: 1/25/2022
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Here's a drawing by Virgil Finlay from 1935; I believe this was one of the five samples he sent in to Weird Tales to try to convince editor Farnsworth Wright to use him as an illustrator. It worked and the rest is history.

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Marcus Wai 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/25/2022

The web of white lines is a fantastic technique that impressed then as it does now! 

Doug Ellis 
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/25/2022

Marcus Wai wrote:

The web of white lines is a fantastic technique that impressed then as it does now! 

I agree!

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan 
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 1/25/2022

First off this is a superb illustration. Now I got to say it - the guy on the left with the mustache - practically a spitting image of  John Cleese from  Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 

“I don’t want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.” – French knight to King Arthur

Ian Saint 
Member Since 2021

Posted on 1/31/2022

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan wrote:

First off this is a superb illustration. Now I got to say it - the guy on the left with the mustache - practically a spitting image of  John Cleese from  Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 

“I don’t want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.” – French knight to King Arthur

Lol, the first thing I thought in my head before I read the comments was Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Agreed though really cool piece.

Rick W 
Member Since 2017

Posted on 1/26/2022

Only a dolt would not hire someone with this kind of talent!

Peter Sullivan 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/26/2022

It worked. Of course it worked. Its Virgil Finlay. One of the truly great artists to work in pulps.

Comics Superworld 
Member Since 2007

Posted on 1/26/2022

I'm from New England, so I can say 'Wicked Cool!'

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