Creepshow: The Crate

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Bernie Wrightson Creepshow Story Page 12 from "The Crate" Original Painted Art (New American Library, 1982). Wrightson already had co-created the Swamp Thing franchise and established himself as a master of horrific art when he connected with Stephen King and Night of the Living Dead filmmaker George A. Romero on Creepshow. The portmanteau movie is distinguished by elements of comic-book visual grammar. The resulting adaptation inspired some of Wrightson's finer work. This sequence from "The Crate" (about a ghastly creature lurking in an ancient baggage-trunk) depicts star players Hal Holbrook, Fritz Weaver, and Adrienne Barbeau. Wrightson throws in stylistic homages to the influence of Tales from the Crypt illustrator Graham Ingels. The dialogue balloons are blank -- the text would have been added on an in-register Mylar sheet. Ink and watercolors over graphite on heavyweight illustration board. The image area is 13" x 16". Excellent condition.