Title: Creepy #77 - Clarice*
Artist: Berni Wrightson (All)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 2012
Likes on CAF: 9
Comments: 20
Added to Site: 8/17/2009
Location: Wrightson, Berni
Artist:
Berni Wrightson
(All)
2012 Views - 20 Comments - 9 Likes
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Wonderful. I do wonder what lunatic cut the art up?
Ha...that lunatic was the mad artist himself...Berni. Sold each panel for around $150 apiece in 1978.
Well, I suppose at those prices, at the time, he made the right decision financially, if not artistically. Its like seeing all those Prince Valiant fragments. Any chance of a pic of the full printed page as an additional image?
I not sure these were painted four to a page and cut up. I think they were just printed that way.
According to longtime collector Ray Cuthbert on a Wrightson FB post, "Berni cut the pages into panels, he told Bo Hampton, and sold each panel for $150 around 1978"
I've heard that before as well, but I think the originals have more border than appears in the print version. I'd have to take it out of the frame to verify that.
Each story, each page he did for Warren have such a distinct vibe and look, but each, in and of itself, is a classic of the horror genre.
Stunning panel by Bernie Wrightson! Love the dark, mysterious mood Wrightson achieves here. His work is always so powerful and memorable! Congrats!
A buddy of mine has one of the panels from this page. SImply one of Bernie's best stories! Such a wonderfuly fantastic piece! Congratulations!
....stunning!!
Wrightson was a master craftsman & innovator!