This one's for Bhob and Drags ...
Attention Virgil Finlay fans! A nice find from a comic shop last year, "PULPS" is a lavishly printed pro-zine that concerns itself with Pulp, Fantasy and SF art. This is the only issue I've seen; the words are generally scarce and the art is all very wonderful and reproduced amazingly.
Click to enlarge all of these, but this remarkable Wally Wood drawing requires extra attention.
There's a very brief Archie Goodwin interview in this issue, and this very, VERY cool candid shot of Goodwin in his office. Archie Goodwin has a long list of credits that benefited comics and fandom, but he's best know to the Freedom School for editing CREEPY and EERIE, as well as writing a large bulk of their content.
Virgil Finlay tends to not disappoint, and the above drawings are superb examples of his best work at the time.
The two pages above are by "Marilac", whom I gather is a French 40's pulp illustrator. Great work, with a tinge of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" in some of these. I also assume "Marilac" was a fan of American pulps and artist Hannes Bok.
-Mike Hunchback
AH, this is definitely a treat!
ReplyDeleteThe dream like quality of Virgil Finlay's art sucks me in every time. Glimpses that he provides into alternate weird worlds are absolutely hypnotizing. The line quality, speckles, textures and depth from which fantastical creatures emerge in the cover of "PULP" definitely seem to speak strongly of his mesmerizing style. Beautiful and creepy! I wonder when this was printed ...
Wood, of course, always a master!
I think Marilac and Huxley would have collaborated on something awesome, given the chance.
-Dragana