Bonus Brundage

In the front room, we've been running a series on Margaret Brundage, and this evening's post is a collection of paintings for her old Weird Tales covers.
Posted here we have a few non-cover paintings, including a couple quite lighter in tone from what we're used to seeing on the pulp covers.

Blue Monday Blues

Hardware issues from last year re-manifesting in the main system, causing much difficulties around here. Posting might get a bit sporadic for a bit. Fortunately, i access the net through an ancient laptop, so we can still get a quickie post up for today's Blue Monday.

We've got a trio of odds & ends that were in the digital pile - a set of plates from  D. Bruce Berry, whom i know best from his work inking Jack Kirby during his DC time in the 70s. These come to us from the Weirdbook zine back in '79. Following that, a brief History Of Art by Roy Lartigue from 1960's 7 11 magazine. (Whether Roy is a name, or a title for a more well-known Latrigue, i've yet to find time to ascertain) And lastly, Choice Cuts - a short piece by Cary Bates and Russ Heath coming to us from Vampirella 40 years ago.

 pages from Weirdbook #14, 7 11 (March'60), and Vampirella #67 (1960, 1978, 1979)

Vamping Without The Vamp

For today's Blue Monday post, we've got a trio of tales from Vampirella magazine back in the '70s. We've got some folks you might not be used to seeing work together - like Jim Starlin & Alex Nino, and some you might not be used to seeing do 'blue' material at all - like Carmine Infantino (with inks by Alfredo Alcala). Those old Warren magazines hid a lot of odd little treasures like that for those who ventured off the path of the mainstream colour comics in those days.

Brother Hawk by Nicola Cuti, Carmine Infantino & Alex Nino for Vampirella #61, Wolf Hunt by Joe Wehrle & Esteban Maroto for Vampirella #74, The Service by Bruce Jones, Jim Starlin & Alfredo Alcala for Vampirella #78

G.A. Welz, B.C.

 We've got short little 5 page Blue Monday extra while i'm getting back into gear.

A decade before Cherry Poptart debuted, got into trouble, lost her last name and pool partied with Hobo Hal, Larry Welz was already working out the basics for the series. We may have been looking back on the Groovy Age around here lately, but they were calling it the Golden Age...

...and now i'm in the mood for more Monkees.
(No, not due to the story contents - it's that big ZILCH! See The Monkees' 1967 album Headquarters.)

Tales From The Golden Age Of America by Larry Welz from Tuff Shit #1 (1972)

Blue & Gray

Today we'll take a quick peek at a short tale by an artist famed for his work on Tarzan, Buck Rogers, and Flash Gordon, among others in this edition of

Most readers are likely to be familiar with Gray Morrow's adult themed strips like Orion and Amora, created in traditionally inked comic strip style. While i enjoy those, and we'll likely wind up running some strips eventually, there's one odd tale done quite differently rendered, and written by his then-wife, Betty.

The Journey by Betty & Gray Morrow for Witzend # 7 (1970)