Thursday, January 29, 2015

Eerie #7 Cover by Frank Frazetta






I have obtained, at great expense (both monetarily and psychologically) a near pristine copy of Eerie #7 (the Sea Witch).  For jaded and/or "experienced" Fritz fans, this is no big deal.  I am both and neither.  Please, please, please embiggen the first two images.  Our union is greater than the parts


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4 comments:

  1. RussJanuary 30, 2015 at 5:04 AM

    While technically sharper, I've never really thought Frazetta's repaintings were better than the originals. That may have more to do with my reaction upon seeing them for the first time. I thought this cover was really cool when I first bought it on the stands, very moody and evocative. It's only in retrospect that one sees how radical the horizontal design was; it's hard to imagine any other publisher at the time being as willing to risk newsstand visibility for the sake of a great painting, but every publisher didn't have someone like Frazetta forcing them to take risks.

    Within a couple of years, book publishers were buying anything he painted and then figuring out what book to use it on.

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  2. Cap'n's ComicsJanuary 30, 2015 at 7:38 AM

    You may already know this, but I totally agree about Fritz's originals being the most satisfying. First printings of Kavin's World, Eternal Champion, Conan the Buccaneer....nothing better

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  3. RussJanuary 30, 2015 at 3:34 PM

    Yep, especially Conan the Buccaneer.

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    1. Cap'n's ComicsJanuary 31, 2015 at 8:43 AM

      True dat. I'm adding ANOTHER scan of that original full cover on the 95cent first edition

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