Tales of the Zombie

The first three issues of Marvel's black and white magazine Tales of the Zombie. All covers by Boris Vallejo.

Tales of the Zombie #1, August 1973.

Tales of the Zombie #2, October 1973.

Tales of the Zombie #3, January 1974.

Apparitions Portfolio

Bernie Wrightson's Apparitions portfolio was published by Sal Q. Productions in 1978. It came in an illustrated envelope with four color plates. The signed and numbered edition included an extra B&W plate, "Tarpit." I think this portfolio represents some of his Wrightson's best work from his post-Warren period. These pieces have that great "reach out and grab you" quality, very commercial but at the same time totally unique. And like a good illustration, each one of these looks like a moment pulled from a story, a story that you want to know the rest of!

And I think that zombie piece for the cover is one of Bernie's best zombie drawings. And that Hanover Fiste drawing is likely my favorite mob scene by Wrightson.




Free Fall


Hanover Fiste is Caught Stealing Chickens at the Gentlemen Farmer's Commune, 1897.


Night's End


You're new around here, aren't you?


Tar Pit

The Monsters: Color the Creature

The Monsters: Color the Creature Book was released in 1974. This oversize coloring book contained fifteen black and white monster drawings by Bernie Wrightson. It was an inexpensive way to get a nice portfolio of Bernie's work. I remember seeing ads from the Koch Bros. in Comics Buyers Guide in the late 1980's selling these for about $4 each. Many of these illustrations have been reprinted a bunch. Some of the were used for covers of Pacific Comics' Wrightson reprint series Master of the Macabre. Others have been used as pinups in various comics and omnibus collections. They're all a delight to see.






The Vampire


The Glob


The Ghoul


The Mummy


The Werewolf


The Alien


The Cyclops


The Monster


Plant Monster


Zombie


Goblins


The Creeping Dead


Ax Murderer


The Witch


Swamp Creature

Zombie Movies

Night of the Living Dead, British, 1970s.

Return of the Living Dead, 1985.

Dawn of the Dead, 1978.

Dead Alive, 1992.

Plague of the Zombies, 1966.

Beware!: Frank Frazetta

A very nice Frazetta cover on this 1954 horror comic. Inks by Sid
Check,there's a write-up on it at the always useful Pencil Ink Blog.

Beware #10, July 1954. Cover art by Frank Frazetta and Sid Check.

Tales of the Zombie

A couple of nice covers by Earl Norem for the Marvel magazine Tales of the Zombie>

Tales of the Zombie #5, May 1974.

Tales of the Zombie #9, January 1975.

Happy Halloween

To celebrate the last few hours of Halloween, here's the coolest zombie drawing ever by Bernie Wrightson and a couple DC House covers...




Zombie drawing, 1970.






House of Secrets #100, September 1972.






House of Mystery #213, April 1973.

Simon Bisely Zombies

A Simon Bisely painting for the Magic: The Gathering series of trading cards.

L'Invasion des Morts-Vivants

A nice French poster for the Hammer film Plague of the Zombies.

Z is for Zombie

No one draws a zombie like Bernie Wrightson. To celebrate Halloween, here's a selection of drawings of the walking dead by the master:



Cover for Buyer's Guide to Comic Fandom #47, November 1973.




Illustration from 1974 calendar.




Illustration from Monsters: Color the Creature, 1974.




Illustration from Monsters: Color the Creature, 1974.




Inside front cover for Creepy magazine, 1976.




Cover for Apparitions Portfolio, 1978.