boyajian@akov68.DEC (05/07/85)
> From: "pugh jon%g.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA > I just purchased a copy of Stephen King's book, _Cycle_of_the_Werewolf_. > This is a new edition of a book that appeared only in hardcover and it is > beautiful! Berni Wrightson did the illustrations in both color and b&w. > Truly one of the best illustrated books I have seen in years. > > If you read _National_Lampoon_ then you may have seen some of Berni's > work. He did a parody of the TV show _Bewitched_ in witch Sam and Endora > were real witches, complete with human sacrifices and sex magic with demons. > ... > > Berni has also done a lot of SF artwork, although his leanings are toward > the horror realm. I have a portfolio of his interpretation of Edgar Allan > Poe's works that is quite stunning, especially _The_Cask_of_Howeveryouspellit_. Actually, while I liked some of them, I was a tad disappointed by the illos in CYCLE (the black & white ones are nice, but the color ones are a bit too garish. If you want to see some *outstanding* illustrations by Wrightson, pick up a copy of the edition of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN from Dodd, Mead (and in 8-1/2X11 trade paperback from Marvel Comics --- but it's *not* a comic book) that he illustrated. The man continues to amaze me with his talent. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...} !decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA