
The Art of George Wilson
Hermes Press
Published on 22. July 2025
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-61345-288-2 (ISBN)
Description
What made many of the great adventure comics of the 1960s so attractive were their fantastic painted covers by artist George Wilson. Unlike other comic book covers of the era, Wilson's covers harkened back to the era of pulp magazines and were spectacularly eye-catching. He turned in efforts for literally hundreds of comics titles including: Classics Illustrated, The Twilight Zone, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Dr.Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, Turok, Son of Stone and Star Trek, to name but a few. This new art book focuses on over 300 examples of his cover art and features numerous examples of Wilson's artwork scanned from the originals together with many of the book covers he created including his extensive run on Avon's The Phantom (as well as his work on the Gold Key version).
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Castle
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 13 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 309 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1252 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61345-288-2 (9781613452882)
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Anthony Taylor is the author of Classic Monsters, Modern Art, The Art of George Wilson, Cinefilmania! Adventures In The Hi-Def Retro Film Forbidden Zone, and Aurora Plastic Models Catalogs Volume 1 & 2 among others. His articles have appeared in Retro Fan, Illustrators Quarterly, SFX, Fangoria, Screem, Cryptology, Heavy Metal, Horror Hound, Famous Monsters of Filmland, FilmFax, Video WatcH*Dog, Amazing Figure Modeler, and many other magazines.
Anthony is a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Hall of Fame recipient and a Horror Writers Association member.
Anthony is a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Hall of Fame recipient and a Horror Writers Association member.