The Hand-Colored Art for a Charlton Horror Cover! Ghost Manor #35 Original Hand-Colored Cover Art. THE ORIGINAL COVER PAINTING FROM 1977, NOT A MERE PRINT OR REPRODUCTION! Intense Mermaid Attack Cover By Sanho Kim, Perfect To Promote The Lead Story By Kim Titled “The Bloody Mermaid”! “Visit GHOST MANOR, if you dare”! The evil mermaid has swam up to the ocean’s surface to attack the helpless man from the depths… This piece was beautifully rendered, and would be ideal to frame and hang on a wall, shelf, or desk; A conversation piece of the highest order. The incredible attention to detail becomes apparent when it’s viewed in person. A color guide would often merely have enough of the color, splashed in a haphazard fashion in a particular area, to show the printer what color to use where. This one has a lot of attention to detail and different media, including watercolor and/or marker, colored pencil, conte, pastels, crayon. See the photographs, which don’t do it justice. I took one picture of it standing next to a random comic-book, for scale, but no comics are included with this sale. Issues of this cult-classic title from during this part of this beloved era weren’t always done by someone this adept, such as the legendary Sanho Kim, who handled the pencils and inks on this particular cover, which were xeroxed onto art paper so they could be lavishly colored by hand, creating this unique work. This actual item was submitted by Charlton Comics to the printer in 1977 to produce the front cover to the popular comic-book, which was cover-dated February, 1978. This gorgeous artwork is a perfect addition to anybody’s art collection, and is more awesome than the famous comic cover that it produced… It is quite striking! This would be a great addition to any collection of comic-art or Satan covers and devil ephemera or the Horror Comic fan’s collection… Many of you have read about cover production art in C. We are secure packagers and prompt shippers so expect to be pleased. Back in the “good ole days”, most publishers normally burned or discarded such production art once the comic went to print. However, about twenty years ago I was able to obtain some prime examples of Charlton production art, representing this crucial artistic step of the comics’ cover-making process! This is the actual Hand-Colored Cover Art for the fan-favorite comic. It was painted in mixed media; Only one such showpiece was created per cover.. Hand-colored Bronze-Age Covers are exceedingly rare in the market, and very impressive, as you can see brushstrokes and color variations, in some cases desired by the creator, which never make it to the final product… They are significantly larger than comic-size, at 8.5 wide and about a foot tall. Because they were part of the original raw artistic process, they can include tack-holes, pasteovers, tape, indentations from a paper clip, tears, staple-holes, white-out, and/or edge wear. Thankfully this one looks great, and must be seen in person to be appreciated. Bone-white whites and nice rich colors, obviously very well preserved for posterity! KEY COMICS IS ALWAYS DEALING IN COMICS & ART! For more samples from our diverse inventory, including original comic line-art and CGC-Graded Collector’s Comics, plus more production art including DC Cover Art from the historic Jack Adler Collection that we listed in assorted categories, please see our store. Good Luck and Happy Collecting! The item “Ghost Manor 35 COVER ART Sanho Kim EVIL MERMAID 77 Charlton ORIGINAL COLOR GUIDE” is in sale since Wednesday, March 4, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Comic Books & Memorabilia\Original Comic Art”. The seller is “keycomics” and is located in Mesa, Arizona. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Issue Number: 35
- Year of Production: 1977
- Type: SUPERNATURAL, HORROR
- Age: Bronze-Age
- Product Type: Comic Cover-Painting
- Cover Production Art: Charlton Comics