JOHNNY CRAIG ART EC VAULT KEEPER & DRUSILLA HALLOWEEN

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(SC) This week we are proud to offer another great original drawing by Johnny Craig. This drawing depicting THE VAULT KEEPER and DRUSILLA in several poses, including one with DRUSILLA holding a pumpkin, was drawn by the artist during the 1980s in preparation for an oil painting commission that he was doing at the time. Be sure to keep an eye out every week for my other eBay auctions as we continue to sale rare Batman and Superman original art by Dick Sprang, science fiction illustrations, original comic book and newspaper strip artwork, various comic books and fanzines from the 1940s through the 1970s and original art and other interesting items from the collection of Johnny Craig. The winning of this auction does not confer any publication rights to the new owner of said artwork. Copyright has been secured by the Estate of Johnny Craig. Many years ago I contacted Johnny Craig and arranged to do an interview with him in person about his career in comics. It was in 1968 when I visited him and his family at their home in Pennsylvania. Shortly after that visit, I commissioned Johnny to do a Vault Keeper oil painting for me, which he beautifully executed and sent to me a few months later. Several years later I found out that Johnny, like most professional artists, was in the habit of working up several preliminary pencil drawings (some inked and some in color) before he would start the final painting on canvas. During the 1970s to 1980s Johnny turned out quite a few VAULT KEEPER and DRUSILLA paintings and other horror-related works of art for fans, but held onto most of the preliminary renderings. A few were finally offered and sold to fans privately in the late 80s and most of these have remained buried in collections ever since. The good thing about these originals is that Johnny took the time to sign most of them many years ago when he was thinking of selling them. With the continuing rise in prices for original Johnny Craig EC covers, stories, and pages, especially those featuring THE VAULT KEEPER or DRUSILLA, this may be your best chance to acquire a Johnny Craig original for a reasonable price. Don’t miss out. Our supply is limited. Many of these originals will be featured in a book that is now in works on the life and career of Johnny Craig. Check out the larger image of this art below This preliminary is executed with pencil on bond paper and has recently been archivally mounted to museum standards on a sheet of 1/16” thick acid-free white board, giving it added strength and longevity. This mounting process, with a 1” border all around, also makes the work more displayable and easily matted when framed up properly. The image area of this art measures 7 1/4” x 8 3/4” in size. The piece is signed by the artist in the lower left corner and comes with a CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY, signed by long time EC historian, collector and friend of Johnny Craig, Roger Hill. In the coming weeks we will be offering more original art on eBay from the Craig collection. These originals will be sold over the course of the next year with NO RESERVE. Johnny Craig (1926-2001) was born in Pleasantville, New York and grew up in New York City. During his youth he was influenced by many artists, including Milton Caniff and Will Eisner. He broke into the comic’s business as an assistant working with Golden Age artist Harry Lambert and went on to become an Assistant Editor to Sheldon Mayer at All American Comics. After serving in the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Army during World War II, he joined up with the EC Educational Comics Company and was soon turning out covers and stories for CRIME PATROL, GUNFIGHTER, MOON GIRL and other titles. In 1950, when Bill Gaines introduced his “New Trend” series of crime and horror titles under the Entertaining Comics seal, Johnny wrote most of his own stories and contributed to CRIME SUSPENSTORIES, SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES, TALES FROM THE CRYPT, THE HAUNT OF FEAR, THE VAULT OF HORROR and others. After the comic industry implosion of 1956, brought on by the earlier establishment of the Comics Code Association, John retired from comics and went to work for a leading commercial art studio in New York City. During the mid 1960s he free-lanced again in comics, providing mystery stories to the American Comics Group. For Marvel, he worked on IRONMAN and SUB-MARINER, and drew a BATMAN story for DC. During this period, Johnny did some of his best work for Jim Warren’s new CREEPY and EERIE comic-magazine titles. Beginning in the early 1970s, he free-lanced work to various magazines and in his spare time accepted commission work for pen and ink watercolors and oil paintings of The Vault Keeper. He also took on special assignments of painting EC cover recreations. Johnny Craig was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame on July 15, 2005. We have tried very hard to describe this item and its condition properly, but if you have any questions just email me at ecfanaddicts@yahoo.com. I’ll get back to you. We guarantee satisfaction on all eBay transactions. Failure to pay within seven working days will result in this item being relisted and buyer being reported to eBay for non-payment. Check my eBay rating if you have any doubts about my dealings. Thanks for looking and good luck to all! DO NOT PAY FOR THIS ITEM UNTIL YOU RECEIVE MY INVOICE. We accept PAYPAL. Priority postage on this item will run $8.00. INSURANCE IS REQUIRED and I will include this cost in my invoice after auction ends. If you want something quicker than Priority Mail and don't mind paying for it, let me know and I'll see what I can do. I will combine shipping fees if you win other auctions of mine. Foreign buyers will need to email me their address after auction ends and I will get you a quote for U.S. First Class International postage. We have over 30 years of packing and shipping experience and have had very few problems getting orders shipped safely to customers. This package must be insured. No exceptions.