The Art of George Wilson

What made many of the great adventure comics of the 1960s so attractive were their fantastic painted covers by artist George Wilson. Wilson also turned in hundreds of painted covers for paperback books that range from The Phantom and Flash Gordon to romance, adventure and war titles, all illustrated in the extensive survey of his work. Unlike the majority of 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 -- this important monograph on the artist provides examples of every genre he worked in. Presented are cover paintings scanned from the original artwork from Classics Illustrated, The Twilight Zone, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Doctor Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, Turok, Son of Stone, Star Trek, Korak, Son of Tarzan, Mighty Samson, Brothers of the Spear, Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery, Space Family Robinson, Dark Shadows, and The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor to name but a few. This new art book focuses on over 300 examples of his cover art accompanied by an introduction by famed artist Joe Jusko, an exhaustive essay by Anthony Taylor and the only interview Wilson ever gave. This is the ultimate, definitive art book about one of the most important cover artists of the Silver and Bronze ages.

Author: Dan Herman
Publisher: Hermes Press
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781613452882

About the Author
Herman, Dan: - Daniel Herman is an American attorney and the founder and president of Hermes Press, a publishing company founded in 2001 based in New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States. He also is the person primarily in charge of finding the source material used in Hermes Press reprints as well as a comics historian, having written several books on the topic of the Silver Age of comics, and a book on Gil Kane.Wilson, George: - George Wlson. was a prolfc comc ook cover llustrator. He s known for hs realstc style usng ols and acrylcs. A Rchmond Art School and the Pratt Insttute graduate and World War II veteran, Wlson worked for Western Pulshng, dong the covers for a numer of ther ttles, ncludng over forty ssues of "Space Famly Ronson", more than thrty ssues of Star Trek, and a few covers of The Phantom, and Mghty Samsom, Turok, Son of Stone . The other company he created numerous comc ook covers for was Dell Comcs for ther Tarzan and Comat releases