Their Satanic Majesties Request

[mister_punchy]

I led a sometimes vaguely sheltered childhood (in the same sense that Dexter is sometimes vaguely implausible). But even at a young age, I always loved drawing crazy monsters, ghosts, and creatures, and during any trip to the local mom n' pop video store, I would excitedly examine the enticing covers in the Horror section. I didn't know yet that

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[stopword]

Wow, these are still so much fun.

[mister_punchy]

They really are-- terrific artwork, well-meaning silliness, and nothing more malicious than calling Jack Nicholson a piece of frozen ham. Would love to see a fancy collection of reprints someday.

[stopword]

I have those selective collections, "Mad about the 50s" and 60s and 70s. But it seems like the only place you can find the rest is those cheap paperbacks.

[mister_punchy]

I have those too, and the huge hardback Don Martin compendium. But the first 2/3rds of these are from old issues and "Super Specials" I picked up at comic book stores when I was 14 or 15. Drucker in particular put out such masterpieces in every issue, they deserve to be more readily available these days.

[clef]

Oh man, I totally had the issue with Drekula. Seeing these is blowing my mind - I had completely forgotten how amazing the art is. Thanks for scanning these.

[mister_punchy]

Yeah, really outstanding portraits... just lookit Drucker's linework on Michael Caine, Frank SInatra, Ellen Burstyn, Richard Dreyfuss, Tony Perkins... all completely unmistakable. I hate the fact that I posted this back-to-back with my own stoopid comic, I can't stand to lookit 'em both on the same screen.

[libertina]

I clearly remember the Poltergeist and Aliens ones.

[mister_punchy]

Craig T. Nelson and Lance Henriksen sorta look like Jack Davis drawings to begin with.