OtherEric

These are mine:
 

I really love this one, one of his best Gold Medals imho

Here is a record of a few purchases I made at the PX on Burtonwood USAF base.
Not checked yet, but they are probably in advance of UK retail outlets.
A good bit of what I bought there had the Mark Jewelers and Diamond inserts.
Some I foolishly tore out and discarded, to keep down the price of postage on the ones I was selling.
I still have a few, though, and one day I will go through everything within reach and see how many still survive.

Barye was "The King" to his peers for many reasons, one of which was his speed and ability to capture enough detail in an image that would translate down to a paperback cover and look great, without wasting time on too much detail that would be wasted when reproduced. That said, his spare style was still a thing of beauty as any study of his original paintings will show.
I've always remarked that it is amazing what he could do with a few squiggly lines. A thing that he did over and over again was the use of a few curved or squiggled black lines to suggest outlines and details on the color fields he painted as the main outlines of his images. It is apparent in her hair and skirt and the pocket of her shirt in your "Red Runs The River". He rarely outlines his figures because his lines of color were so natural.
My pal Ruben owns what is arguably the most famous (and best) 1950's Gold Medal noir originals, the cover to Gil Brewer's "Satan Is A Woman" He has it on the wall next to his working desk and any time I've video chatted with him I ask him to move over so I can see it better
The colors, as you mentioned, are amazing, but I love Phillips' brush work, it is almost impressionistic. He got so much across with a little wash of color, it is very deceiving to the eye when shrunk down to a book cover. Of course, his composition was impeccable as well. Joan Turner's placement over her vanquished victim is one of the all time fridge magnets.

 
Fortunately, he was famous enough in his time that there is plenty of bio material available on him, although it is crazy that there is no coffee table book on him and his work. It's estimated that he painted over a thousand covers in his short 20 years painting pb covers. McGinnis was more prolific but it took him 60 years to do what Phillips did in 20.
Here's his bio from Paperbacks U.S.A., which also mentions his ability to vary his style - another testimony to his greatness. He was able to emulate whatever the directors wanted him to, which explains further why he got so much work.


 
 

Barye Phillips is growing on me, the brush work is really rough, but those colors
 

I love it, but this is what I thought of

A check online suggests it may also be Robert Asprin’s first published work as well.  I like Asprin’s work a lot more personally but I can’t deny it’s Card driving the asking price on the issue.

I grabbed this with an Amazon card I got for my birthday.  Not that new a release, but a beautiful collection:
 

I grabbed this with an Amazon card I got for my birthday.  Not that new a release, but a beautiful collection:
 

A happy 110th birthday to Walt Kelly!
A few books I got recently, they were all just posted on the Digital Comic Museum today:

I grabbed this with an Amazon card I got for my birthday.  Not that new a release, but a beautiful collection:
 

Wanted to get the matching magazine cover but finally gave up looking for a cheap copy.

I grabbed this with an Amazon card I got for my birthday.  Not that new a release, but a beautiful collection:
 

Well I have to disagree with the index tonight. I really enjoyed this issue, maybe more so because the index described it as “a rather poor issue”. As such, I was going into this issue not expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised.

This Sanjulian cover is so good! I was surprised to see this certificate in back of my copy. I had forgotten about this collection.

First off, the Corben art I did not see as “clumsy”. A silly tale but the art was nice!

1. Vampirella: The Resurrection Of Papa Voudou!
Now the Vampirella tale was so good that the page count flew by. Goodwin delivers a very well thought out story that stayed with the continuity and worked on every level for me. Gonzales continues to bring it with this opening splash showing the madness of the Carnevale.

The sexy women and voudoo gave me that James Bond vibe.

The sequential art here was top notch in giving motion to these still frames. This I like a lot!

The story had room to breathe and let the characters develop. They even do a good job of keeping the Crimson Chronicles as an ever present threat.

Everything made sense and was the best story in this issue for me.
2. Quavering Shadows
A very moody and atmospheric tale. I thought that the shadowy and under-lit lighting art worked well together with the script.

3. A House Is Not A Home
We get a very basic horror tale here. Not much character or story background to pull you in. Good use of zipatone throughout though!

4. Welcome To The Witches’ Coven
I remember this story from reading it as a kid, most likely because of the womanly parts! The art is quite nice (shot from pencils, maybe?). 

The Woman’s lib. theme certainly feels dated reading this now but I understand that was relevant when this issue was new. Still the story seemed a little confusing why they chose the husband’s coworker as the sacrifice. Nice art, not my favorite story.
All in all, this issue stands out for the excellent Vampi story with some decent back up stories. House is not a Home and Witches Coven were the weakest links to this one.

I like the Quarters from the early 1950's. They're some of the  tougher Good Girls...
 
Rudy Nappi Streetwalker cover 

 
George Gross Streetwalker cover 

 
George Gross Prostitute cover 

 

1st Ender’s Game.  Can’t recall if it’s also Orson Scott Card’s first published work

I could find them in the dollar boxes right after the Ender"s Game movie came out!

I think every 1970's issue of Analog printed has been preserved somewhere since the day they were bought so there's a bit of relative scarcity for the more desirable ones but any can still be found randomly in the wild. That's part of the beauty of vintage pb/digest collecting though. The 70's & 80's stuff is still wide open.

I picked up this single highest graded copy not long ago. 
 

High grade later print of a nice Ray Johnson cover

Though not by Kelly the Rover series in Animal Comics is quite good. Worth a reprint edition.

Covers and the Main Feature. There are some reprint books available. I like his work in Animal Comics a bit more but the Our Gang stories are quite good at times.

Our Gang, and a few others here and there.