RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I've been admiring the work of Hugh Rankin lately. He did quite a few covers for Weird Tales, and although he's not one of the big names that gets attention today, I love his work. Weird Tales, Aug 1927 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Weird Tales, Aug 1927 Rankin's first cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 After two covers in late 1927, Rankin didn't get another one for a year. Weird Tales, Dec 1928. A lot of Rankin's cover from here on will use the predominant yellow color that goes so well with the red Weird Tales border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Lots of yellow on this Star Stealers cover. Weird Tales, Feb 1929 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Another yellow cover for The Devil's Rosary. Weird Tales, Apr 1929 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Weird Tales, Jun 1929 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Probably my least favorite Rankin cover. Still a great book though. It's the first appearance of King Kull! Weird Tales, Aug 1929 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 He did the Oct and Dec 1929 issues, but I don't have them to show. Next one I have is his cover for Thirsty Blades! Weird Tales, Feb 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Weird Tales, Apr 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Love this one. A Howard story cover, The Moon of Skulls (Solomon Kane story). Weird Tales, Jun 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 A great giant snake cover by Rankin! Weird Tales, Aug 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Weird Tales, Oct 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Ranking did one more WT cover, Dec 1930, but I don't have that one. I like his style quite a bit, but I think his work gets lost when grouped in with CC Senf's covers that were coming out at the same time. By pulling just the Rankin covers for this post I think you can get a better idea of what his work was like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks, Todd, Rankin rules, Bride of Osiris a fave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 I've been admiring the work of Hugh Rankin lately. He did quite a few covers for Weird Tales, and although he's not one of the big names that gets attention today, I love his work. Beautiful group of pulps, Todd. I like Rankin's work a lot. It harkens back to an earlier period of illustrators which I find very appealing. Does anyone know of a Hugh Rankin biography online? I'd like to read more about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 He did the Oct and Dec 1929 issues, but I don't have them to show. Weird Tales (October 1929) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Weird Tales (December 1929) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Ranking did one more WT cover, Dec 1930, but I don't have that one. I can fill in that issue. Weird Tales (December 1930) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmyst Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Guys, these WTs are beautiful and a treat to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Thanks guys, this was fun! And thanks BZ for filling in the gaps for me. I'm only missing 8 issues from 1926-38, and THREE of them are Rankin covers. I didn't realize that when I started the post. I don't know anything about Rankin and couldn't find any info online. I wonder if there's a biography or interview with him buried in an old fanzine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
