Brain Bats of Venus: The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton Vol. 2 (1942-1952)

by Greg Sadowski, Basil Wolverton

Overview

This is Vol. 2 of the biography of the legendary midcentury cartoonist, who created the comically grotesque "Lena the Hyena."

This volume continues Sadowski’s biography of the famed Mad cartoonist. It includes scores of letters between Wolverton and his editors and publishers and excerpts from his personal diaries, providing documentary insight not only into Wolverton’s day-to-day life and career, but also the inner workings of the early comic book industry. It is also chock full of Wolverton’s comics stories from this period, including 17 science-fiction and horror tales fully restored and never before collected in a single volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683962144
Publisher:	Fantagraphics Books
Publication date:	10/22/2019
Edition description:	1
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	666,751
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.50(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Greg Sadowski is a writer, editor, and designer (Creeping Death from Neptune, Brain Bats of Venus, B. Krigstein, Supermen!, Four Color Fear) living on the Jersey shore.

Basil Wolverton was born near Medford, Oregon in 1909 and died in 1978. His Fantagraphics-published books include Basil Wolverton's Culture Corner and The Wolverton Bible, and his work is featured in Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941.

Editorial Reviews

"Basil [Wolverton] was one of the most original, unpredictable talents in the field. His style was unique and virtually inimitable, and I’ve never known anyone who didn’t get a real kick out of Basil’s far-out artwork."

Stan Lee

"It’s remarkable to see art so twisted applied to such vivid pulp tales, almost as though Wolverton was trying his hardest to be Alex Raymond, but couldn’t help turning out images to rival Salvador Dalí."

The A.V. Club