tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post8865676833715698125..comments2024-03-25T11:21:33.915-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Groovy Age Gold: "Where Monsters Dwell" by Basil WolvertonThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-50845883165801411052023-03-12T18:49:15.742-04:002023-03-12T18:49:15.742-04:00I take it you realize Woolverton's original sp...I take it you realize Woolverton's original splash panel for the first page was replaced?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-41657787597183913082014-10-23T15:31:33.852-04:002014-10-23T15:31:33.852-04:00This might be my favorite Basil Wolverton story! ...This might be my favorite Basil Wolverton story! Interestingly, he was doing the covers for the rival company's (DC's) PLOP! that same year (1973), a comic book that emulated the early '50s issues of MAD (to which Wolverton had also contributed, notably #11).<br /><br />He first sprang to national prominence when he won the contest for drawing Lena the Hyena, a previously unseen character in Al Capp's "Li'l Abner" comic strip. Wolverton was also famous for his alliteration in humorous comics stories featuring the Powerhouse Pepper character, and his "Space Hawk" comic strip was also noteworthy. He did some work for Topps (the Ugly Monster Jigsaw Puzzle cards of the '60s come to mind), and he latterly did some harrowing illustrations from the book of REVELATION which Dark Horse reprinted not too many years ago. Interesting fella with an interesting resume'! Yes, one can see that his zany imagination was a direct precursor to the work of Robert Crumb and other underground comix artists of the '60s - '70s. <br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chris A. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com