Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Misfits/Samhain/Danzig artwork origins

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The original Crimson Ghost from the 1946, Fred Brannon film, "The Crimson Ghost".

Continuing with the seasonal Misfits/Samhain/Danzig theme here at DCXX, I dug up these images that I thought I'd post. I always find it very interesting when I stumble upon original artwork or images that ended up being used as classic band and or album graphics. Some of these you might have come across in the past, some you might have never knew existed, either way, here are a few I that I thought were well worth a post. All Murder, All Guts, All Fun... -Tim DCXX

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Cover of the "Die, Die My Darling" single

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Cover of the 1950's horror comic book, "Chamber Of Chills" #19

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Cover of "Legacy Of Brutality"

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Promotional scene photo from the 1946 film, "The Crimson Ghost"

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Cover from the July 1984 8th issue of "Saga of Crystar the Crystal Warrior" comic book

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Samhain "Initium" cover

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Cover of Danzig I

By Livewire Records at November 01, 2011

7 comments:

  1. KMBNovember 1, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    Great post, I'm always wondering how they got away with the more commercial references. Nowadays, a lawsuit would happen in a blink of an eye.
    Seeing that the references are almost untouched is a bit of a downer but doesn't remove the iconic value of their use.
    Look forward to more art driven posts.

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  2. gruffNovember 1, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    I'd wager that the Crystar cover artist swiped the image himself from somewhere else. The style of it doesn't quite match the rest of the image.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 1, 2011 at 10:47 PM

    Thanks! Good stuff mi amigo.

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  4. Christin MalénNovember 2, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    Thats awesome!

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  5. TomNovember 3, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    The Crimson Ghost has some very nice eyes.

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  7. The JoatMarch 14, 2012 at 3:20 PM

    Wow that is some sick shit.I have been a big fan of The Misfits,Samhain and Danzig forever and never knew about any of this.Thanx

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