Saturday, October 19, 2013

Gahan Wilson: Eddy Deco's Last Caper

Most novelists don't make drawings at book signings, but when the writer is Gahan Wilson, illuminator of all that is mordant, there are a fair number of examples of books containing his original drawings. In the case of Eddy Deco's Last Caper, Wilson's 1987 novel, the drawing usually features a writing hand. The sales prices are on eBay remain extremely reasonable.

Gahan Wilson, drawing of a writing hand.
Inscribed "All best to Rich Reifert/Gahan Wilson and Eddy."
In Eddy Deco's Last Caper. New York: Times Books, 1987.

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Here's another copy:
Gahan Wilson, drawing of a writing hand.
Inscribed "All best from Gahan Wilson and Eddy/Nov 30/1987."
In Eddy Deco's Last Caper. New York: Times Books, 1987.






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Gahan Wilson, drawing of a writing hand.
Inscribed "All best to Rich Reifert/Gahan Wilson and Eddy."
In Eddy Deco's Last Caper. New York: Times Books, 1987.


Gahan Wilson on Writing



Note:  I have more posts about Gahan Wilson here.

His New Yorker work is in the Cartoon Bank here.

The website for the documentary "Gahan Wilson:  Born Dead, Still Weird" by Steven-Charles Jaffe is here. The film next will be screened in Beverly Hills, California from November 22 to 28.

For now, you can listen to Gahan Wilson's 2009 radio interview on the Leonard Lopate Show is here.

For the latest news about Gahan Wilson, follow Ink Spill here.

There are also a couple of great Gahan Wilson illustrations on The Pictorial Arts blog here.

A variety of souvenir drawings by various artists have made their way onto this blog, although not all are labelled as such. A few of them may be seen here.

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