Virgil Finlay was the best

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Tina Tempest
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Virgil Finlay was the best

Post by Tina Tempest » Sun Jun 23, 2024 2:02 pm

This fantastic illustration by Virgil Finlay is from Famous Fantastic Mysteries, June, 1942 lustrating the terrific tiny people novel, "Burn Witch, Burn" by A. Merritt







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Re: Virgil Finlay was the best

Post by ensmallen » Mon Jun 24, 2024 1:53 am

One wild story. Damn.
https://archive.org/details/Famous_Fant ... ew=theater

Been trying to find a few other stories with his art. Thanks for bringing him up, Tina T!

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Re: Virgil Finlay was the best

Post by Schadenfreude » Sat Nov 15, 2025 10:09 am

I think that Burn, Witch, Burn! was the source material for The Devil Doll (1936).

http://www.camelotbooks.com/burn-witch-burn.html

http://www.abebooks.com/Burn-Witch-Merr ... 3949440/bd


Not SW, but here are some really nice interior illustrations that Virgil Finlay did for "The Lady is a Witch" by Norman A. Daniels, the cover story for the March 1950 issue of Startling Stories:'

http://www.x.com/ElmoOfTheApes/status/1 ... 3022199861
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