Podwil, Jerome - Lotus Vellum, The - 1970 (Ace 49545) Pocket Books 78704

Podwil, Jerome - Lotus Vellum, The - 1970 (Ace 49545) Pocket Books 78704BOARD: 14 x 21 1 8IMAGE: 11 x 17 7 8Gouache? on Vellum on 1 16" Board. As you can see, there are a couple of small areas of paint loss. Otherwise it's in great condition. This is the original painting published as the cover to the vintage Gothic paperback novel The Lotus Vellum, written by Charlotte Hunt in 1970. Podwil is known for some lovely Science Fiction cover art, but he did quite a few Gothic covers, often drawing the women with impossibly

making them far more rare than most folks believe

Jessica Midnight checks in for her flight

In the series finale

revealing that Jenny thinks the Sister Clarice is Leviathan in disguise come to kill her

1st Rita Blackmoor scene

This is the original painting published as the cover to the vintage paperback novel Lie Like A Lady by C

while quite brief

This page features another one of several brilliantly funny little bits that Marjorie Liu uses to balance the heavy moments with the lighter ones

This is a fantastically illustrated eight page

This is the 1st of an 8 consecutive page sequence featuring the battle against the Kiss of Death

having succumbed to cancer

even if he delayed his plan for one more day