Chamber of Chills No. 19 Cover by Lee Elias
We’ve got a special post this time out. Not only do we have the best horror comic book cover of all time – Chamber of Chills No. 19 by Lee Elias, September 1953, Harvey Comics – we have two pages of development materials by Harvey’s art editor Warren Kremer. Kremer should be remembered more today for the significance of his contributions, so it’s nice to be able to shine a small spotlight on him.
Kremer’s design and layout skills were top notch and are on fine display here. Combined with the lush brushwork of Elias we end up with this creepy classic.
New colour by me.
As published.
Harvey art editor Warren Kremer’s colour rough. Original art scan from Heritage Auctions.
Kremer’s notes to Elias. Original art scan from Heritage.
Original art scan from Heritage.
Art made production ready.
New colour version.
YOUR BONUS FOR SCROLLING ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
The cover for The Misfits’ 1984 single “Die Die My Darling.” It used a bad tracing of Elias’ illustration, but it did bring the art to the attention of a new generation.
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