The Collected Purple Pictography Castle in the Stars and Nova teams up with

and Nova teams up with Spider-Man

" The artist narrates a series of cover sketches

These openings highlight concept drawings

Over 300 pages of timeless terror from a master storyteller

and a deep dive into Fortiche's artisanal animation style

The Collected Purple Pictography Castle in the Stars and Nova teams up withThis scarce comic book collects all nine three page Purple Pictography strips for Swank magazine (1971 1972) by Vaughn Bode. Including all five illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. From the introduction: In 1969, Vaughn Bode's Deadbone began in Cavalier, a popular Playboy imitator. It was so successful that Bode took on another men's magazine strip for Swank. The new strip, Purple Pictography, began in the August 1971 issue, and each month's story was a