Working constantly to support a family of three, Wegner undertook a range of illustration work, including stamps for Christmas and other festivities and, from 1973, a string of drawings for the American children's magazine Cricket, which featured running commentary by insect characters.
Exploiting a wide range of illustration styles to delight the eye, Lehrer offers a funny, thought-provoking and refreshing twist on the graphic novel.
In the introduction to the Sotheby's catalogue, Blake commented on the impressive variety of the sale: "Not the least striking aspect of this collection is the way that it demonstrates the range of possibilities of illustration from reportage to caricature to fantasy and beyond".
Portentous evil — how was I to save that, as an intention on the part of my demon-spirits, from the drop, the comparative vulgarity, inevitably attending, throughout the whole range of possible brief illustration, the offered example, the imputed vice, the cited act, the limited deplorable presentable instance?
The visual interpretations within range from illustrations of cyber-shamanistic masturbation to the envisioning of a time where our bodies are prescribed starred reviews just like Amazon products.
The permanent installation includes a number of fascinating and rarely exhibited works, ranging from a series of illustrations done in 1934 for an edition of Lautremont's "Chants de Maldoror" to a drawing for an unproduced movie entitled "Giraffes on Horseback Salad," which the artist had hoped to make with Harpo Marx.
She makes a range of items including jewellery, illustrations, screen prints, t-shirts, cards and bags.
Featuring work from throughout his career alongside a series of new commissions, Kill Your Darlings features a range of work from murals, illustrations and sculptures to comic books, record sleeves and other commercial commissions.
Hosted by LA-based auction house Profiles In History and with works provided by DocDave Winiewicz, a close personal friend of Frazetta, the auction included a wide range of fantasy stalwarts, including illustrations of Tarzan in full-flexing vigor, pencil renderings of Lord of The Rings' Nazgul mid-mace swing, and many different renditions of iconic comic hero Flash Gordon.
