Steranko Shadow Cover Pencil Painting – The One That Got Away!

Yesterday’s Steranko paperback cover was such a hit that I thought we’d follow up today with one of Steranko’s Shadow covers.

Back in the early 80’s when I was collecting original art, Steranko sold off the detailed pencil drawings he used in creating the Shadow covers. Steranko called them pencil paintings. They were beautiful.

I was still in college and $225 was a ton of money, but I purchased one.  It was the pencil painting to cover #8 shown above.  Sadly, I don’t have a copy of the pencils to share, but looking at the cover, you can imagine Steranko’s beautiful art.

When I was heading into my college senior internship, I decided to sell off my art collection.  I was going to be teaching full time (but with no pay – internship, remember) and the money from the art sale would make things more manageable.

The Steranko piece is one of those that I have missed most over the years.