Poe 1976, Pt. 4

(Continued from Poe 1976, Pt. 3)

ARCADE:  THE COMIC REVIEW  7
"THE INHERITANCE OF RUFUS GRISWOLD"

This is the 2nd story in a row that I will admit, up-front, is NOT a POE adaptation.  But I've decided to post it anyway.

The Print Mint was a publisher of underground comics, and also specialized in psychedelic posters.  ARCADE: THE COMIC REVIEW was an anthology showcasing underground cartoonists, which ran 7 issues from 1975-76.  The last issue contained the unusual 3-pager...

     "THE INHERITANCE OF HERBERT GRISWOLD".

Rufus Wilmot Griswold was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic.  After Poe's mysterious death in 1849, Griswold wrote an unsympathetic obituary. Claiming to be Poe's chosen literary executor, he began a campaign to harm Poe's reputation that lasted until his own death eight years later.

Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez was an American underground cartoonist.  He is known as the creator of TRASHMAN, and for the "political" leanings in his work.

At the moment, I've only been able to locate the 1st of the 3 pages of this piece.  Hopefully, they'll turn up.

ARCADE:  THE COMIC REVIEW  7
cover by M.K. BROWN   (The Print Mint Inc.  /  Fall 1976)

"THE INHERITANCE OF RUFUS GRISWOLD"
Story by Carol Becker  /  Art by MANUEL "SPAIN" RODRIGUEZ

Page 2   (Coming soon!)
Page 3
This has been reprinted a number of times, though it's been tough nailing down the information, presumably because it's not an adaptation.

GRAPHIC CLASSICS Volume 1:  EDGAR ALLAN POE
cover by ??   (Eureka Productions  /  2001)

GRAPHIC CLASSICS Volume 1:  EDGAR ALLAN POE   (2nd edition)
cover by ??   (Eureka Productions  /  2004)

GRAPHIC CLASSICS Volume 1:  EDGAR ALLAN POE   (3rd edition)
cover by ??   (Eureka Productions  /  June 2006)

GRAPHIC CLASSICS Volume 1:  EDGAR ALLAN POE   (4th edition)
cover by ??   (Eureka Productions  /  June 2010)

GRAPHIC CLASSICS Volume 21:  
     EDGAR ALLAN POE'S TALES OF MYSTERY
cover by ??   (Eureka Productions  /  September 2011)

The problem with these books is, you have 4 different editions of "Volume 1", each one of which has somewhat-different contents.  Some websites have mentioned "Griswold", but others, even when every single Poe adaptation contained is listed and described in detail, don't.  So it's impossible for me to be sure at this minute which books it actually appears in, or not, without copies of the books in my hands.  So for now I'm just gonna post ALL 5 covers.

As a bonus, here's a page from a piece he did on Joseph Stalin in the same magazine...

As another bonus, here's a 1974 self-portait.

Finally, a photo of "Spain".

Copyright (C) by Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez.

Scan of ARCADE: THE COMIC REVIEW # 7 cover from the GCD site.
Scan of ARCADE: THE COMIC REVIEW # 7 interior
     from the Graphic Classics site.
Scan of GRAPHIC CLASSICS Vol.1 from ??
Scan of Joseph Stalin page fropm the Shrine O Dreams site.
Scan of self-portrait from the Shrine O Dreams site.
Scan of Spain photo from the NY Times site.

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

For more:
Read about Edgar Allen Poe at Wikipedia.

Read about The Print Mint at Wikipedi.
Read about Arcade: The Comic Review at Wikipedia.
Read about Rufus Wilmot Griswold at Wikipedia.
Read about Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez at Wikipedia.
Read about Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez at the Lambiek Comiclopedia site.
Visit the Spain Rodrigues website!

See my Edgar Allan Poe overview at this very blog!

(Continued in Poe 1977, Pt. 1)