The Collected Purple Pictography Castle in the Stars and a deep dive into

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This series reinvents the contemporary world in a heroic fantasy version

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These openings highlight concept drawings

The Collected Purple Pictography Castle in the Stars and a deep dive intoThis 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