Tony Gleeson's art for the Science Fiction Book Club Hardcover was the first literal artistic representation of I Am Legend that I was exposed to; compared to the more abstract Walker hardcover the Santa Clara library had. I imagine the inclusion of the bonfire in the background provided another subconscious link to Night of the Living Dead. In 1995, while in Los Angeles for the annual paperback show, we stopped by Dark Delicacies and I saw this piece on display — signed by the artist and numbered out of 50 copies.
We're in the final month of I Am 54, but hang in there as we wind down our celebration of the 70th anniversaries of I Am Legend, Godzilla, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Check back next week for another item from the I Am Legend Archive as we countdown to the final entries in this series!
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