Gus Ricca Archives

Underappreciated artist Gus Ricca was an accomplished magazine and book cover artist and newspaper illustrator long before he came to work in comics for Harry A Chesler, and also Chesler's art director for a period in the mid-1940s.  He often took a symbolic, interpretive approach to the subjects of his cover work, as can be[...]

What exactly is happening on this highly sought-after cover?  There's a clue to what this is all about in the stories of Dynamic Comics #11, and in cover artist Gus Ricca's history There's a Dynamic Comics #11 (Chesler, 1944) Condition: FR and many other Chesler comics up for auction in the 2022 July 3-4 Sunday[...]

Gus Ricca, born Gaspano Ignazio Ricca in 1906, was an accomplished magazine cover artist long before he came to work in comics for Harry A Chesler, Marvel, and Fawcett among others.  Ricca also became Chesler's art director in 1944.  He usually took a symbolic, interpretive approach to the subjects of his cover work, as can[...]

But the stories behind some of comics history's most famous covers are sometimes surprisingly little-known.  We've discussed examples here recently such as Frank Frazetta's cover of Creepy #4 and the captivating cover of Horrific #1.  Gus Ricca's fascinating cover for Dynamic Comics #11 is another stand-out example.  What exactly is happening on this highly sought-after[...]