Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Hour of the Wolverton
This is one of Basil Wolverton's apocalyptic illustrations for Herbert W. Armstrong's 1975 in Prophecy (1956). To read the entire booklet, click on the heading above and scroll down through the Herbert W. Armstrong Searchable Library: Books and Booklets. Almost all of the Wolverton drawings for 1975 in Prophecy illustrate passages from Revelations.
In the late 1950s and through the 1960s, Wolverton wrote and illustrated The Bible Story and The Story of Man for Armstrong's magazine, The Plain Truth. In 1959 I used to listen to Armstrong's radio program, The World Tomorrow, which interlinked Biblical prophecies with current news. When I learned that Wolverton illustrated for The Plain Truth, I got on the mailing list, and free issues would arrive each month.
I just did a lot of searching to figure out exactly when The Bible Story serial began. If you want to see this from the beginning, go to Armstrong Searchable Library: The Plain Truth 1950-1959 and begin on page five of the November 1958 issue. It starts with an introduction explaining how Wolverton became associated with Armstrong's organization.
Wolverton's son, Monte Wolverton, did eye-grabbing color versions of the 1975 in Prophecy illustrations which can be seen here and also at Monte Wolverton's own site.
This is one of Basil Wolverton's apocalyptic illustrations for Herbert W. Armstrong's 1975 in Prophecy (1956). To read the entire booklet, click on the heading above and scroll down through the Herbert W. Armstrong Searchable Library: Books and Booklets. Almost all of the Wolverton drawings for 1975 in Prophecy illustrate passages from Revelations.
In the late 1950s and through the 1960s, Wolverton wrote and illustrated The Bible Story and The Story of Man for Armstrong's magazine, The Plain Truth. In 1959 I used to listen to Armstrong's radio program, The World Tomorrow, which interlinked Biblical prophecies with current news. When I learned that Wolverton illustrated for The Plain Truth, I got on the mailing list, and free issues would arrive each month.
I just did a lot of searching to figure out exactly when The Bible Story serial began. If you want to see this from the beginning, go to Armstrong Searchable Library: The Plain Truth 1950-1959 and begin on page five of the November 1958 issue. It starts with an introduction explaining how Wolverton became associated with Armstrong's organization.
Wolverton's son, Monte Wolverton, did eye-grabbing color versions of the 1975 in Prophecy illustrations which can be seen here and also at Monte Wolverton's own site.
©2008 Monte Wolverton
Labels: apocalypse, illustration, novel, wolverton
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