"To Err Is Vulcan", cover painting by Mel Crawford.
Mel Crawford (1925 – 2015) was a Canadian-born comic book cover artist. He painted the cover of a Star Trek comic for Gold Key Comics in 1979.
He painted covers for a few other Gold Key science fiction comics, such as Buck Rogers #2, Flash Gordon #22, and UFO & Outer Space #20. He also penciled a few stories, including two for Doctor Solar. His stories in The Twilight Zone #2 and #28 accompanied others drawn by fellow Star Trek artist Alberto Giolitti.
Crawford was best known as a children's book illustrator, drawing a number of Disney and Hanna-Barbera characters. He adapted stories such as Alice in Wonderland and Tarzan, and painted Little Golden Books covers.
Star Trek bibliography[]
- "To Err Is Vulcan" (cover painting, January 1979)
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External links[]
- Mel Crawford article at Fandom's Disney Wiki.
- Mel Crawford obituary at the Sequential Magazine blog.
- Mel Crawford obituary at the Cartoon Brew blog.
- Mel Crawford's official blog.