Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Devil's Disciple

Sin #2 in our December Dedications to The Devil, this one from the August-Sept 1949 issue of Adventures into the Unknown #6. Does anyone know anything about illustrator R. S. Pious? There's a teeny bit of info credited to him on GCD, and nothing else anywhere.









12 comments:

Kitty LeClaw said...

Meowsers! I'm loving Devilcember!!!

Runs.with.Ferals said...

Yeah~ an amalgam Satan who wears a mask with horns, yet has REAL hoofed feet~ is just down right creepy~!

Anonymous said...

"Hester Prince" eh? Hawthornian much?

Anonymous said...

A REALLY WELL TOLD TALE AND I LIKE THE PIOUS ART TOO, IT IS COOL AND DIFFERENT ..........

COOL POST KARS, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

sfdoomed said...

Oh how sweet. Love conquers all, even big daddy lucifer.

And speaking of, the apartment I was living in last year was three blocks away from where Anton LaVey's black Victorian mansion once stood. Today it is sadly a boring yuppie condo (the Church of Satan was tore down in 2001).

Here's a clip of the greatest LaVey performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEV2F55g6A

Cindy M said...

Oh good grief, I read that as "The Devil's Discipline"! Strange Freudian thought slip there. Might have something to do with Frank, but you don't know him and we ain't going there.

Sorta looks like the Tasmanian Devil also put in an appearance.
:-p

No vintage ad this time? :-(

Love those big clunky cars back in the day...

Mr. Karswell said...

Hope everyone is having a great weekend... I have a bunch of Atlas tales lined up for the next week or so, hope so far everyone is enjoying Devilcember (thanx for that one KTLC!) and as usual thanks for the comments.

Anonymous said...

If you look up Pious on Lambiek it suggests R. S. Pions. But searching this name doesn't produce any real information either, at least none I could find. I would like to know more too!

Mr. Karswell said...

>look up Pious on Lambiek it suggests R. S. Pions

The first time I searched this name on Lambiek it suggested a totally different name than the one you got! Oh well, thanks again! New post coming up here shortly...

bzak said...

Howdy,

This probably gets us no closer to his identity, but, I found a listing for art by R. S. Pious at this site:

http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/c130.htm

Brian James Riedel

THE APOCOLYTE said...

So, was she running along side the car at the end? Strong legs, that girl!

Artist Robert Savon Pious, 1908-1983. African-american illustrator.

Mr. Karswell said...

>found a listing for art by R. S. Pious

>Artist Robert Savon Pious, 1908-1983. African-american illustrator.

Interesting--- thanks you guys!