CC R167
Hugh Rankin
RANKIN, Hugh (Hugh Doak), 1878–1956
- Born
- 2 July 1878, Loda, Illinois, United States (Hugh Dearborn Copp; later Hugh Doak Rankin)
- Died
- 3 January 1956, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Note
- Cover and interior artist for Weird Tales; fifteen covers from August 1927 through December 1930, and signed interiors including Pickman’s Model, Saladin’s Throne-Rug, The Call of Cthulhu, Red Shadows, The Dunwich Horror, The Shadow Kingdom, and the Weird Story Reprints header used for the 1932 Frankenstein serial.
Plates
Bibliography (Weird Tales art)
| Title (story) | Form | Issue | Plate | Call no. | Where to read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickman’s Model | Interior | Weird Tales, October 1927 | Pictured above | — | Reading Room |
| Saladin’s Throne-Rug | Interior | Weird Tales, October 1927 | — | — | Reading Room |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Interior | Weird Tales, February 1928 | Pictured above | — | Reading Room |
| Red Shadows | Interior | Weird Tales, August 1928 | Pictured above | — | Reading Room |
| The Dunwich Horror | Interior | Weird Tales, April 1929 | Pictured above | — | Reading Room |
| The Shadow Kingdom | Interior | Weird Tales, August 1929 | — | — | Reading Room |
| Frankenstein (Weird Story Reprints header) | Interior | Weird Tales, May–December 1932 | — | FR ANC S545 .F73 1831 | Ancestors |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, August 1927 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, December 1927 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, December 1928 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, February 1929 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, April 1929 | — | — | Reading Room (issue dress) |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, June 1929 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, August 1929 | — | — | Reading Room (cover for The Inn of Terror); also The Shadow Kingdom (issue dress) |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, October 1929 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, December 1929 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, February 1930 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, April 1930 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, June 1930 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, August 1930 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, October 1930 | — | — | — |
| — | Cover | Weird Tales, December 1930 | — | — | — |