Plot
Patty Lester was a talented young artist, but one day she did a drawing of a witch that had been bricked up behind a wall in an ancient house. After that Patty’s picture started to cause trouble – as if the spirit of the witch had been released to take revenge!
Notes
- Writer: Alison Christie (Fitt)
- Appeared in Tracy but presumed to have appeared in an earlier publication as reprint in Dutch publication Debbie Parade Album appeared at earlier date.
- Translated into Dutch (as “De vloek van de heks” – The Curse of the Witch) – Debbie Parade Album #37 (1982).
Appeared
- Pictures of Evil – Tracy: #210 (8 October 1983) – #223 (7 January 1984)
Translated into Dutch (as “De vloek van de heks” – The Curse of the Witch) and published in Debbie Parade Album #37 (1982).
Regards,
Ramon
Something’s not right here. If the translation appeared in Debbie Parade Album #37 in 1982 (and it’s correct, I checked with Last Dodo), how could the original print have appeared 1983-84? Is there an earlier print of this story we don’t know about?
Either it is a different story, or possible that this story appeared in a different publication. Alison confirmed she wrote for Tracy and this particular story, but she did also write for Mandy and Bunty so possibly it appeared in one of those first. More investigation may be needed!
Here’s a link to the Dutch translation. https://www.lastdodo.com/en/items/100037-de-vloek-van-de-heks
We only have the cover to go on, but it does look like the Tracy story. But how could the story have appeared in translation before its print in Tracy?
It must have been printed in another publication first like Bunty or Mandy. Will have to keep a look for it popping up elsewhere!