▁poor , ▁and ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁low ▁pay ▁rate ▁for ▁art ▁this ▁meant ▁that ▁many ▁artists ▁treated ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁as ▁a ▁last ▁resort ▁for ▁their ▁work . ▁ ▁Dam on ▁Knight , ▁who ▁sold ▁some ▁interior ▁art work ▁to ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁re called ▁later ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁paid ▁$ 5 ▁for ▁a ▁single - page ▁drawing , ▁and ▁$ 1 0 ▁for ▁a ▁double - page ▁spread ; ▁he ▁worked ▁slowly ▁and ▁the ▁low ▁pay ▁meant ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁vi able ▁market ▁for ▁him . ▁ ▁The ▁art ▁editor , ▁Lam ont ▁Buch an an , ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁establish ▁five ▁artists ▁as ▁regular s ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 4 0 s ; ▁they ▁remained ▁regular ▁contrib utors ▁until ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁when ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁first ▁inc arn ation ▁ceased ▁publication . ▁ ▁The ▁five ▁were ▁Dol gov , ▁John ▁Gi unta , ▁Fred ▁Hum ist on , ▁Vincent ▁Napoli , ▁and ▁Lee ▁Brown ▁Co ye . ▁ ▁In ▁Wein berg ' s ▁review ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁interior ▁art , ▁he ▁describes ▁Hum ist on ' s ▁work ▁as ▁r anging ▁" from ▁bad ▁to ▁terrible ", ▁but ▁he ▁is ▁more ▁positive ▁about ▁the ▁others . ▁ ▁Napoli ▁had ▁worked ▁for ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁to ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 3 0 s , ▁when ▁he ▁began ▁s elling