Drew Friedman brings horror host Svengoolie to life in meticulous new masterpiece

For over 40 years, Svengoolie has kept horror hosting alive and well, first in Chicago and now nationwide. Above, here's he is in all his ghoulish glory, as portrayed by master portrait artist Drew Friedman — the John Singer Sargent of our time (if Sargent had painted horror hosts, aging comedians, and character actors in all their warted, wrinkled splendor).