Bernie Wrightson

È Morto Bernie Wrightson, Maestro Dell’horror A Fumetti

... di nuovo realizzare vere storie horror a fumetti. Si afferma presto come maestro del genere: nel 1971, con i testi di Len Wein crea il mostro “buono” Swamp Thing, un ibrido uomo-pianta, all’inizio si credeva fosse lo scienziato Alec Holland trasformato, in seguito verrà spiegato che in realtà è una pianta con i ricordi di Holland. Il personaggio è ancora pubblicato adesso, dalla DC Comics di Batman, e gli sono stati dedicati due film (il primo, del 1982 diretto dal Wes Craven di Nightmare). Nei primi anni Ottanta l’incontro con il “re dell’horror” Stephen King. I due sono spiriti affini, entrambi cresciuti con i fumetti horror degli anni Cinquanta della casa editrice EC (prima che venisse introdotto il famigerato Comics Code). Wrightson prima illustra il poster (e la versione a fumetti) di Creepshow, film del 1983 scritto da King (il regista è George Romero, celebre per le sue pellicole di zombi) proprio per omaggiare i comics della EC, poi il suo romanzo Cycle of the Werewolf (da noi Unico indizio la luna piena) e in seguito altri libri del “re dell’horror” in edizioni di lusso in genere mai uscite in Italia. Wrightson non ignora i classici supereroi: ...

Co-creator Of Swamp Thing Was 68

... Car. “It is with great sorrow that I must announce the passing of my beloved husband, Bernie. We thank you for all the years of love and support,” Liz wrote. In addition to two feature films – the first directed by Wes Craven – the human/plant hybrid Swamp Thing character had its own self-titled TV series on USA Network from 1990-93. Wrightson, born October 27, 1948, was known for his horror illustrations and comic books. His career began in 1966, working for The Baltimore Sun newspaper as an illustrator. In 1968 he showed copies of his sequential art to DC Comics editor Dick Giordano and was given a freelance assignment. Wrightson continued to work on a slew of projects for DC and Marvel Comics, then in 1971, he and writer Len Wein co-created the creature Swamp Thing for DC. In 1982 Craven directed the ...

Horror Master Guillermo Del Toro Puts His Monsters On Displa

... and the Pillsbury Auditorium will screen “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Crimson Peak” and Del Toro’s inspiration, James Whale’s “Frankenstein.”. “The opening sold out in hours, which is unusual,” Ritter said. “There’s a lot of interest in this show.”. Visiting Minneapolis for the opening weekend, Del Toro shares that attention from his own viewpoint. “The one place you can see every aspect of my interest, high and low, is the house,” Del Toro said by phone from Los Angeles. “Each movie shows you only one side, if it’s a big-budget action movie or an intimate, strange, artsy movie. But the house contains all of that. It’s a shrine to everything I love.”. The display contains the first book that Del Toro bought, at age 7. Now 52, he has been collecting ever since, “like an ant carrying into the nest little pieces of glass and shreds of ribbon.”. Monsters have fascinated him since his youth because “they let us breathe a sigh of relief. They, in a way, make people feel more at ease with the monstrosity of their ...

Dundalk Comics Legend Bernie Wrightson Retires

... he wants to do them. He stretches out with exploratory pacing (hang-out time offered via the quieter panels both build dread and gets us closer to our protagonist) and includes some tricky details (the vicious attack is a nod to "Psycho" but with a unflinching post-'Nam approach to blood and guts). And it's colored in eerily inviting suburban pastels by Wrightson's then-wife Michelle, of "Wimmen's Comix" fame and a significant comix cult figure in her own right. In 2008, Wrightson was the guest of honor at the Baltimore Comic-Con. On stage with José Villarrubia, a comics colorist and chair of the Illustration Department at MICA, Wrightson came off as incredibly aww-shucks—a hard-working autodidact of an illustrator who more than once was basically all like, "Hey, I just like to draw scary monsters—nothing more." This is not true exactly—he'd follow up a statement like that with some profoundly informed pontification on drawing history or the importance of atmosphere—but still, it seems that's how he'd like to see his legacy. A ...

Swamp Thing' Co-creator Announces Retirement Due To Poor Health

... has been forced to retire at age 68 due to poor health. The announcement was made Monday morning by Wrightson's wife Liz on his Facebook page. "Last November Bernie began falling again, and having obvious problems with perception," she wrote. "He had to undergo yet another brain surgery to relieve bleeding, and then spend several weeks undergoing in-patient rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it appears that he has lasting damage: he has extremely limited function on his left side, and is unable to walk or reliably use his left hand, among other limitations.". The Facebook statement continued by declaring the artist "effectively retired: he will produce no new art, and he is unable to attend conventions," although it added, "Should this situation change I will happily announce it here.". Wrightson's ...

Meister Des Schraffierten Horrors

... würde man fündig. Einzig sein Landsmann und Weggefährte Richard Corben war ihm ebenbürtig. Nun ist Bernie Wrightson im Alter von 69 Jahren gestorben. Dunkle Seelen, Freaks und Monster. Seine meist schwarzweiße Zeichenkunst war, neben den bereits erwähnten typischen visuellen Merkmalen, für den Leser sofort als Wrightson identifizierbar. Die einzelnen Comicpanels überzeugten durch starke Atmosphäre und ein dichtes, feines Geflecht aus Linien und Schraffuren, seine Seiten sind sorgfältig und dynamisch komponiert. In ihrem Gothic-Look erinnern Wrightsons beste Arbeiten, oft gezeichnete Kurzgeschichten, an alte Gruselfilme der englischen Hammerstudios (die unter anderem die „Dracula“-Filme mit Christopher Lee produzierten), jedoch sind sie in ihrer psychologischen Charakterführung viel tiefsinniger. Meist stehen dunkle Seelen im Zentrum der Geschichten, die einem unerhörten phantastischen Geschehen beiwohnen. Oder die zentralen Figuren ...

Creepshow Graphic Novel Resurrected In New Deluxe Reprint From Plume

... like DC's House of Mystery, Witching Hour and House of Secrets. The film featured five different spine-chillingly strange segments depicting killer cockroaches, a toothy Arctic creature, a moss-spreading meteorite, beach zombies and one of the best corpse-from-the-grave scenes ever captured on film. Cameos and starring roles included twisted performances by Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Viveca Lindfors, Ed Harris, Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Fritz Weaver, E. G. Marshall and even King himself, all filmed with a colorful comic-book flair and tongue firmly planted (haha plant!) in cheek. Video of Creepshow Trailer (Stephen King). A beautiful 64-page oversized graphic novelization of the movie filled with killer art by master illustrator Bernie Wrightson was published in July of 1982 by Plume. This unavailable gem has now attained the level of a prized collectible, with Near Mint copies fetching upwards of $200 on Ebay and at pop culture conventions. A new prestige re-issue of the out-of-print Creepshow comic is planned by the original publisher ...

Swamp Thing’s Co-creator Bernie Wrightson Retires Due To Poor Health

... first bout with health issues but due to recent complications, his ability to produce new art and attend conventions has come to a standstill. While they are still hoping for a recovery, at this time it isn’t something that will be quick. Here is what they had to say about the situation. Last November Bernie began falling again, and having obvious problems with perception. He had to undergo yet another brain surgery to relieve bleeding, and then spend several weeks undergoing in-patient rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it appears that he has lasting damage: he has extremely limited function on his left side, and is unable to walk or reliably use his left hand, among other limitations. Wrightson started off his career with ‘House of Mystery’ # 168 back in 1968. He later co-created Swamp Thing with writer Len Wein and popular ‘The Sandman’ recurring guest character Destiny with Marv Wolfman in 1972′s ‘Weird Mystery Tales’ #1. Later in his career, he worked on multiple Stephen King projects such as ‘Cycle of the Werewolf’, ‘The Stand’, and ...

Comic Original Art Draws Top Status At Heritage’s $6.3 Million Auction

... to do well as there are very few high-grade copies in existence. Spider-Man was followed by Frank Frazetta’s 1968 oil on canvas board painting, “Thor’s Flight,” which was published on the cover of the paperback edition of Thongor in the City of Magicians by Lin Carter. The third in the top trio was, Hup #4 — the complete four-page story original art (Last Gasp, 1992), by Underground Comix master Robert Crumb. Batman fans had much to choose from as a first edition of Batman sold for $143,400 (despite the 3.5 grade, which Sandoval said had more to do with technical issues than the book’s eye appeal) and a copy of Detective Comics #35, which went to $119,500. A small selection from the collection of the family of American cartoonist Richard Felton Outcault (1863–1928) — considered by historians as the father of the American comic strip — realized more than $100,000. Consigned from the Outcault Family Collection and filled with works that epitomize Sandoval’s comment on fresh material, many of the pieces had not been seen since the early 1900 s ...

6.3 Million Sold At Heritage’s First 2017 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction

... the landmark collection of American cartoonist Richard Felton Outcault - considered by historians as the father of the American comic strip - realized more than $100,000 led by a Buster Brown Sunday comic strip original art dated Oct. 29, 1916, which sold for $35,850. Additional highlights include, but are not limited to. Bill Watterson Calvin and Hobbes Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated April, 28, 1986 (Universal Press Syndicate, 1986): realized $71,700. Hit Comics #5 , Mile High Pedigree (Quality, 1940), CGC NM+ 9.6,: realized $59,750. Heritage Auctions is the largest fine art and collectibles auction house founded in the United States, and the world’s largest collectibles auctioneer. Heritage maintains offices in New York, Dallas, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Chicago, Palm Beach, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. The Internet’s most popular auction-house website, __link__ , has over one million registered bidder-members, and searchable free archives of four million past auction records with prices realized, descriptions and enlargeable photos. Reproduction rights routinely granted to media ...