Bernie Wrightsons Frankenstein

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Marvel Graphic Novel #22 ( Spider-Man: "Hooky"); #29 (The Hulk and the Thing: "The Big Change") (1986–1987) The " Captain Sternn" segment of the animated film Heavy Metal is based on a character created by Wrightson (first appearing in the June 1980 issue of Heavy Metal magazine). [25] The Freakshow graphic novel, written by Bruce Jones and illustrated (via pen, brush, and ink with watercolors) by Wrightson, was published in Spain in 1982 and serialized in Heavy Metal magazine in the early 1980s. [14] Beahm, George (2015). The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror. New York City: Thomas Dunne Books. p.183. ISBN 978-1-250-05412-8.

a b Cooke, Jon B. (Summer 1999). "Like a Bat Out of Hell Chatting with Bernie Wrightson, DC's Monster Maker". Comic Book Artist. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (5). Archived from the original on February 18, 2010. A large proportion of one of my PhD chapters is about this novel. I'm discussing the idea of the vegetable diet along with purity and becoming our natural selves. And I'm also considering notions of animal rights, of the idea that man is very much an animal too and he has lost this sense of original self. Frankenstein at its very core is a novel about duality, of our capability to be both good and evil and to be both human and animal.

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During production on the 1984 film Ghostbusters, Wrightson was among the artists hired by associate producer Michael C. Gross to provide concept art envisioning the ghosts and other psychic phenomena encountered by that film's characters. [24] The artwork he contributed included images of the "escapees" from the Ghostbusters' electrically-powered ghost storage facility, which run amok after the facility's electricity is turned off. [28] Wrightson in 2012

The Romantic myth of the individual was selfish nonsense, and in Frankenstein, Shelley let everyone know. In his pursuit to understand electricity and gain mastery over human life, Victor cuts himself off from others to create the Creature, then refuses to fulfill a parental role for the Creature, all leading to his destruction. Walton, likewise, abandons society and risks the lives of his crew to search for Paradise. To put all of this another way: progress, creation, and scientific advancement mean nothing without compassion and community. Then again, maybe Wrightson’s final Frankenstein illustration, of the Creature standing alone on an ice floe “borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance” says as much all on its own. Creature on an ice floe Ringgenberg, Steven (March 21, 2017). "Bernie Wrightson, 1948-2017". The Comics Journal. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017 . Retrieved March 21, 2017. Inkpot Award Winners". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012.

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Shelley, Mary. 1831. Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. Illustrated by Théodor Matthias von Holst and William Chevalier. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley.

In 1968, he drew his first professional comic book story, "The Man Who Murdered Himself", which appeared in House of Mystery #179 ( cover-dated March–April 1969). [9] He continued to work on a variety of mystery and anthology titles for both DC and, a few years later, its principal rival, Marvel Comics. It was for Marvel's Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows titles where he was first encouraged to slightly simplify his intricate pen-and-ink drawing, and where his lush brushwork, a hallmark of his comics inking in the 1970s, was first evidenced. [10] Perhaps the finest recognition Wrightson received was the almost universal adulation he received from his fans for his kind and generous nature to many people over the years. The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Awards". HPLFilmFestival.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013 . Retrieved May 9, 2013. urn:lcp:berniewrightsons0000shel:epub:8bb3285a-7cf9-4227-95d9-0cd7229a26a3 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier berniewrightsons0000shel Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3tv2m078 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0887331939Like many artists in the 1970s and 1980s, Wrightson moved to New York in hopes of finding work with comics publishers. At one point Wrightson lived in the same Queens apartment building as artists Allen Milgrom, Howard Chaykin and Walter Simonson. Simonson recalls, "We'd get together at 3 a.m. They'd come up and we'd have popcorn and sit around and talk about whatever a 26, 27 and 20-year-old guys talk about. Our art, TV, you name it. I pretty much knew at the time, 'These are the good ole days.'" [11] Swamp Thing [ edit ] Swamp Thing #1 panel, original ink art by Wrightson He was awarded the Inkwell Award Special Recognition Award in 2015 for his 45-plus years of work, including co-creating DC Comic's Swamp Thing and Frankenstein. In 2021, Wrightson was inducted into the Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame. [1] [2] [3]