5/11/2023 0 Comments Wrightson a look backIn 1968, he showed copies of his sequential art to DC Comics editor Dick Giordano and was given a freelance assignment. The following year, after meeting artist Frank Frazetta at a comic-book convention in New York City, he was inspired to produce his own stories. In 1966, Wrightson began working for The Baltimore Sun newspaper as an illustrator. 15, 1965", on page 33 of Warren Publishing's Creepy #9 (cover-dated June 1966). He published a piece of fan art, containing a headstone bearing the inscription "Berni Wrightson, Dec. His artistic influences were Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Al Dorne, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis and Howard Pyle. He received training in art from watching Jon Gnagy on television, reading comics, particularly those of EC, as well as through a correspondence course from the Famous Artists School. Wrightson was born October 27, 1948, in Dundalk, Maryland. Bernard Albert Wrightson, sometimes credited as Bernie Wrightson, was an American artist, known for co-creating the Swamp Thing, his adaptation of the novel Frankenstein illustration work, and for his other horror comics and illustrations, which feature his trademark intricate pen and brushwork.
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