Sword & Sorcery at DC: The 1970s
Sword & Sorcery comics at DC Comics was a slow process. Marvel had struck gold with Conan the Barbarian in October 1970 but their main Read More
Tag: Berni Wrightson
The Strangest Northerns: Mike Kaluta’s Frankenstein
Mike Kaluta’s Frankenstein predates the much more famous version by Berni Wrightson. Kaluta and Wrightson were old friends from their “The Studio” days. Wrightson’s artwork Read More
Neal Adams and The House of Mystery Covers
The story of Neal Adams and The House of Mystery covers is an interesting interlude in a long history. The House of Mystery ran for Read More
The Barbarian and the Line
The Barbarian and the Line belong together. The heroic figure offers the fantastic artist such a pleasure of riches. I remember encountering such sketches for Read More
The Terrors of Egypt
The terrors of Egypt were created largely out of ignorance. With centuries passing before the decoding of hieroglyphics, we had plenty of time to come Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Ricardo Villamonte
Peruvian artist, Ricardo Villamonte was a member of the Spanish La Floresta studio. Like Berni Wrightson, Villamonte is best known for horror work for DC Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Franken-Style
Today Strangest Northerns gives you thrills Franken-style. The fact that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) ends in the Arctic with Victor chasing his terrible creation over Read More
The Bats of DC
Berni Wrightson’s cover for House of Mystery #195 (October 1971) got me to thinking how DC Comics made that swooping bat figure their own, and Read More
Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Comics
In a previous post, we looked at the Pulp illustrations of Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd & Gray Mouser. This time we will look at the comic Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Berni Wrightson (1948-2017)
Berni was one of the early comic book artists who produced pre-Conan the Barbarian work and helped to develop an audience for Sword & Sorcery Read More