Bernie Wrightson

Bernie "Berni" Wrightson (born October 27, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American artist known for his horror illustrations and comics.

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October 27 - 1948 - Baltimore, Maryland - USA - Artist - Horror - Illustration - Comics

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He received training in art from reading comics, especially those produced by EC as well as through a correspondence course.

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EC - Correspondence course

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Wrightson began working in 1966 for The Baltimore Sun as an illustrator. In 1967, after meeting artist Frank Frazetta in a comic convention in New York he was inspired to produce his own stories. In 1968 he showed copies of his sequential art to DC Comics editor Dick Giordano and was given a job. Wrightson began spelling his name "Berni" in his professional work to distinguish himself from an Olympic diver named Bernie Wrightson, but later restored the final E to his name.

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1966 - The Baltimore Sun - Illustrator - 1967 - Frank Frazetta - New York - 1968 - Sequential art - DC Comics - Dick Giordano - Olympic - Diver

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His first professional comic work appeared in House of Mystery #179 in 1968. He continued to work on a variety of mystery and anthology titles for both DC and their principal rival, Marvel Comics. In 1971 he co-created the massive muck creature Swamp Thing with writer Len Wein for DC.

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House of Mystery - Marvel Comics - 1971 - Swamp Thing - Len Wein

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By 1974 he had left DC to work at Warren where he produced a series of original horror work as well as adaptations of stories by H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. Though he continued to produce sequential art, he also began producing artwork for numerous posters, prints, calendars, and even coloring books. He produced the poster for the film Creepshow and album covers for a number of bands including Meatloaf. He has also contributed illustrations for writer Stephen King's werewolf story "Cycle of the Werewolf".

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1974 - Warren - H. P. Lovecraft - Edgar Allan Poe - Creepshow - Meatloaf - Stephen King - Cycle of the Werewolf

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Most recently, Wrightson contributed production designs for the Reavers in the 2005 film Serenity http://suicidegirls.com/words/Joss+Whedon/.

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Reavers - 2005 - Serenity

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