![]() ![]() ![]() While he continued to work at Marvel in the 1970’s, Wrightson also dived into scary tales for Warren Publishing’s black-and-white magazines. As a freelancer, he also picked up work around this same time with Marvel, producing covers for their horror anthologies, as well as providing illustration for sword and sorcery characters like Conan and King Kull. His lush illustrative style stood out from other artists at the time, and through the encouragement of those professionals around him and by readers who began to notice his work, he swiftly became known for top run horror stories. While at DC, Wrightson joined with writer Len Wein in 1971 to co-create one of his signature characters, Swamp Thing. ![]() The Maryland native impressed influential editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics and received his first professional assignment on, what else, a horror story. The passing of artist Bernie Wrightson marks the end of an era in comics history, and Marvel Comics today makes note of his individualistic style and overall impact on the industry and his fans.Īfter a steady diet of the infamous EC company’s horror comics and his own first forays into fan art and newspaper illustration, Wrightson became part of the historically important influx of fans into the comics business in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. ![]()
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