Artist Spotlight - Gray Morrow

[@BlueElectricBunny]

one of my faves

[@laserduchamp8071]

Love your Artist Spotlight videos... thanks

[@etanick1]

thank you!

[@warnerg80]

Man his work on the western books is amazing. Can't wait to see the next video of his work

[@etanick1]

the next video will be the Savage Tales #1 spotlight.....next week :) that magazine is worth a video by itself.

[@cordellsenior9935]

Gray Morrow always popped up sporadically in DC and Marvel comics throughout my comic-buying habit from the 60s - 2000s. He was an overlooked modern master with a cinematic style all his own, across all genres. A classic illustrator of the highest order. I always forget to mention him in my list of favorites, but he was definitely one. He was the "anti-Kirby" in terms of style. He was a precursor to the great Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.

[@shawneci]

i definately noticed a huge step up in quality and modernity with Morrow's work - great use of space on the page - maybe a better artist than Infantino - who are the other artists you think are on his level?

[@cordellsenior9935]

He's top shelf all around, but when it comes to illustrating science fiction/fantasy, space opera art, he's a Hall of Famer like Alex Raymond, Al Williamson, Wally Wood, Alex Toth, and the equally unsung Lee Weeks (who really belongs on my Next Generation list, but he's so good he's among those greats). Carmine was great, but the next level down. @@shawneci

[@forgerelli1]

Very under appreciated artist. I have almost nothing with his art in it so this was a real treat. Especially the Witching Hour book. I had to pause on that last panel. Great stuff.

[@etanick1]

I am glad you enjoyed his arts in the video...a hidden gem and under appreciated artist for sure.

[@SAPOINSATTE]

RIP Gray. Ft.Wayne friend.

[@sleepyreader666]

Very nice stuff! I think I've only ever seen three comics by Morrow, including that Man Thing. I did not know he did Westerns. I really like a book he did called The Illustrated Roger Zelazny, which is comic adaptations of short stories by that Sci Fi author. I used to also love his sci fi cover paintings.

[@etanick1]

after you mentioned it, I had to google Roger Zelazny :) and found his works there! thanks.

[@gordonmanley9377]

Nice work by Gray on the cover of Monsters Unleashed # 1!

[@bshays21]

I have an X-Men Morlock Madness small children's book that I got from the Dollar General or Dollar Tree somewhere like that lol;p It is illustrated by Gray Morrow and it's AMAZING!!! Def worth the 50 cents I paid for it 10 years ago. It has such good art in it for years I've wondered how it could be such good workmanship. Props to you Gray, because your art stands out WAY a lot in a good way compared to the other 5 X-Men children's books I bought that day :)

[@eric106071]

thank you thank you thank you for doing these videos. love your descriptions and analysis. these videos help me find great artists!!

[@etanick1]

you are welcome! plenty of awesome artists in this medium that are not well known.

[@johnplatt3704]

If you are a fan of Science Fiction, Morrow, along with Wally Wood. Dan Adkins, Ralph Reese and (at the very end of Pohl's run) Vaughan Bode did illustrations for Fred Pohl's Galaxy Magazine. Among other stories he illustrated was Gordon R. Dickson's Hugo-winning novellette Soldier Ask Not which are classic drawing's. Morrow also did covers for Ace Books when Don Wollheim ran it back in the sixties. They show that he could sometimes do amazing things with color - his The Dark World by Henry Kuttner and his early Philip Jose Farmer World of Tiers covers are definitely worth looking at.

[@jeremycline9542]

funny how things work out... last night I was introduced to the Diablo character through Justice League Unlimited season two AND I read Black Hood #1 from 1983 (?) gorgeous artwork...he seems like Dick Giordano in that he is an illustrator who can't necessarily put across the action scenes but I love what I've seen so far

[@jeremycline9542]

btw it's funny that you say his drawings look so real I guess back in the day he was accused of ''cribbing'' from photos, etc., but I think it was common practice among guys who started in illustration and comic strips. I'm pretty sure Wilson McCoy when he was doing the Phantom would have ppl pose for him and act out the story.

[@etanick1]

no doubt, we can tell that many artists of decades ago as well as today use photo references...heck it is probably worse today with the ease of computers...LOL

[@jeremycline9542]

very true but evidently in his day Morrow even went to court to protect his reputation...''cribbing'' or not I really admire his work & I hope someday you have a chance to read the 80's Black Hood from Red Circle/Archie