Bernie Wrightson, The Master of Horror, Artifact Edition. Super Inspiring Visuals!

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[@danprice139]

I got to spend a lot of time with Bernie during his time living in Austin. What a kind and encouraging gentleman. He will always be missed. RIP.

[@jcandram]

He was living in an apartment in Burbank , CA near the all the movies studios. A friend of mine who was working in comics knew him said he was very cool guy. He offered to have me go with to meet him. I was to nervous to go to his place but wish I did.

[@uuuhyeah7859]

RE: the Louise Simonson/Jeffrey Catherine Jones connection - They were married.

[@NailsOeltjen]

How much do we think Sam Kieth and Kelley Jones were inspired by Wrightson?

[@TheHistrionics]

I feel lucky to have gotten a copy of the second printing last year before it became even harder to find. I believe both editions are out of print now. In 2017 I saw full size original pages of Wrightson's Frankenstein artworks at the Guillermo Del Toro exhibit and the experience was life-altering. So much is lost when those panels are reduced to book size, but the originals really are monumental and show a kind of intensely mad artistic commitment to line drawing and creating forms and light and shadow with just simple pen work. There is a classical history of such line drawing that Wrightson drew from, but there really isn't another comic artist who has matched his crazy ability to create so much with such deliberately controlled and determined line work. These large art/artist/artifact editions books are the best medium for appreciating Wrightson's work - almost as if they were made for him - and I'd like to see more of his stuff commemorated in this format. Yes, Wrightson's Frankenstein truly does need to make its way to a large format publication because those panels deserve the glorious 1:1 scale treatment.

[@StraightEdgeJoe860]

I really hope the Frankenstein Artists Edition is going to happen, IDW teased it like 5 years ago

[@andyburk8771]

The king of Gothic Noir! Best brushlines ever.

[@cluepac]

I got to meet Bernie Wrightson at a Motor City Comic Con and he was so kind as to draw in my sketchbook, which was lost a couple months later 😥

[@haviksan]

I love this book. Its a must have for any Wrightson fan.

[@stevena488]

What I love about Wrightson is that he's the logical next step from Jack Davis' EC Horror stuff. There's an element of cartoon in Wrightsons artwork and that's NOT a detriment whatsoever because he has the same amount of mood as guys like Corben and the rest of the Warren/EC horror artists. In fact, I see a lot of similarities (Wrightson even did some underground work with Vaughn Bode which is some of my favourite stuff he ever did) and MAN is Jennifer still one of thr creepiest horror comics ever made

[@ta5777]

I see many similarities with Graham Ingells

[@PeterPalmiotti]

Fantastic work. No one beats the master, Bernie Wrightson!

[@hotchkissart]

I was talking with Bernie at a con years ago where he told me he developed carpel tunnel syndrome from holding his pen so tightly for so long he had to switch hands for a while when pencilling and inking...WOW! No One did Goth Horror like he did!

[@darioscomicschool1111]

26:22 How he made the moon bigger....great choice...gosh, what a great...Cover!

[@wearcleandraws]

wiki to th rescue: In 1964 while attending Georgia State College, Jones met fellow student Mary Louise Alexander (later notable as writer Louise Simonson). The two began dating and were married in 1966. Their daughter Julianna was born the following year. After graduation, the couple moved to New York City but divorced in the early 1970s.[4]

[@reprintranch]

There's a Wrightson interview in the magazine The Comic Artist issues 4 and 5, which you can access online, free of charge. The Issue 5 material starts off with Wrightson describing his childhood exposure to EC horror comics, and he mentions that he owned a copy of The Haunt of Fear issue 27 -- the next-to-last ish -- that he read obsessively for a year. I just skimmed through a reprint of that comic -- it contains one of the most disturbing Graham Ingels stories, "About Face," and one of my all-time favorite EC terror-tales, Reed Crandall's "Swamped!" (Also excellent work from George Evans and Jack Kamen on two less-notable stories.) I submit to you that the fantasmagorical artwork and events on the final page of "Swamped!" may have helped shape Berni's fondness for amorphous, gelatinous, obscene-travesty-of-life type monsters. In case any of y'all reading this comment are not familiar with "Swamped!" I am not gonna say anything further. :)

[@gonzomike100]

Wrightson's main DC editor was Joe Orlando, a former EC artist. Wrightson credits Orlando with having taught him a lot about drawing horror.

[@TheBump45]

Think this is the best artist edition I’ve seen. Thanks lads

[@hairpat7]

Thanks for this. I bought this book ages ago and now I can see it again with new eyes.

[@billyhaney5117]

In 1964 while attending Georgia State College, Louise met fellow student Jeffrey Jones. The two began dating and were married in 1966. Their daughter Julianna was born the following year. After graduation, the couple moved to New York City. Louise modeled for artist Bernie Wrightson's cover of DC Comics' House of Secrets #92 (June-July 1971)

[@TheJMuise87]

Wrightson and Windsor-Smith do work that I just can't comprehend and absolutely love. Magicians with pen and ink

[@keng.2468]

Wrightson was my biggest influence getting into art!

[@BigBennKlingon]

Wrightson Swamp Thing was the first comic I ever collected. I got them when DC reprinted the series in the late 70s

[@erikcjones]

The Swamp Thing with a dog piece at the end was done for Steve Niles to raise money for Steve's dog needing surgery I believe. I want to say that's Steve's dog in the piece.

[@dwaynemuth8775]

Yet another great video,guys! I met Bernie a couple times over the years! Have a nice ink pen skull and tombstone doodle and a sharpie Batman head shot that someone never came back for! Love that Werewolf in Swamp Thing 3 ,stands on hind legs! Got that one without a cover n I was in! Bernie besides the Shadow dc house ad also inked Mike Kaluta on Shadow no.3! Love your pics for stuff to look at! Never dull! Shout to Tom’s Kirby book, I’ve a big King library and this is a great addition! Also, FF Grand Design! Thanks!

[@toddevangelista]

In the radio series, the Shadow had the power to cloud men's minds to become invisible. However, in the pulps he used his large cloak to create camouflage to hide or avoid bullets. Thus, the Shadow's large nose is part of his disguise to fool anyone who got close enough to see his face. It is first depicted in the early pulp issue covers.

[@syellin]

Such an overlooked artist by many of today’s industry. I have an Original copy of his Frankenstein that I found in a comic shop in upstate NY when I was in college in the early 90’s. I knew nothing about Wrightson at the time but I gladly spent what few bucks I had on me to get that book -lol.

[@odysseusjones8531]

When I saw Swamp Thing being crucified @7:14, it immediately brought to mind Savage Sword 5 where Conan is crucified. I looked up the dates and it seems Bernie did this in '73 (well, late '72. Swamp Thing 2 was published in Jan '73), where Big John and Boris Vallejo did the similar images in '75. Don't know if he influenced them or not, but I wouldn't be surprised.

[@1971thedoctor]

Love these artists editions from IDW, Wrightson is a great choice , I have Jack Kirby’s New Gods, Forever People, and Kirby’s marvel Heroes and Monsters . Love all these.

[@Bb186fo]

Love copacetic comics! Couldn't find the "Ditko Unleashed" book ANYWHERE. I had never been there before but found it online, called and he immedialty knew what book I was asking about, and had it! Flew down and scooped it up, I still haven't seen it come through another shop. One of the best comic art books I own, and such an awesome shop! Great videos as usual guys! Become a routine of mine to wake up, get some food and watch the new Kayfabe vid!

[@hcanderson3787]

Phenomenal episode, many thanks for profiling this incredible artist.

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Wow! Wrightson's artwork looks so incredible, especially in monochrome!

[@chesoeldibujante2249]

Genius!

[@anthonywhited6692]

Berni illustrated Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King! Too cool.

[@russworks2882]

I'm sure others will clarify this, or maybe I heard you incorrectly, but Weezie was married to Jeffrey Jones and they had a kid. He becomes Jeffrey Catherine Jones later in his life. Jones helps out in the art of that issue #9 with the alien in the spacesuit (looks like a Jones design to me) and, like the Fleagles, they all worked on each others' jobs when deadlines loomed.

[@mikerohlfs2836]

I know this is off topic, but how the fuck did you get your hands on duo-shade board? I know they quit making it,is there any thing besides a computer that replaces it. Tell you a funny story, I've been drawing for 35 years, and I didn't know that it even existed until I got a Tim Bradstreet art book..it broke my fucking heart, I thought he drew every line..I have tried to emulate that lone work over half my life....i was heart broken...and incredibly stupid.

[@mergopetrichor199]

Great video! Heading to the Halloween playlist now!

[@harleybrignall9034]

It's strange thinking about how incredibly detailed and realistic this and then you see Captain Stern in the 80's. But still you can very much tell it's still very much Wrightson

[@chriscassier4064]

That was fantastic. Wrightson is in my top 5!

[@jayconant3816]

You guys gonna pick up that artist edition Bernie frankenstein when it comes out?

[@AndrewBuckleBookReviews]

If it becomes available, will try and pick it up. Certain it will be amazing

[@bckomix]

What a treat, this was my gateway to artist's editions.

[@drawrobot]

Color would just ruin what was going on in. a Wrightson page. I met him at a Chicagocon back in the day. He was tucked away and sadly nobody was at his table. Me being the awkward fanboy couldn’t launch into a chat with him.

[@benjenkins819]

Just like Tom, I thought Bernie Wrightson was an old guy. I actually thought he was one of the great old men for a long time. I was shocked when I found out he was born after WWII!

[@seanvolk4202]

He could put some serious exquisiteness in each panel

[@flux928]

Glad I snagged this for $92 free shipping, no tax from Instock trades when it dropped. The rare version with the House Of Secrets cover only came from IDW. I got the last copy from them at retail.

[@MarkBloodworthIllustration]

Louise Jones was the spouse of Jeffrey Catherine Jones. Married in '66, divorced in the early '70s.

[@hugogiraudjr.8457]

Weezie was married to Jeffrey Catherine Jones, not sibling. Great Artisan edition guys!

[@billcrabtree8700]

Pretty sure Frazetta is the originator of the x-shaped crucifix image.

[@JeffWalshPhotography]

Joe Quesada def took a lot of notes from Wrightson

[@DamienDrgv]

Hello! Where can i fond this masterpiece ? Any idea?

[@toyotter]

Wikipedia tells me that Louise was married to Jeffrey Jones, not siblings (which I didn't know!)

[@clintludwick4209]

Jeff Jones and Louise Simonson were married at onetime.

[@Homeschoolsw6]

rad

[@awigodski]

Weezie was married to Jeffrey Catherine Jones.

[@andersbrnserud6692]

Wow! You just don't want any colors on theses pages!