The Richard Corben Artist Edition?! Where? How? A Must See!

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@thomasschmidt7649 2 жыл бұрын

My entire life I have been baffled by Corben's work. NOTHING looks like Corben. It looks like he was taking photographs in some alternate comic book universe. The incredible lighting and shading of his creatures, characters and environments just never made sense in the best kind of way. Sorcery! Amazing stuff, thanks for sharing.

@anthonyforg6867 2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the original Den short film or comic, the earth character IS him! (Played by him)

@vincentimbesi3947 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought the same thing. His art looked like a peak into a whole new special world.

@erikcjones 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I've ever been angrier knowing I can't find a book.

@michaelbrent4965 2 жыл бұрын

One of the things Corben did that most artists avoided was using hard edges for cast shadows. Many artists, especially in comics, avoid them because they can be confusing and detract from clarity. But he had the massive skills and highly developed imagination to use them as powerful design elements and modify them the way he wanted. Using them in the highly creative way he did (with that sort of claymation aesthetic he always had) created that better-than-photoreal effect he was the master of. He also made clay models of some character heads and had a collection of little animal skulls, and would set up his light and draw directly from them for lighting and perspective etc. I'm sure like me most of the viewers (and all you Kayfabe guys) got your info the same way I did on his techniques-we learned nothing about how he worked until the Richard Corben Art Book came out, when it said only that he used airbrushes, and in particular the Paasche AB turbine. I know I'm not the only one who ran out and bought airbrushes and learned to cut friskets, and how to assemble and use that annoyingly complicated and noisy turbine airbrush! And it wasn't for another deacade or two till we learned he hardly ever actually used airbrushes-his black and white work was mostly some combination of ink, pencil and charcoal, and his color work was mostly oil paint. No wonder I could never get those kind of effects in airbrush! But I was getting them in pencil. I learned all I know about shading and lighting (and a lot more ) from Corben and Frazetta. And most of it intuitively, just from absorbing so much of their work. It was many more years before I would learn the names for things like hard / soft / lost edges, shadow mapping (grouping them all into masses and outlining them) and all the rest. I just learned it by trying to draw like them.

@carminedawg9506 2 жыл бұрын

This was worth the money it cost me when I grabbed it up ! They need to make more Corben stuff available to regular fans

@Wavycave 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for featuring this book! I’m a Corben fan and Corben collector but I’m also a working class father of two and I can’t afford to buy a set of these volumes for myself at the price they go for. Seeing those pages was an incredible experience. THANK YOU.

@michaelbrent4965 2 жыл бұрын

Not that you'd be able to find a copy no matter how much money you had... I know, I've been searching. I suppose it's my new Holy Grail.

@russworks2882 2 жыл бұрын

Turns out that as incredible as we knew Corben's art is, it's even better. When he was selling his originals, often the media listed were Sharpie and gray pencil. (The former has got to be why some of the originals cloud up around solid black areas.) I've also seen later pictures of him working with a Micron. The medium was not the reason he was so good; he probably could've drawn masterworks with charcoal briquettes.

@gabrielcomic 2 жыл бұрын

They should re print this one, I was lucky enough to grab a copy (only €100) and to travel to Angouleme and enjoy the exhibition in his honor, Great video!!!!

@HalfassDIY 2 жыл бұрын

I remember reading his Christmas story in Creepy when I was a kid. Blew my mind that art could look that good.

@joeanderson9045 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thank you guys for showcasing this book. I looked on Ebay and there is one copy for almost $4K! Incredible. The first time I remember encountering Corben's artwork was in Garth Ennis' Punisher: The End and I was pleased to see that they included 2 pages of that story in this book. The man was unlike ANY other artist out there and I feel that people just do not talk about him enough.

@BobCorby 2 жыл бұрын

Corben would do separate overlays for colors. The one you were looking at was the background vs the final with all the layers.

@Gootie29 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Big thanks to Chris and Ed and Jim for this one!

@pleasedont3749 2 жыл бұрын

To answer the question that you had concerning the Blackthorne Twisted Tales illustrations, they are from the prose novel that Bruce Jones wrote 1987. RC did several pieces for the book.

@danelsen1278 2 жыл бұрын

That was a real treat to see, my all time favorite artist in its original unaltered glory. Thank you for bringing this in Chris. And Jim & Ed, I second the notion to make a Corben playlist. Here would be some good additions to cover in the future: Bloodstar (for old school Corb) and House on the Borderlands (for epic late period work). But ANY chance to look at Corben is a good time!

@johnreskusich2324 Жыл бұрын

Insane. Beautiful books. Thank you for sharing them.

@dopecomics 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing this thing in full!

@pretorious700 2 жыл бұрын

Corben and Wally Wood captured the female form like no one else, but not even like each other.

@vincentimbesi3947 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This was so amazing to see! I’ve always been a fan of Corben and this book is a great presentation of his art. Thank you for posting this.

@andyburk8771 2 жыл бұрын

I wanna say Brad Balfour was the HM interviewer. I remember the Issues and the rebuttal from RC...it was great!

@Therealmrmeow 2 жыл бұрын

Great end to the weekend!

@davidalicea3203 2 жыл бұрын

where is this place you all speak of I must go make my pilgrimage!!

@flexorlamonticus 2 жыл бұрын

We pause it. We watch it multiple times. And we pause it each time. Thanks!!!!

@allthingsdarrelld Жыл бұрын

Corben is my all time favorite! No one even comes close to his genius. And holy crap, Ed Piskor who'd Hip Hop Family Tree??!!!! WOW!!!!

@scottjoyner9267 2 жыл бұрын

wow, what an absolute treat for the eyes.

@billyhaney5117 Жыл бұрын

You guys are on the right track with Blackthorne Comics. Blackthorne was established in 1985 by Steve Schanes and his wife Ann Fera, both formerly associated with Pacific Comics which had gone out of business in 1984. They did well financially until 1989 when they paid a big ass licensing fee to adapt Michael Jackson's MOONWALKER movie to comics. The comic flopped and they lost a lot of money from which they never recovered. By 1990 they folded the tent.

@lobbymccawker2083 2 жыл бұрын

Wow two gorgeous books. Shame they didn't get a proper release via Previews.

@andyburk8771 2 жыл бұрын

Corben was a genius. So cool you pointed out the same panel from Rowlf that was in that old how to cartoon book. The very same image was where I discovered Corben...Cool.

@TheAstrojoe62 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I had that book and discovered him in its pages.

@goonishlurker 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your analysis on these videos. I love this era of art in Eerie, Creepy and Vampirella. The early Heavy Metals. I have to be honest I REALLY didn't discover Corben until the last few years.

@etiennelecomte9068 2 жыл бұрын

That was amazing, I paused it so many times just to appreciate the art

@MoonGluedStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing these… as far as Corben using himself as reference, check out Punisher The End because it’s basically Corb casting himself as elderly Frank Castle

@kirtburdick 2 жыл бұрын

This was great! Thanks for showing this.

@davidedeidda98 2 жыл бұрын

Will you make a video for the catalogue too? It will be awesome, especially since these books are mowhere to be found. Thank you for all the content you bring us everyday here. One of the, if not THE, best channel about comics on all KZbin. My regards for all your awesome work too. Cheers from Sardinia.

@adriananthony602 2 жыл бұрын

The grey scale on the 50ftwoman looks like gauche or even pastels. It has the same effect as Gaimen and Mckean’s Violent cases.

@jacobbornowsky4013 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible if I was looking for corbens first published art and illustration work where should I look??

@russworks2882 2 жыл бұрын

First comics I know of is "Monsters Rule" that originally appeared in the fanzine Voice of Comicdom, just prior to Rowlf. It was reprinted in the underground comics version of Weirdom . Another really early piece was Tales of the Plague that was reprinted in ugs and in an 80's album reprint. The early breakout has gotta be Rowlf, which was in Undergrounds, Heavy Metal and Catalan collections. It still looks brilliant.

@pleasedont3749 2 жыл бұрын

"Tales from the Plague" is a fine plae to start.

@Aaltomuoto 2 жыл бұрын

His first published story is Tales from the Plague I think, but he probably had some illustrations published in fanzines before that.

@markheyliger533 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid, watched it straight through when I saw it was Corben

@jennysoapdish4502 11 ай бұрын

Ya'll need to talk to Jose Villarrubia RE: Corben.

@felipesepulvedasalinas6648 2 жыл бұрын

Since I Saw Den in heavy metal movie, my life change

@apexcomix3200 2 жыл бұрын

The publisher needs to reprint more Corben material. Great video, Guys!

@bigstefan 2 жыл бұрын

Jeeeeeez! a devotional artifact right there. truly inspiring. i want. (BTW, I reckon the media used for the giant woman could be gouache)

@matthewbrookeart 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work seeing all your videos on Corben has really made me a fan i didint know his work much before! Have you guys looked at don lawrence’s comics? He did a comic called storm and one called the trigan empire all painted stuff really incredible