Smith, Barry Windsor - MACHINE MAN 1984-85 #1 Interior Page
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Herb Trimpe Breakdowns/Barry Windsor-Smith finishes; page 11; 1984; image size 10" x 15"
Tom DeFalco Collection
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Herb Trimpe Breakdowns/Barry Windsor-Smith finishes; page 11; 1984; image size 10" x 15"
Tom DeFalco Collection
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Herb Trimpe Breakdowns/Barry Windsor-Smith finishes; page 11; 1984; image size 10" x 15"
Tom DeFalco CollectionWindsor-Smith's mastery of pen and ink is on full display in this page, packed to the gills with detail and nuance. Smith, working over layouts from Trimpe provided some of the best work of his distinguished career on this title, letting the full range of his talents come to the forefront. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition, several of the logo's in panel 4 are paste-ups.
From The Tom DeFalco collection.
Artists Information
Herb Trimpe was an American comics artist and occasional writer, best known as the seminal 1970s artist on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of the X-Men. During his career he would draw nearly every character in the Marvel stable, and a few that weren't including memorable work he provided for Marvel's 1980's licensed titles for Godzilla, Shogun Warriors and The Transformers.
Smith rose to prominence thanks to his incredibly detailed and beautiful work on Marvels' Conan the Barbarian, which employed an approach that had never been seen in comics before. The artist worked on several titles at Marvel in the Silver Age before launching his own pin-up publishing house Gorblimey Press, which he used to release impressive lithos to his fan base. Working through the decades, Smith became more and more disillusioned about the comic industry and its unfair treatment of artists, so he slowly started to withdraw from the business. Occasionally popping up with the odd series of graphic novel. Smith is commonly recognized as one of the great artists in the history of comics. He once created a fictional comic book for Oliver Stone's movie "The Hand" which was based on Conan, and Michael Caine played the lead, a character that was a comic book artist that bore a striking resemblance to Smith.
Herb Trimpe Breakdowns/Barry Windsor-Smith finishes; page 11; 1984; image size 10" x 15"
Tom DeFalco CollectionWindsor-Smith's mastery of pen and ink is on full display in this page, packed to the gills with detail and nuance. Smith, working over layouts from Trimpe provided some of the best work of his distinguished career on this title, letting the full range of his talents come to the forefront. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition, several of the logo's in panel 4 are paste-ups.
From The Tom DeFalco collection.
Artists Information
Herb Trimpe was an American comics artist and occasional writer, best known as the seminal 1970s artist on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of the X-Men. During his career he would draw nearly every character in the Marvel stable, and a few that weren't including memorable work he provided for Marvel's 1980's licensed titles for Godzilla, Shogun Warriors and The Transformers.
Smith rose to prominence thanks to his incredibly detailed and beautiful work on Marvels' Conan the Barbarian, which employed an approach that had never been seen in comics before. The artist worked on several titles at Marvel in the Silver Age before launching his own pin-up publishing house Gorblimey Press, which he used to release impressive lithos to his fan base. Working through the decades, Smith became more and more disillusioned about the comic industry and its unfair treatment of artists, so he slowly started to withdraw from the business. Occasionally popping up with the odd series of graphic novel. Smith is commonly recognized as one of the great artists in the history of comics. He once created a fictional comic book for Oliver Stone's movie "The Hand" which was based on Conan, and Michael Caine played the lead, a character that was a comic book artist that bore a striking resemblance to Smith.