Wrightson, Bernie - HOUSE OF SECRETS #92 Color Guide
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Bernie Wrightson colors; page 1; 1971; image size 7.25" x 10"
Swamp Thing page 1!
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Bernie Wrightson colors; page 1; 1971; image size 7.25" x 10"
Swamp Thing page 1!
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Bernie Wrightson colors; page 1; 1971; image size 7.25" x 10"
Swamp Thing page 1!Check out this incredibly historic 1971 DC Hand Painted Color Guide to the very first page, from the very first appearance of...THE SWAMP THING, Drawn By Bernie Wrightson Himself! Bernie Wrightson Signed the back of this art, which was painted on 7.25 by 10 inch thick hard construction board. Compare this painted art to the published House Of Secrets #92 comic book SPLASH! Published panel pages from this story have sold for 75-80 thousand dollars each not long ago, and the penciled and inked splash for this page is probably worth over $250,000! So why not get the next closest art to that splash...which again was painted by Wrightson himself! Watercolor over black and white copy, mounted to illustration board. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Wrightson on the reverse.
Artist Information
Starting out as an amateur, a meeting with Frank Frazetta at a comic convention in 1967 inspired Bernie Wrightson to pursue his dream of becoming a comic book artist, he began working for DC after contributing work samples to Dick Giordano, in the Silver Age he would illustrate short stories in horror anthologies, in one of those tales he invented the Swamp Thing, who would be granted his own title, which Bernie drew the first ten issues of, then he moved over to Warren, known for their macabre content, and grew his fan base, at one point he was living in the same building as Al Milgrom, Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson. He left comics to form an artist's collective known as 'The Studio' where he would concentrate on posters and lithographs, portfolios and the like, his adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is commonly regarded as his finest achievement. His pen and ink and brush work on this black and white collection is elegant and emotionally resonant. He also collaborated with Stephen King on adapting his work like Creepshow. In later years he did spot work on comics, while continuing his poster work, notably illustrating the popular Batman: The Cult series. He passed away in 2017 after a long battle with brain cancer.
Bernie Wrightson colors; page 1; 1971; image size 7.25" x 10"
Swamp Thing page 1!Check out this incredibly historic 1971 DC Hand Painted Color Guide to the very first page, from the very first appearance of...THE SWAMP THING, Drawn By Bernie Wrightson Himself! Bernie Wrightson Signed the back of this art, which was painted on 7.25 by 10 inch thick hard construction board. Compare this painted art to the published House Of Secrets #92 comic book SPLASH! Published panel pages from this story have sold for 75-80 thousand dollars each not long ago, and the penciled and inked splash for this page is probably worth over $250,000! So why not get the next closest art to that splash...which again was painted by Wrightson himself! Watercolor over black and white copy, mounted to illustration board. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Wrightson on the reverse.
Artist Information
Starting out as an amateur, a meeting with Frank Frazetta at a comic convention in 1967 inspired Bernie Wrightson to pursue his dream of becoming a comic book artist, he began working for DC after contributing work samples to Dick Giordano, in the Silver Age he would illustrate short stories in horror anthologies, in one of those tales he invented the Swamp Thing, who would be granted his own title, which Bernie drew the first ten issues of, then he moved over to Warren, known for their macabre content, and grew his fan base, at one point he was living in the same building as Al Milgrom, Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson. He left comics to form an artist's collective known as 'The Studio' where he would concentrate on posters and lithographs, portfolios and the like, his adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is commonly regarded as his finest achievement. His pen and ink and brush work on this black and white collection is elegant and emotionally resonant. He also collaborated with Stephen King on adapting his work like Creepshow. In later years he did spot work on comics, while continuing his poster work, notably illustrating the popular Batman: The Cult series. He passed away in 2017 after a long battle with brain cancer.