![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It won't surprise anybody that the comic books he did enjoy were those filled with horror and sci-fi stories by EC Comics. He got interested in art at the age of 12, but has claimed that he wasn't an avid comic book reader as a child. His first name was shortened to Bernie, which he initially wrote as Berni to avoid confusion with the Olympic diver Bernie Wrightson (1944). He was born in 1948 as Bernard Albert Wrightson in Dundalk, Maryland. Later in his career, he has done design work for the movie industry. He is also known for his comic adaptations of classic horror stories and his collaborations with Stephen King. He has worked extensively for the horror and mystery titles of DC Comics, for which he created 'The Swamp Thing' (1971) with writer Len Wein. Where his artwork is clearly inspired by other horror staples like Frank Frazetta and Graham Ingels, his moody pages also breathe the atmosphere of writers like Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe. He is praised for his visual storytelling, absurd humor and for his complex and detailed drawing technique, which makes use of a lot of shadow work and shading. Nicknamed the "Master of the Macabre", he was at his best when drawing grotesque monsters, vampires, werewolves, cyclopses, mummy's and other eerie creatures. Bernie Wrightson was one of the best artists of horror comics, with a career spanning from the mid-1960s through the mid-2010s. ![]()
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