Wrightson worked briefly for Marvel: the bulk of his comics work, however, was done for DC in the early to mid-’70s, and it was there that he scored his greatest popular success in comics with Swamp Thing. While working in color comics, Wrightson also worked briefly for Web of Horror, a black-and-white Creepy imitation that lasted three issues and also featured the work of Jeff Jones, Michael Kaluta, and Ralph Reese. From there, he went on to revitalize DC’s mystery titles, bringing to them his zest for all things gruesome and ghoulish during this period, his style became increasingly lush and sophisticated. It wasn’t just what Wrightson drew that made his work so striking, but the attitudes behind his work.Īfter an apprenticeship as an editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun (and a fanzine illustrator for such publications as Squa Tront, Amra, Heritage, and others too numerous to mention), Wrightson graduated to the professional comics, drawing two issues of Nightmaster for DC’s Showcase. 3 (Feb.-March 1973).From the TCJ Archives The Berni Wrightson Interviewįrom The Comics Journal #76 (October 1982)īerni Wrightson, famous for his graphic portraits of rotting zombies, slavering werewolves, maniacal axe-murderers, and drooling witches (as well as the odd dinosaur or sword-wielding barbarian), is possibly the most popular artist to emerge from comics’ short-lived artistic renaissance of the late 1960s one might say that he, along with his contemporaries Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Michael Kaluta, and Barry Windsor-Smith, were the motivating forces behind that peak period. Abigail Arcane, a major supporting character in the Swamp Thing mythos was introduced in issue No. Wrightson drew the first ten issues of the series. In the fall of 1972 the Swamp Thing returned in his own series, set in the contemporary world and in the general DC continuity. And I said, 'You know, I just wrote a story that actually kind of feels like the way you feel now.' I told him about Swamp Thing, and he said, 'I gotta draw that.'" Wein later recounted how Wrightson became involved with the story: "Bernie Wrightson had just broken up with a girlfriend, and we were sitting in my car just talking about life – all the important things to do when you're 19 and 20 years old. 92 (July 1971) in a standalone horror story set in the Victorian era. With writer Len Wein, Wrightson co-created the muck creature Swamp Thing in House of Secrets No. Wrightson is the co-creator of Swamp Thing/ Alec Holland, designer of the character's iconic face.
Bernard Albert Wrightson (Octo– March 18, 2017), sometimes credited as Berni Wrightson, was an American artist, known for co-creating the Swamp Thing, his adaptation of the novel Frankenstein illustration work, and for his other horror comics and illustrations, which feature his trademark intricate pen and brushwork.
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