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iamrmanWriter: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Sal Buscema
Inks: Bernie Wrightson
The time has finally come for Namor and Dorma to be wed. It’s a superhero wedding. What could possibly go wrong?
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Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #4
Oct. 22nd, 2018 08:35 amcyberghostface
Bernie Wrightson passed after only completing five pages of this issue. Before he died, he made arrangements with Kelley Jones to finish illustrating the comic based on his layouts.
As you will see it's not the most seamless of transitions but it's not too jarring either. As disappointing it is that the series was cut short as it was, I think everyone deserves credit for coming together and bringing forth some semblance of a conclusion as opposed to leaving it unfinished in limbo.
On a final note if you liked these posts the entire series is on sale at Comixology for 99 cents an issue (with the first three issues available in a one-shot) here.
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Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1
Oct. 19th, 2018 02:31 pmcyberghostface
For those who don't know, Bernie Wrightson once did illustrations for the novel Frankenstein and it's widely considered to be his definitive work. In my opinion it's the best visual depiction of the monster.
In 2012 he started what was going to be a 13-issue miniseries with Steve Niles that served as a 'sequel' to the original novel. The second issue was delayed by a few months and the third issue by two years. Bernie Wrightson passed away in 2017 but before he died he selected Kelley Jones to finish the fourth and final issue.
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Batman and Populism
May. 11th, 2017 11:21 pmcommodusBefore Bane was ever conceived, there was another villain who "broke the Bat". Deacon Blackfire, from 1988's The Cult. Who, despite having no real powers, is frighteningly successful purely by appealing to the worst emotions of those around him. It goes about as well as you'd expect...
TW: Blood, death, hanging.
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TW: Blood, death, hanging.
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cyberghostface'Heroes for Hope' was a project Marvel did in 1985 with various artists and writers to spread awareness concerning the famine in Ethiopia (with all proceeds from the comic donated to relief). In addition to illustrating a segment written by none other than Stephen King, it was Bernie Wrightson who came up with the idea for the project and suggested it to Jim Shooter.
Warning for some graphic imagery.
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Warning for some graphic imagery.
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The Muck Monster
Mar. 19th, 2017 01:22 pmcyberghostface
"It was almost like a dry run for me. I had Frankenstein in mind and I wanted to do it. I had an idea what I wanted the drawings to look like; and 'The Muck Monster'—and a few other things I did for Warren—were the embryonic version of the penwork that finally showed up in Frankenstein." - Bernie Wrightson
Very sad to hear about the passing of Bernie Wrightson. In his memory, this was a story he wrote and illustrated for Eerie #68 that would serve as the groundswell for what would arguably be his magnum opus, the illustrated version of Frankenstein.
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Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1
Feb. 7th, 2017 10:42 pmcyberghostface
For those who don't know, Berni Wrightson once did illustrations for the novel Frankenstein and it's widely considered to be his definitive work. In my opinion its the best visual depiction of the monster.
In 2012 he started what was going to be a 13-issue miniseries with Steve Niles that served as a 'sequel' to the original novel. The second issue was delayed by a few months and the third issue by two years. As of 2017 the series remains unfinished. Given that Wrightson is sadly no longer able to draw I imagine that it will never be completed (I suppose they can find another artist but Wrightson was clearly the main selling point.)
So without further ado here is a glimpse at what might have been with the first issue.
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Here's another comic from Berni Wrightson that first appeared in Eerie #60.
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The Pepper Lake Monster
Feb. 3rd, 2017 05:31 pmcyberghostface
Here's an original story from Eerie #58 that Berni Wrightson wrote in addition to illustrating.
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Here is Berni Wrightson's adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's 'Cool Air' from Eerie #62.
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The Black Cat
Feb. 1st, 2017 04:37 pmcyberghostface
Here's another story from Creepy to showcase Berni Wrightson's art in light of his retirement.
For those not familiar with the original story by Edgar Allan Poe, I'll preface this with a heavy warning for depictions of animal cruelty.
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cyberghostface
I posted this only a few months ago but in light of today's news with Berni Wrightson's health issues causing him to retire I figured I would share it again. 'Jenifer' is arguably one of Wrightson's most infamous horror works. It first appeared in Creepy #63. For those interested this was made into an episode of 'Masters of Horror' directed by Dario Argento. If I have the time and resources I may try to post further Wrightson comics in the future.
Warning for gore as well as a rape scene.
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cyberghostfaceHere's a short story from Creepy #63. For those interested this was made into an episode of 'Masters of Horror' directed by Dario Argento.
Warning: There's some gory stuff here as well as what I think is an implied rape scene.
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kamino_nekoRecently, I was reading Moore's run on Swamp Thing, and the issue which reprinted the first Swamp Thing story (adding the Alex Olsen Swamp Thing to the Alec Holland Swamp Thing's mythos), and the framing story, featuring Cain and Abel got me to thinking about the pre-Sandman existences of some of the major characters...after tracking down their earlier appearances, it occurred to me to share the first appearances of the ones I knew of... (I'll be ignoring most of the superhero characters and John Constantine, since, with one exception, they only had roles in one arc, aside from The Wake. (Or, in the case of Wesley Dodds was barely a cameo in either of his appearances, even if they were in different arcs.))
( Thus this post. )
So, there we go...hope you enjoyed.
( Thus this post. )
So, there we go...hope you enjoyed.
