Richard Corben
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (December 2020) |
| Richard Corben | |
|---|---|
 Corben working on the cover for Jeremy Brood #1: Relativity (1982) | |
| Born | November 1, 1940 Anderson, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 2020 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Editor, Publisher, Letterer, Colourist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Gore, Corb, Harvey Sea |
Notable works | Den, Bloodstar, Rip in Time, Bat Out of Hell (album cover). |
| Awards |
|
| corbenstudios.com | |
Richard Corben (November 1, 1940 – December 2, 2020) was an American illustrator and
Biography
Richard Corben was born on a farm[2] in Anderson, Missouri, and went on to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute, in 1965.[3] At the same time, he trained in bodybuilding, but eventually retired from the art with few accomplishments due to a lack of time to dedicate himself to it.[4]
After working as a professional animator at Kansas City's Calvin Productions, Corben started writing and illustrating for the
In 1975, when
Among the stories drawn for Heavy Metal he continued the saga of his most famous creation,
Corben's collaborations are varied, ranging from
From 1986 to 1994 Corben operated his own publishing imprint, Fantagor Press. Among the titles Fantagor published were Den, Den Saga, Horror in the Dark, Rip in Time, and Son of Mutant World. Fantagor went out of business after the 1994 contraction of the comics industry.[11]
Due to the sexual nature of Corben's art, it has been accused of being
Corben did the cover of
In 2000, Corben collaborated with
In May 2020, Parallax Studio announced preproduction on the live-action animated film MEAD (originally titled To Meet the Faces You Meet) based on the comic book Fever Dreams illustrated by Corben and written by Jan Strnad.[18][19] The film stars Robert Picardo and Samuel Hunt and features the voices of Patton Oswalt and Patrick Warburton.[20] MEAD was premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2022, and was released for streaming in North America on August 9, 2022.[21]
Personal life
Corben's wife is named Madonna "Dona" (née Marchant). Corben was the special-effects/animation technician for her prize-winning film entry Siegfried Saves Metropolis in a contest sponsored by Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in 1964 (see issues #34 and 35). They married soon afterward in 1965.[22] They had a daughter, Beth, who is a watercolor painter and often colored her father's comics.
Corben died on December 2, 2020, following heart surgery. He was 80 years old.[23]
Awards
Corben's work in comics and animation has won him recognition, including the
While working for the Warren anthologies, he received numerous Warren Awards: 1973 Best Artist/Writer and Special Award for "Excellence", 1976 Best Art for "Within You, Without You" (Eerie #77) and Best Cover (also for Eerie #77), and 1978 Best Cover Artist.[1]
In 2009 Corben won the "Best Finite Series/Limited Series" Eisner Award for Hellboy: The Crooked Man and in 2011 he won the "Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)" Eisner Award, for Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil. Finally, in 2012 he was elected to
In 2015, Corben was inducted into the Ghastly Awards Hall of Fame. His previous Ghastly Awards include Best Artist in 2013 and Best One-shot Comics for his Dark Horse Poe adaptations... Edgar Allan Poe's The Conqueror Worm in 2012, Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven & The Red Death (2013) and Edgar Allan Poe's Morella and the Murders in the Rue Morgue in 2014.[25]
In January 2018 he won the prestigious Grand Prix at Angoulême and presidency of the 2019 festival.[26] Beginning concurrently with the 2019 festival in January, a 250-piece collection of his original artworks was put on display at the Musée d'Angoulême, the exhibit ending March 10, 2019.
See also
References
- ^ a b 2009 Spectrum Grand Master Announced from Locus Online
- ^ a b Balfour, Brad (June 2001). "The Richard Corben Interview, Part 1". Heavy Metal #51: 6–11.
- ISBN 978-84-499-1949-7.
- ^ ISBN 9788413241197.
- ISBN 978-84-499-1949-7.
- ISBN 978-84-499-1949-7.
- ^ "Creepy Presents Richard Corben HC :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics".
- ^ "VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES VOL. 5 HC". Dynamite Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ a b "The Richard Corben Interview, Part 2". Heavy Metal. No. 52. Interviewed by Brad Balfour. July 1981. pp. 8–14.
- ^ Seuling, Phil (1975). "The Fantasy Epic: Crearaphic Novel". Mediascene #16: 8–9.
- ^ "Comics Publishers Suffer Tough Summer: Body Count Rises in Market Shakedown". Newswatch. The Comics Journal. No. 172. November 1994. pp. 13–18.
- ^ "The Richard Corben Interview, Part 3". Heavy Metal. No. 53. Interviewed by Brad Balfour. August 1981. pp. 8–13.
- ^ "Richard Corben letter". Heavy Metal. Vol. V, no. 6. September 1981.
- ^ Adams, Neal (1976). The Neal Adams Treasury. Pure Imagination. Page 36,
- OCLC 213309015.
- ^ Haunt of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- ^ Corben and Lovecraft at Marvel in June Archived December 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, March 20, 2008
- ^ Osborn, Nicholas (May 13, 2020). "NEWS WATCH: Parallax Studio launches Kickstarter for new film "To Meet the Faces You Meet" starring Patton Oswalt". Comic Watch. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Patton Oswalt Joins Corben/Strnad for 'To Meet the Faces You Meet' Movie". Heavy Metal. May 14, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Robert Picardo, Others Join 'To Meet the Faces You Meet' Film Cast". Creepy Kingdom. September 12, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Vision Films to feature four screenings at the Cannes Film Festival". Señal News. May 5, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
- ^ Keränen, SidSid. "The Jan Strnad Interview, Part 2(2)," Muuta.net (Mar./Apr. 2001).
- ^ Weiss, Josh (December 10, 2020). "Celebrated Heavy Metal, comic book, and album cover artist Richard Corden dies at 80". SyFy.
- ISBN 978-84-499-1949-7.
- ^ "Ghastly Awards – Don't be an Amber Ghastly awards".
- ^ "Richard Corben, la belle surprise du Grand Prix d'Angoulême 2018". January 24, 2018.
Sources
- Corben, Richard; Alan Moore (Introduction) (2000). The House on the Borderland. DC Comics. ISBN 978-1-56389-545-6.
- Corben, Richard (1977). The Odd World of Richard Corben. A Warren Adult Fantasy Publication. Warren Publishing Co. ISBN 978-2-913999-01-5.
- Corben, Richard; Moebius (preface) (2001). Den La Quete, tome 2. Toth. ISBN 978-84-85138-21-0.
- Balfour, Brad (June 1981). "The Richard Corben Interview, Part 1". Heavy Metal (51): 6–11.
- Balfour, Brad (July 1981). "The Richard Corben Interview, Part 2". Heavy Metal (52): 8–14.
- Bharucha, Fershid (1981). Richard Corben: Flights Into Fantasy. Thumb Tack Books. ISBN 978-84-499-1949-7.
- Bissette, Stephen R.; Wiater, Stanley (1993). Comic Book Rebels: Conversations with the Creators of New Comics. Donald I. Fine, Inc. ISBN 978-1-55611-354-3.
- Garriock, P. R. (1978). Masters of Comic Book Art. Morpheus International. ISBN 978-0-9623447-6-3.
- Giger, H. R. (1993). Necronomicon II. Aurum Press, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-905664-05-7.
- ISBN 978-0-87754-850-8.
- Kurtzman, Harvey (1991). From Aargh to Zap!Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics. Prentice Hall Press. ISBN 978-0-13-363680-2.
- Richardson, John Adkins (1977). The Complete Book of Cartooning. Prentice-Hall, Inc. ISBN 0-13-157594-5.
- Sackmann, Eckart (1987). Great Masters of Fantasy Art. Parkwest Pubns. ISBN 978-3-89268-008-6.
- Oliver, Agustín (2004). Richard Corben (Un rebelde tranquilo). Sinsentido. ISBN 978-84-95634-51-1.
- Van Hise, James (1989). How to Draw Art for Comic Books: Lessons from the Masters. Pioneer Books, Inc. ISBN 978-1-55698-254-5.
- Adams, Neal (1976). The Neal Adams Treasury. Pure Imagination.
- Balfour, Brad (June 2001). "The Richard Corben Interview, Part 1". Heavy Metal (51): 6–11.
- Balfour, Brad (July 2001). "The Richard Corben Interview, Part 2". Heavy Metal (52): 8–14.
- Balfour, Brad (August 2001). "The Richard Corben Interview, Part 3". Heavy Metal (53): 8–13.
- Bharucha, Fershid (1981). Richard Corben: Flights Into Fantasy. Thumb Tack Books. ISBN 978-84-499-1949-7.
- Brayshaw, Christopher (December 1998). "Interview Frank Miller". The Comics Journal (209): 69.
- Giger, H. R. (1993). H. R. Giger Necronomicon II. Morpheus International. ISBN 978-0-9623447-6-3.
- Holm, E. K. (2004). R. Crumb: Conversations. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-637-9.
- Seuling, Phil (1975). "The Fantasy Epic: Creating the Graphic Novel". Mediascene (16): 8–9.
External links
- Official website
- Richard Corben at the Grand Comics Database
- Richard Corben at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Richard Corben on the Lambiek Comiclopedia
- The Most Complete Comicography of Richard Corben
- Richard Corben at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Illustrations R.Corben
Interviews
- The Richard Corben Interview pt. 1
- The Richard Corben Interview pt. 2
- The Richard Corben Interview pt. 3
- The Richard Corben Retort Letter
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| People | |
| Other | |