Berni Wrightson - Master of the Macabre

Berni Wrightson - Master Of The Macabre



Legendary artist Bernie Wrightson has been creating horror art for over thirty years. Best known for co-creating (with writer Len Wein) the comic character Swamp Thing, and for definitively illustrating Mary ShelleyΓÇÖs Frankenstein, Bernie also collaborates regularly with author Stephen King, having illustrated The Stand, Cycle of the Werewolf, and the Dark Tower V.

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Synopsis:

Anthology of miscellenous horror stories by Berni Wrightson, including the adaptations of H. P. Lovecraft's "Cool Air" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat", as well as "Jenifer", made later famous by Dario Argento as part of the "Masters of Horror" TV series.



Note:

Published during the time when Bernie Wrightson spelled his name without the 'e' at the end, in order to distingush himself from an Olympic diver of the same name. He later returned to the original spelling.



This comic book anthology was first published by Pacific comics in 1983, the last issue was published by Eclipse in 1984.

The writers involved are Berni Wrightson, Bruce Jones, Nicola Cuti and others.

The artist is primarily Berni, but there are others as well.