I agree. It really elevated the material. Wrightson collaborated with Stephen King several times. Creepshow, Cycle of the Werewolf, The Stand and Dark Tower V: The Wolves of Calla. A great partnership.
bonpourvous Wrightson's Art Work on That Bruce Jones Story ''Jenifer'' Was Awesome yet Disturbing. He was one of the Best of the Best & He'll Always Go Down as a Legend in the World of Comics. Still Makes me Sad that he's Gone From the Earth Along With Stan Lee. #RIPBernieWrightson!!!
Yeap, it was!^^ I've read the book after watching the movie adaptation (you know, Silver Bullet) and have image from the film in mind but in the book there were some scenes that weren't included in the movie so I've imagined them myself. And than I've stumbled upon Wrightson's illos for the book and my mind was blown away by those masterpieces^^ Even how he has depicted the werewolf itself was so unique and really tremendous!! I'm sad that we've loosed the creative mind like his... #RIPBernieWrightson
I was lucky to know Bernie from way back, like when he spelled it "Berni" to avoid getting mixed up with an Olympic diver whom few remember now. For being so dark artistically, Bernie was funny as hell.. I loved how his wild eyebrows looked like James Montgomery Flagg painted them. It was a heartbreaking realization to know that I won't be running into him again. He was a master, truly.
Wow, youtube finally put you on my Recommended list. How am i just now finding out about your videos?!? I'm watching your channel through my Tivo and loving your work. I had to get to my computer to write and say you're a Superb comic historian and your discussions are smooth, professional, and entertaining. Can't wait to dig into more.
Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters was an exhibition organized by LACMA museum in Los Angeles and it featured the Bernie's Original Artwork from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. It was a true pleasure to see the original artwork in person.
Loved these issues back in the day. In that Batman appearance issue, I thought that if all Batman issues were like that, I'd love Batman. Very dark and gritty. Was primarily into Marvel but Swamp Thing was amazing with Wrightson's work.
I was exposed to Bernie Wrightson's comics in the 70's as a little kid like Swamp Thing. I gained more of an appreciated for his work when I was in art school, a classmate showed me original pages of Wrightson's work. Wow! He was the master of creating shadows, mood...the comic world lost a true giant. Great vid as usual! Awesome tribute to Wrightson. I'd love to try those hot sauces, but I don't think we get all those kinds here in Canada. Pity.
Kudos, brother, on giving a nod to the laying down of heavy black shadows. I love that technique, and it's underused. Several artists have mastered it and only TWO animated cartoons in my memory utilized this; Mighty Max, and the 90's X-men series, respectively.
Wrightson's artwork, Mike Ploog, all resemble another late great artist from the 1950s era of Horror Comics published by EC-forerunner to MAD magazine. He was the one known as "Ghastly " Graham Ingels. Nobody could draw corpses crawling out of graveyard quite like he could. I think he died years ago. His stories and artwork still make my skin crawl ! BRR !:-)
Great channel. Love your trope episodes. First Got into Swamp Thing from Alan Moore’s story arc in the 80’s but Swamp Thing is Wrightson’s own. Thanks for the background and your food/drink break for the trope is a nice touch.
Dark Genesis was the trade that got me hooked on comics. I was astonished with how well it was drawn and written especially considering the years in which they were making it. Swamp Thing will always be my favorite comic character because of their quality of work and the subsequent writers/artists drawn to it later (i.e. Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, etc.)
I have adored Bernie"s work since I saw The Studio many years ago.His Frankenstein work is unsurpassed.when I think of Bernie I think too of Aubrey Beardsley & harry Clarke.his dark,long eared batman IS batman.his swamp thing work still fills my mind & lingers there.it was so sad to hear of his death,rest in peace sir & thank you for giving this world such gorgeous,poetic imagery
Don't mean to intrude, but noticed your comment and thought i'd mention Frankenstein alive, alive.Wrightson's last published work. Worth seeking out if your not already familiar.
hello seen Bernie s Frankenstein alive work only recently,beautiful stuff & certainly worth seeking out Edward,just wishing the great man was still with us,best wishes
I'd love to see you cover Pacific Comics Berni Wrightson Master of the Macabre and Twisted Tales for Halloween. They're great series that no one ever talks about.
Thank you so much for informing me about the artist's style and his gripes with some of his work in past comic issues. I read some Swamp Thing graphic novels in the past and could not stand the art. I had a suspicion the guy had to been good for him to last so long drawing the series, and was aware of the issues with his art for the series. There's just no way in hell for him to not hear any gripes about it or keep being able to work on the series if he wasn't good. Thanks to you it confirms my suspicions. I agree with this dude completely. The comic and graphic novels for Swamp Thing really does water down and ruin his penciling style. It is by no means small in severity. The colorist, inker, reworking on it in digitally, and etc. really does damage his product on a massive scale. It took me years to figure out what the heck is happening in the reprints of the books they make of Swamp Thing having his work. I knew something had to be going on. You finally helped me identify the problems. I actually formed a new profound level of respect and admiration towards Bernie Wringhtson because of you now. Thank you a lot.
this video helped me pass my history midterm at nyu! we read sir gawain and the green knight and talked about these "green men" in literature! thanks, chris!
12:25 Hey, someone posted some scenes from that Frankenstein book on imgur! They were amazing. Same for the earlier Jennifer excerpt, if he's shading and creating all this depth and detail, no wonder he wants such basic flat colors, you have to have the base shine through. Great episode again, man!
The coloring of Wrightson's drawings are a crime against art. Frankenstein in original black/white is awesome. Same with Swamp Thing, so much more detailed and better without the colors.
seems to me Wrightson was a huge influence on Brian Schroeder the one and only PUSHEAD! I mean theres a couple record covers, specifically two he created for his own band SEPTIC DEATH that are lifted from a couple of Bernie's pieces. he put his own spin on them but you put em back to back and its undeniable. Pushead did awesome pieces for everyone from Metallica to Dr Dre to Travis Barker and even a signature pair of Nikes! i actually got into Wrightson via Frazetta's covers of a Dust record and a Molly Hatchet cover (clearly lifted from Conan pieces) and then Pushead's pieces from Metallica shirts... i collected comics for a bit but sold em all for punk and metal records, if ya cant tell! i had a copy of Bernies Frankinstein and regrettably gifted it a girlfriend of mine with an incredible drawing talent. the girl and the book never to be seen again.... cooooooool!!! ever see Dario Argento version of Jennifer he did for Masters of Horror tv series? nearly as jarring as Bernies comic incarnation, with an alright performance from Steven Webber from Wings as the cop (if i remember correctly). better than his take on Jack Torrance in ABC presents Stephen Kings The Shining! not his fault, how ya gonna try to best Nicolson with Webber?! shoulda had Argento try his hand at THAT one! if anyone coulda had a stylistic toe to toe with Kubrick, i'd like to see Dario try n fuck up Stan the man! anyway, cool video. i just stumbled across it. cheers!!!!
these days with all the cons it never surprises me when dc and marvel run with similar ideas. these folks are hanging out with each other all the time now. ps you should do mike ploog one of these days.
Only recently discovered this channel and really, really enjoying it! This particular episode and the wonderful dark moodiness of Wrightson's artwork makes me want to see you do something relating to the collaborations between John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake; either their work on The Spectre or Martian Manhunter and the themes that were explored in those series with Jim Corrigan's journey as a character or the exploration of the real nature of J'onn J'onzz.
For a long time, I always thought that Kelley Jones drew the most horrifying art in comics...until I watched this episode. You defo must review Jones' art sometime in the future, starting with his Elseworlds' work - Batman: Vampire (Red Rain; Bloodstorm; Crimson Mist) w/ Doug Moench!
Wrightson also has an amazing collection of Edgar Alan Poe illustrations. I saw some facsimiles and thought, “These look a lot like the old Swamp Thing comics”, looked it up and bingo! same guy. His version of Swamp Thing combined with Wein’s writing will always be the superior version, no matter what Moore sycophants think.
The Weightson art you showed from Frankenstein reminded by of Jack Katz work on _The First Kingdom_ comics. I find such lush, almost overdetailed B&W linework to be very attractive.
22:40 I thought you'd have learned your lesson from the last time you played this "pepper challenge"...oh, well. But Bernie Wrightson's Batman is easily the coolest looking version I've ever seen! He was a great artist, it's really too bad I'm just now finding out about him in detail.
There was a movie adaptation of Jennifer I saw on Netflix six or seven years ago. Horror movies haven't scared me since I was in elementary school in the 80's, but the Jennifer movie did weird me out the way Hellraiser 2 did when I first watched it in high school, which earns it high praise by my standards.
One thing...could have mentioned the examples were from Creepshow and Cycle of the Werewolf. But, appreciate the dedication to the hot sauce per trope, did notice (understandably) that the dabs got less liberal as you went along, fair enough, amazing that you even started without a cup of water (or milk would be better) at the ready.
Man, his work on Cycle of the Werewolf with Stephen King was fantastic. I am going to have to hunt down his version of Frankenstein and that issue of Creepy, if i can even find it.
Was one of the lucky ones who grew up reading comics (esp horror comics) all through Bernie's heyday. And I mean from his earliest work on WEB OF HORROR and DC's mystery books just as they were venturing into atmospheric horror in 68 and 69, straight through to his creative pinnacle: the FRANKENSTEIN portfolio. Almost from the very beginning, it was easy to recognize that here was a true master at work. However.....of all the top talents to ever work on SWAMP THING, it's always mildly irritated me that no one ever gives Nestor Redondo his just due. As disappointing as it was to see Bernie leave the book, I never viewed Redondo as Bernie's (or anybody's) replacement; he just happened to be the artist assigned the title after Bernie. I for one would love to see Tropes dedicate a video or two to the great Filipino artists that came to dominate comics in the 70s: Redondo, DeZuniga, Nino and (of course) the great Alcala. I still find it amazing that artists as great as those four should still be so largely unknown to fandom at large.
PS: No matter how many times you see it enacted, there's nothing so hilarious yet totally relatable as a dude willingly ingesting industrial-strength hot sauce. The only thing funnier is if he consumes it on a dare.
Wrightson did some interesting superhero work, he inked a Green Lantern/Green Arrow and a Buckler Batman story that appeared in 1975 and a Ditko Moorlock 2001 for Atlas.
I wa rewatching this episode and when JENNIFER was mentioned and saw the image reminded me of movie from MASTERS OF HORROR by the same name. Sure enough it was based on the comic.
Great Wrightson review! He would've appreciated it. BTW, Wrightson loved my work. More on that at a later time. Hope you dont turn into a pepper creature with all that hot sauce! Best Regards!
Can you please,please do one on Richard Corben ? His artwork has been in underground comics for a long,long,time and did lots of Creepy and Eerie stories ! Coverartist extraordinaire !
Yep Jennifer was and still is one of creepiest stories by Wrightson I have ever read. It's pretty disturbing even by today's standards. And I agree, the colored version saturated the original artwork to such a degree you couldn't appreciate Bernie's original version of the artwork.
my brother loved spidey and indian food back right when they were both getting popular . one time he ordered a dish he actually had to sign a release before they would serve it to him. the waiter served it wearing a gas mask. the kitchen staff kept coming to the door to see if he was actually eating it. he did but he said it was not worth it. it was all super spice no flavor. he didnt like. now like the rest of us mere mortals he can t take super spicey.
When did you live in New Orleans? I was there between 1996 and 2006. I'm sure we were doing different things so we'd never have met, but... Good to know!
14:31 Agreed. The werewolf on the cover of The Bernie Wrightson Monsters coloring book is a prime example: www.creaturebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/01_colorcreaturebook.jpg
@12:12 the original inked drawing of that Frankenstein comic recently sold for the highest amount ever for such an artifact, going for over a million dollars (1.2 million) news.justcollecting.com/bernie-wrightson-frankenstein-marvel-cover-art-auction-record/
"Swamp Thing enters a bar in his new trenchcoat" is the best intro to a joke that was never finished, ever.
Mr Wrightson's artwork on Stephen King's 'Cycle of the Werewolf' was superb.
I agree. It really elevated the material. Wrightson collaborated with Stephen King several times. Creepshow, Cycle of the Werewolf, The Stand and Dark Tower V: The Wolves of Calla. A great partnership.
I love that book. Extremely beautiful, and slightly creepy.
bonpourvous Wrightson's Art Work on That Bruce Jones Story ''Jenifer'' Was Awesome yet Disturbing. He was one of the Best of the Best & He'll Always Go Down as a Legend in the World of Comics. Still Makes me Sad that he's Gone From the Earth Along With Stan Lee. #RIPBernieWrightson!!!
Yeap, it was!^^ I've read the book after watching the movie adaptation (you know, Silver Bullet) and have image from the film in mind but in the book there were some scenes that weren't included in the movie so I've imagined them myself. And than I've stumbled upon Wrightson's illos for the book and my mind was blown away by those masterpieces^^ Even how he has depicted the werewolf itself was so unique and really tremendous!! I'm sad that we've loosed the creative mind like his...
#RIPBernieWrightson
Bernie Wrightson's Swamp Thing and his Adaptation of Frankenstein are masterpiece works of comics Art. Truly Brilliant and Timeless.
"Use of dark blacks"
*Cuts to one of the few pictures of a black guy in this issue.*
Types in dark black bold font. So what?
@@Captain_MonsterFart He was obviously trying to be funny, you imbecile!
@@ConTrollerNorth2 we got it. it wasn't.
@@DEATHFISH3000 Dosent matter if it was or not. I'm commenting on the intent. And you're 8 months late on the punch-line!
dafullclip Yeah, there is nothing funnier than racism.
I was lucky to know Bernie from way back, like when he spelled it "Berni" to avoid getting mixed up with an Olympic diver whom few remember now. For being so dark artistically, Bernie was funny as hell.. I loved how his wild eyebrows looked like James Montgomery Flagg painted them. It was a heartbreaking realization to know that I won't be running into him again. He was a master, truly.
Wow, youtube finally put you on my Recommended list. How am i just now finding out about your videos?!? I'm watching your channel through my Tivo and loving your work. I had to get to my computer to write and say you're a Superb comic historian and your discussions are smooth, professional, and entertaining. Can't wait to dig into more.
GenuineArticle71 Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate the support.
Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters was an exhibition organized by LACMA museum in Los Angeles and it featured the Bernie's Original Artwork from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. It was a true pleasure to see the original artwork in person.
Wrightson was on another level. My ideal batman; blue and gray scheme, yellow oval symbol, tall ears, big cape
this is the strangest Hot Ones interview I've ever seen
Loved these issues back in the day. In that Batman appearance issue, I thought that if all Batman issues were like that, I'd love Batman. Very dark and gritty. Was primarily into Marvel but Swamp Thing was amazing with Wrightson's work.
I was exposed to Bernie Wrightson's comics in the 70's as a little kid like Swamp Thing. I gained more of an appreciated for his work when I was in art school, a classmate showed me original pages of Wrightson's work. Wow! He was the master of creating shadows, mood...the comic world lost a true giant.
Great vid as usual! Awesome tribute to Wrightson. I'd love to try those hot sauces, but I don't think we get all those kinds here in Canada. Pity.
Rometiklan Does your art show how you were influenced by Wrightson?
I love these videos so much because they don’t feel like a TH-cam video they feel like a conversation with a friend about comic books.
On this early issues he already had regenerative powers. When his arms were cut they grew back.
Kudos, brother, on giving a nod to the laying down of heavy black shadows. I love that technique, and it's underused. Several artists have mastered it and only TWO animated cartoons in my memory utilized this; Mighty Max, and the 90's X-men series, respectively.
Wrightson's artwork, Mike Ploog, all resemble another late great artist from the 1950s era of Horror Comics published by EC-forerunner to MAD magazine. He was the one known as "Ghastly " Graham Ingels. Nobody could draw corpses crawling out of graveyard quite like he could. I think he died years ago. His stories and artwork still make my skin crawl ! BRR !:-)
Great channel. Love your trope episodes. First Got into Swamp Thing from Alan Moore’s story arc in the 80’s but Swamp Thing is Wrightson’s own. Thanks for the background and your food/drink break for the trope is a nice touch.
While I like Manny, Swampy was more interesting and complex. The art of Wrightson was absolutely brilliant.:)
Have you actually read all of man thing, its more emotionally complex
Bernie Wrightson's work on Batman: The Cult was amazing. I really enjoyed it.
How have I missed this channel for so long? Great look at Bernie Wrightson and this issue of Swamp Thing.
Dark Genesis was the trade that got me hooked on comics. I was astonished with how well it was drawn and written especially considering the years in which they were making it. Swamp Thing will always be my favorite comic character because of their quality of work and the subsequent writers/artists drawn to it later (i.e. Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, etc.)
I have adored Bernie"s work since I saw The Studio many years ago.His Frankenstein work is unsurpassed.when I think of Bernie I think too of Aubrey Beardsley & harry Clarke.his dark,long eared batman IS batman.his swamp thing work still fills my mind & lingers there.it was so sad to hear of his death,rest in peace sir & thank you for giving this world such gorgeous,poetic imagery
Don't mean to intrude, but noticed your comment and thought i'd mention Frankenstein alive, alive.Wrightson's last published work. Worth seeking out if your not already familiar.
hello seen Bernie s Frankenstein alive work only recently,beautiful stuff & certainly worth seeking out Edward,just wishing the great man was still with us,best wishes
the way you interlude the video with these little challenges is extremely endearing
It’s very refreshing seeing someone have some fun and enjoy your reviews
I'd love to see you cover Pacific Comics Berni Wrightson Master of the Macabre and Twisted Tales for Halloween. They're great series that no one ever talks about.
swamp thing is great. mature with some silliness
Thank you so much for informing me about the artist's style and his gripes with some of his work in past comic issues. I read some Swamp Thing graphic novels in the past and could not stand the art. I had a suspicion the guy had to been good for him to last so long drawing the series, and was aware of the issues with his art for the series. There's just no way in hell for him to not hear any gripes about it or keep being able to work on the series if he wasn't good. Thanks to you it confirms my suspicions. I agree with this dude completely. The comic and graphic novels for Swamp Thing really does water down and ruin his penciling style. It is by no means small in severity. The colorist, inker, reworking on it in digitally, and etc. really does damage his product on a massive scale. It took me years to figure out what the heck is happening in the reprints of the books they make of Swamp Thing having his work. I knew something had to be going on. You finally helped me identify the problems.
I actually formed a new profound level of respect and admiration towards Bernie Wringhtson because of you now. Thank you a lot.
Would love to hear about Dale Keown. Have always loved his art.
This version Batman by Bernie Wrightson reminds me of Neal Adams' Batman.
this video helped me pass my history midterm at nyu! we read sir gawain and the green knight and talked about these "green men" in literature! thanks, chris!
12:25 Hey, someone posted some scenes from that Frankenstein book on imgur! They were amazing. Same for the earlier Jennifer excerpt, if he's shading and creating all this depth and detail, no wonder he wants such basic flat colors, you have to have the base shine through. Great episode again, man!
Did you see the Jennifer movie?
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@@aureliomanalo is there one? I know about the episode of Masters of Horror.. I didn't know there was a movie
Bernie had so much talent!
RIP ..
The coloring of Wrightson's drawings are a crime against art.
Frankenstein in original black/white is awesome. Same with Swamp Thing, so much more detailed and better without the colors.
We need a swamp thing movie in 2021 in the DC Universe.
seems to me Wrightson was a huge influence on Brian Schroeder the one and only PUSHEAD! I mean theres a couple record covers, specifically two he created for his own band SEPTIC DEATH that are lifted from a couple of Bernie's pieces. he put his own spin on them but you put em back to back and its undeniable. Pushead did awesome pieces for everyone from Metallica to Dr Dre to Travis Barker and even a signature pair of Nikes! i actually got into Wrightson via Frazetta's covers of a Dust record and a Molly Hatchet cover (clearly lifted from Conan pieces) and then Pushead's pieces from Metallica shirts... i collected comics for a bit but sold em all for punk and metal records, if ya cant tell! i had a copy of Bernies Frankinstein and regrettably gifted it a girlfriend of mine with an incredible drawing talent. the girl and the book never to be seen again.... cooooooool!!!
ever see Dario Argento version of Jennifer he did for Masters of Horror tv series? nearly as jarring as Bernies comic incarnation, with an alright performance from Steven Webber from Wings as the cop (if i remember correctly). better than his take on Jack Torrance in ABC presents Stephen Kings The Shining! not his fault, how ya gonna try to best Nicolson with Webber?! shoulda had Argento try his hand at THAT one! if anyone coulda had a stylistic toe to toe with Kubrick, i'd like to see Dario try n fuck up Stan the man!
anyway, cool video. i just stumbled across it.
cheers!!!!
Gene Colon was the master of shadows
these days with all the cons it never surprises me when dc and marvel run with similar ideas. these folks are hanging out with each other all the time now. ps you should do mike ploog one of these days.
I only got into Swamp Thing movie and TV Show. Yes, sad I know.
Alan Moore Swamp Thing series is the one you should read.
Bernie Wrightson was the greatest!
The hot sauce caused Chris to see visions of a space coyote who sounds exactly like Johnny Cash.
Only recently discovered this channel and really, really enjoying it! This particular episode and the wonderful dark moodiness of Wrightson's artwork makes me want to see you do something relating to the collaborations between John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake; either their work on The Spectre or Martian Manhunter and the themes that were explored in those series with Jim Corrigan's journey as a character or the exploration of the real nature of J'onn J'onzz.
For a long time, I always thought that Kelley Jones drew the most horrifying art in comics...until I watched this episode. You defo must review Jones' art sometime in the future, starting with his Elseworlds' work - Batman: Vampire (Red Rain; Bloodstorm; Crimson Mist) w/ Doug Moench!
Wrightson also has an amazing collection of Edgar Alan Poe illustrations. I saw some facsimiles and thought, “These look a lot like the old Swamp Thing comics”, looked it up and bingo! same guy. His version of Swamp Thing combined with Wein’s writing will always be the superior version, no matter what Moore sycophants think.
i have a large hardback frankenstein illustrated by bernie, and its absolutely incredible art. it made me love the story
ok, you talked about it
RIP Bernie you were the best
One of my all time favorite characters. I've always wanted to draw a great Swamp Thing, very tricky to do it!
The Weightson art you showed from Frankenstein reminded by of Jack Katz work on _The First Kingdom_ comics. I find such lush, almost overdetailed B&W linework to be very attractive.
22:40 I thought you'd have learned your lesson from the last time you played this "pepper challenge"...oh, well.
But Bernie Wrightson's Batman is easily the coolest looking version I've ever seen! He was a great artist, it's really too bad I'm just now finding out about him in detail.
Man-Thing is more compelling than Swamp Thing. At it's best, I love it. Steve Gerber and Mike Ploog!
He also did a Sub-Mariner of all things over Sal Buscema's pencils
There was a movie adaptation of Jennifer I saw on Netflix six or seven years ago. Horror movies haven't scared me since I was in elementary school in the 80's, but the Jennifer movie did weird me out the way Hellraiser 2 did when I first watched it in high school, which earns it high praise by my standards.
Jennifer was a COMIC?! I only know it from the Masters of Horror episode!
One thing...could have mentioned the examples were from Creepshow and Cycle of the Werewolf.
But, appreciate the dedication to the hot sauce per trope, did notice (understandably) that the dabs got less liberal as you went along, fair enough, amazing that you even started without a cup of water (or milk would be better) at the ready.
At this point our hero already knew that he had to record the story before starting to get overwhelmed by pepper.
Man, his work on Cycle of the Werewolf with Stephen King was fantastic. I am going to have to hunt down his version of Frankenstein and that issue of Creepy, if i can even find it.
Was one of the lucky ones who grew up reading comics (esp horror comics) all through Bernie's heyday. And I mean from his earliest work on WEB OF HORROR and DC's mystery books just as they were venturing into atmospheric horror in 68 and 69, straight through to his creative pinnacle: the FRANKENSTEIN portfolio. Almost from the very beginning, it was easy to recognize that here was a true master at work. However.....of all the top talents to ever work on SWAMP THING, it's always mildly irritated me that no one ever gives Nestor Redondo his just due. As disappointing as it was to see Bernie leave the book, I never viewed Redondo as Bernie's (or anybody's) replacement; he just happened to be the artist assigned the title after Bernie. I for one would love to see Tropes dedicate a video or two to the great Filipino artists that came to dominate comics in the 70s: Redondo, DeZuniga, Nino and (of course) the great Alcala. I still find it amazing that artists as great as those four should still be so largely unknown to fandom at large.
PS: No matter how many times you see it enacted, there's nothing so hilarious yet totally relatable as a dude willingly ingesting industrial-strength hot sauce. The only thing funnier is if he consumes it on a dare.
Swamp Thing and Ghost Rider are what got me into comics along with Tales From The Beanworld. As you can tell, I'm not really into "superheroes."
These videos where you put yourself through pain are so entertaining 👍
Jennifer is actually a Dario Argento's episode from Masters of Horror. Based on that comic apparently.
Wrightson did some interesting superhero work, he inked a Green Lantern/Green Arrow and a Buckler Batman story that appeared in 1975 and a Ditko Moorlock 2001 for Atlas.
Swamp Thing was one of my favorites as a kid, I was raised in a native village in Alaska!! We all thought he was cool
I've never realize that color took way so much when it came art and I'm just wondering what else I've missed out on
The master, I have to get the Frankenstein hardcover.
Cross hatching is my addiction when I draw
ah back in the days when writers were not afraid to portray Batman as anything less than invincible
Awesome video!
On the cover , the light on swamp things back is reflected light.
I wa rewatching this episode and when JENNIFER was mentioned and saw the image reminded me of movie from MASTERS OF HORROR by the same name. Sure enough it was based on the comic.
I love your channel. Cool stickers in the background
The ending man, got me laughing like a madman
Great Wrightson review! He would've appreciated it. BTW, Wrightson loved my work. More on that at a later time. Hope you dont turn into a pepper creature with all that hot sauce! Best Regards!
Can you please,please do one on Richard Corben ? His artwork has been in underground comics for a long,long,time and did lots of Creepy and Eerie stories ! Coverartist extraordinaire !
Tip: eat some thick yoghurt after every bite of hot sauce. Milk products neutralise the heat much better than water.
"You are out of your mind Chris!" - Aquaman
You've done a man's job sir...
Yep Jennifer was and still is one of creepiest stories by Wrightson I have ever read. It's pretty disturbing even by today's standards. And I agree, the colored version saturated the original artwork to such a degree you couldn't appreciate Bernie's original version of the artwork.
Mommy, I'm scared.
"I don't like it, I don't like it! Oh l, that's not fun!"
Gotta change my underwear from pissing my pants laughing! Hilarious!
If I learned anything from "Monstervisions" Joe Bob and John Wick, it's that. "you never kill the dog".
my brother loved spidey and indian food back right when they were both getting popular . one time he ordered a dish he actually had to sign a release before they would serve it to him. the waiter served it wearing a gas mask. the kitchen staff kept coming to the door to see if he was actually eating it. he did but he said it was not worth it. it was all super spice no flavor. he didnt like. now like the rest of us mere mortals he can t take super spicey.
Love your fear factor trope episodes. There great
I like to read Swamp Thing in Dick Durocks voice
There was a Masters of Horror episode called Jennifer. The pic you showed looked just like it. I really wonder if theres a connection.
10:58 "Here's a little hat for your doll." - ACTION FIGURE!!!! (j/k, ha!)
R.I.P Bernie..after his run NESTOR REDONDO did great work on the title..also check out DON NEWTON..he did THE PHANTOM ..
When did you live in New Orleans? I was there between 1996 and 2006. I'm sure we were doing different things so we'd never have met, but... Good to know!
Instant Death is the best NOLA hot sauce, brother. One mocrodrop will season a big ol' pot of chilli.
I had a comic fan buddy that used to say Every comic should be 50% black
Please talk about the Creepy/Eerie or Vampirella magazines!
14:31 Agreed. The werewolf on the cover of The Bernie Wrightson Monsters coloring book is a prime example: www.creaturebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/01_colorcreaturebook.jpg
I always found it surprising that the original publication of Wrightson's Frankenstein was by Marvel!!??!!
It was an implanted microchip in the dog, not a camera on his collar.
the dog has an eerily HUMAN face.
How well did you do after this video? Did you have to lay down?
the hot sauce helps with the humidity
@12:12 the original inked drawing of that Frankenstein comic recently sold for the highest amount ever for such an artifact, going for over a million dollars (1.2 million) news.justcollecting.com/bernie-wrightson-frankenstein-marvel-cover-art-auction-record/
"And he never sold dope disguised as a nun" ---Hanover Fist.
8:45 Jennifer is indeed terrifying.
i liked Gerber's book, Man-Thing, more at the time. Wein was a good writer but Gerber's work got my attention more.
Wrightson was dope.
Gator is good, tastes like chicken---greasy, bony chicken---but chicken.
Heh, and there was me thinking 'Skunkape' was a Sam and Max reference.