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RIP Richard Corben, 1940-2020

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  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,085
    edited December 2020

    Robert Freise said:

    https://www.heavymetal.com/articles/richard-corben-heavy-metal-artist/?goal=0_ed3dc1bc6e-dc64258b0b-18773714&mc_cid=dc64258b0b&mc_eid=089171d1c5

    Yeah, I was talking about this with a bunch of other artist on FB when the news broke, and we'd all agreed that it was sad that he had such a huge influence over an entire generation of artists, but younger folks wouldn't even understand how revolutionary his stuff was at the time, let alone how incredibly difficult it was to achieve what he did with the technology that was available.  The fact that he was painting his own color seperations by hand in order to get those incredibly pure colors totally blew me away when I first learned how he was doing it in the late 70s.  Truly an amazing, out-of-the-box thinker.  

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  • mr clammr clam Posts: 707

    The Youtube show Cartoonist Kayfabe dipped into Corben a few times. Here's one: 

    I'd reccommend the channel to anyone interested in comics.

  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,481

    Cybersox said:

    Robert Freise said:

    https://www.heavymetal.com/articles/richard-corben-heavy-metal-artist/?goal=0_ed3dc1bc6e-dc64258b0b-18773714&mc_cid=dc64258b0b&mc_eid=089171d1c5

    Yeah, I was talking about this with a bunch of other artist on FB when the news broke, and we'd all agreed that it was sad that he had such a huge influence over an entire generation of artists, but younger folks wouldn't even understand how revolutionary his stuff was at the time, let alone how incredibly difficult it was to achieve what he did with the technology that was available.  The fact that he was painting his own color seperations by hand in order to get those incredibly pure colors totally blew me away when I first learned how he was doing it in the late 70s.  Truly an amazing, out-of-the-box thinker.  

    Know what you mean about younger people Iwas in a comic store in Austin back in 2001 and there was a couple kids in there and one was telling the other about the cool new cartoon movie he saw and that it was called Heavy Metal I couldn't resist telling them that yeah it was cool 20 years ago (at that time) when it first came out 

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165

    great inspiration & and lost. I loved his album cover art.  the Meatloaf bat of of hell. molly hatchet, appetite for destruction. so many during his long career

  • rekrek Posts: 45

    Damn, that's sad news. His (comic) work made quite an impression on me back in the day. Those colours! And those... rounded forms just popping out of the page, really. Such a unique look.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,746

    It looks like his artistic prime was before my time so, unfortunately, I hadn't heard of him. But I did see that he did the album cover for Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album. After seeing the image of the album cover at the above linked article it triggered a memory of seeing that artwork among my mom's old records. I remember I used to sit in our living room when I was a kid and look through her boxes of records - that one was among them and it made an impression for sure. I think those albums of my moms and the insanely cool art on a lot of them is one of the things that sparked my love of art. It's sad that he's gone, but his art will live on.

    This album cover art both creeped me out and at the same time fascinated me when I was a kid. lol

     

    Rest in Peace, Richard Corben. Thank you for sharing your creativity and artistic skill with the world.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,746

    mr clam said:

    The Youtube show Cartoonist Kayfabe dipped into Corben a few times. Here's one: 

    I'd reccommend the channel to anyone interested in comics.

    Thank you for the tip! While that particular video and horror art isn't something I'm into I'm glad you recommended the Youtube channel, as it looks like he has a lot of great comic book related content! :D Thanks!

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,320

    Never heart of him but today I thought briefly of those crazy album covers I saw as a kid in the store by bands like Molly Hatchet. Don't know if he was involved or not (I checked, he wasn't). Condolences to his friends & family. 

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,746

    nonesuch00 said:

    Never heart of him but today I thought briefly of those crazy album covers I saw as a kid in the store by bands like Molly Hatchet. Don't know if he was involved or not (I checked, he wasn't). Condolences to his friends & family. 

    I believe it was Frank Frazetta that did a lot of the Molly Hatchet album cover art.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,066

    I remember his work from "Den"... Somewhere in the attic I have boxes of old Heavy Metals (from my misspent youth), which contain the Den series. 

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,320

    3Diva said:

    nonesuch00 said:

    Never heart of him but today I thought briefly of those crazy album covers I saw as a kid in the store by bands like Molly Hatchet. Don't know if he was involved or not (I checked, he wasn't). Condolences to his friends & family. 

    I believe it was Frank Frazetta that did a lot of the Molly Hatchet album cover art.

    Yep it was but then they started using others on later albums. I was pretty surprised they were from Jacksonville, FL, Don't laugh but I've actually never heard any of Molly Hatchet's and similar band's music. If I found their album covers scary, I wouldn't touch them. Here is more of what I think of when I hear a phrase like Molly hatch it.

     

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  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,299

    Robert Freise said:

    Know what you mean about younger people Iwas in a comic store in Austin back in 2001 and there was a couple kids in there and one was telling the other about the cool new cartoon movie he saw and that it was called Heavy Metal I couldn't resist telling them that yeah it was cool 20 years ago (at that time) when it first came out 

    ~  perhaps they Meant  the  Second one   ~

  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,481

    ed3D said:

    Robert Freise said:

    Know what you mean about younger people Iwas in a comic store in Austin back in 2001 and there was a couple kids in there and one was telling the other about the cool new cartoon movie he saw and that it was called Heavy Metal I couldn't resist telling them that yeah it was cool 20 years ago (at that time) when it first came out 

    ~  perhaps they Meant  the  Second one   ~

    Nope I'm sure as they were talking about Tarna and her bird and the glowing green sphere

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,066

    Robert Freise said:

    ed3D said:

    Robert Freise said:

    Know what you mean about younger people Iwas in a comic store in Austin back in 2001 and there was a couple kids in there and one was telling the other about the cool new cartoon movie he saw and that it was called Heavy Metal I couldn't resist telling them that yeah it was cool 20 years ago (at that time) when it first came out 

    ~  perhaps they Meant  the  Second one   ~

    Nope I'm sure as they were talking about Tarna and her bird and the glowing green sphere

    Also the second one wasn't that great... 

  • jardinejardine Posts: 1,205

    that's so sad.

    i wrote corben a fan letter back in the late seventies, when i barely qualified as a teenager, and he sent me a thoughtful and very funny letter back.  i was amazed.

    one of a kind.  an inspiration to so many artists, but impossible to imitate.  a brilliant artist and colorist who was also just flat-out a great storyteller.

    i've seen a few of his originals.  amazing stuff. 

    i'm sorry to hear he's passed on.

    j

     

     

     

     

     

  • jardinejardine Posts: 1,205
    edited December 2020

    that's so sad.

    i wrote corben a fan letter back in the late seventies, when i barely qualified as a teenager, and he sent me a thoughtful and very funny letter back.  i was amazed.

    one of a kind.  an inspiration to so many artists, but impossible to imitate.  a brilliant artist and colorist who was also just flat-out a great storyteller.

    i've seen a few of his originals. amazing stuff... 

    i'm sorry to hear he's passed on.

    j

     

     

     

     

     

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  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,299

    Robert Freise said:

    ed3D said:

    Robert Freise said:

    Know what you mean about younger people Iwas in a comic store in Austin back in 2001 and there was a couple kids in there and one was telling the other about the cool new cartoon movie he saw and that it was called Heavy Metal I couldn't resist telling them that yeah it was cool 20 years ago (at that time) when it first came out 

    ~  perhaps they Meant  the  Second one   ~

    Nope I'm sure as they were talking about Tarna and her bird and the glowing green sphere

    ~   well , alrite then   ~

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,299

    3Diva said:

    nonesuch00 said:

    Never heart of him but today I thought briefly of those crazy album covers I saw as a kid in the store by bands like Molly Hatchet. Don't know if he was involved or not (I checked, he wasn't). Condolences to his friends & family. 

    I believe it was Frank Frazetta that did a lot of the Molly Hatchet album cover art.

    ~  + 1  agree  ~

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,299
    edited December 2020

    McGyver said:

    Robert Freise said:

    ed3D said:

    Robert Freise said:

    Know what you mean about younger people Iwas in a comic store in Austin back in 2001 and there was a couple kids in there and one was telling the other about the cool new cartoon movie he saw and that it was called Heavy Metal I couldn't resist telling them that yeah it was cool 20 years ago (at that time) when it first came out 

    ~  perhaps they Meant  the  Second one   ~

    Nope I'm sure as they were talking about Tarna and her bird and the glowing green sphere

    Also the second one wasn't that great... 

    ~   yeah ,  But "perhaps" they  "could"   think it was   ~

    Post edited by ed3D on
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