Photo: Corey Bond from United States / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Bernie Wrightson, born on October 27, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, was a comics artist, screenwriter and film actor. Bernie Wrightson died on March 18, 2017 at the age of 68. Listed accolades include Inkpot Award (1987), Will Eisner Hall of Fame (2014), Special Recognition Award (2015) and 1 more.
My Take
For me, Bernie Wrightson is less a horror artist than a master of obsessive patience. His pen-and-brush crosshatching on the Frankenstein illustrations is a level of craft almost extinct in an age of speed. Co-creating Swamp Thing would be legacy enough, but what I admire most is that he kept carving his own darkness instead of chasing trends, climbing from a Baltimore newspaper job to the Eisner Hall of Fame. He passed in 2017, yet his DNA runs through modern horror comics. I hold nothing but reverence for an artist who refused to make the dark look easy.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bernie Wrightson
- Name (Japanese)
- バーニー・ライトソン
- Reading
- ばーにー・らいとそん
- Born
- October 27, 1948 – March 18, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rat
- Origin
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Occupation
- comics artist / screenwriter / film actor / illustrator / draftsperson
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 1987 Inkpot Award
- 2014 Will Eisner Hall of Fame
- 2015 Special Recognition Award
- 2020 The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.berniewrightson.com/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie%20Wrightson
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826596
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Bernie Wrightson born?
Born October 27, 1948.
When did Bernie Wrightson die?
Died March 18, 2017, aged 68.
Where was Bernie Wrightson from?
Bernie Wrightson was from Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
What did Bernie Wrightson do?
Bernie Wrightson worked as comics artist, screenwriter, film actor, illustrator, draftsperson.
Comics artist — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from the United States →