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Congratulations to Richard Corben, 2012 Eisner Hall of Fame winner!

A treasure from my personal collection:

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The Judges’ Choices for the Eisner Hall of Fame, announced back in January 2012, were Rudolf Dirks and Harry Lucey. The voters’ choices, announced at yesterday’s awards ceremony, were Bill Blackbeard, Richard Corben, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Gilbert Shelton.

To view all forty-nine of the posts here at RCN that (to date) have been about Richard Corben’s work, start here.


BONUS SCANS:

From The Odd Comic World of Richard Corben, here’s a short Introduction to Corben’s work by Will Eisner himself:

Obviously, the copy editing and proofreading at Warren were not the best…

Book/Magazine Covers (All) · Illustration Art · Look Here · Richard Corben

Heads Up: Corben art sale on 12 May 2012

Comic art pages by Richard Corben will go on sale Saturday 12 May 2012 at Noon, CST. The sale includes 13 pages from Hellboy: The Crooked Man, 7 pages from Swamp Thing: Missing Links, and — *gasp* — all 13 pages of “Encounter at War” from Anomaly #4 (1972). Here’s page 11 of “Encounter at War,” as it appeared in the published comic:

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All of the pages included in the sale are on the Corben website right now for VIEWING ONLY. Prices will be posted when the sale goes live on Saturday.

If you’re interested, click here to visit the “Sales” page on Corben’s website.


BONUS IMAGE:

The cover of Anomaly #4 is NOT included in the Saturday sale, but it’s a classic:

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Look Here: Three movie posters with art by Richard Corben

This morning RCN is pleased to present, for your viewing enjoyment and art-historical education, the posters for the movies Phantom of the Paradise, Heavy Metal, and Spookies, with art by Richard Corben:

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Anyone know if Corben produced the art for any movie posters other than the three featured above?

I don’t recall any others myself, but I’m no expert…


BONUS SCANS:

See the comments section for an explanation of why I’ve added these two images:

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Just one other thing: please don’t try to order from that old advertisement.