![]() ![]() It was for Marvel's Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows titles where he was first encouraged to slightly simplify his intricate pen-and-ink drawing, and where his lush brushwork, a hallmark of his comics inking in the 1970s, was first evidenced. He continued to work on a variety of mystery and anthology titles for both DC and, a few years later, its principal rival, Marvel Comics. In 1968, he drew his first professional comic book story, "The Man Who Murdered Himself", which appeared in House of Mystery No. Wrightson began spelling his name "Berni" in his professional work to distinguish himself from an Olympic diver named Bernie Wrightson, but later restored the final "e" to his name. In 1968, he showed copies of his sequential art to DC Comics editor Dick Giordano and was given a freelance assignment. ![]() The following year, after meeting artist Frank Frazetta at a comic-book convention in New York City, he was inspired to produce his own stories. In 1966, Wrightson began working for The Baltimore Sun newspaper as an illustrator. His artistic influences were Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Al Dorne, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis and Howard Pyle. He received training in art from watching Jon Gnagy on television, reading comics, particularly those of EC, as well as through a correspondence course from the Famous Artists School. ![]() Wrightson was born October 27, 1948, in Dundalk, Maryland. ![]()
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