Barry Windsor-Smith Hardcover by Barry Windsor-Smith

Product Details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics (1999-10-01)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 176 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781560973676
• Item Weight: 567.0 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

A combination autobiography, New Age meditation and art book chronicling the artist's life and work. Well over 100 full-color illustrations, including complete stories, sketches, paintings, designs, and much more.

The first in a series of stunningly designed hardcover art books featuring hundreds of the artist's works from throughout his remarkable 30-year career. These full-color editions — chronicling the life and works of one of the most acclaimed artists from the worlds of comics and Romantic Art — present scores of never-before-published paintings and drawings from the artist's personal collection, while also re-presenting many of his classic works from the '70s and '80s. The extensive texts in the series of books are sure to create excitement and controversy among his legion of fans, while at the same time attracting new audiences through Windsor-Smith's involvement in, and observations regarding, the paranormal. The author recounts his life's adventures not so much as a painter, storyteller and comics artist, but in the mysterious realms of cosmic experience.

About the Author

Barry Windsor-Smith began his career by drawing mainstay Marvel characters such as the X-Men and Daredevil in 1969 in the traditional Marvel style. However, in 1971 he broke from the Marvel formula when he started drawing the Conan series, turning heads with a fresh and controversial stylistic approach and winning numerous industry awards. Part of a young generation of artists that included compatriots Bernie Wrightson, Mike Kaluta, and Jeff Jones, Windsor-Smith proceeded to carve an independent path for himself. In the ‘90s, he conceived, wrote, and drew three independent series, The Freebooters, Young Gods, and The Paradox-Man. In 1999 and 2001 Fantagraphics published Opus volumes 1 and 2, autobiographical coffee table art books. The critically acclaimed and award winning Monsters (2021) is his most recent work. He currently lives in New York.