Bernie Wrightson (b. 1948)

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Name:

Bernie Wrightson Type: Common Alternative Name
Given name: Bernie Family name: Wrightson

Other Names:

1. Wrightson Type: Family (type is deprecated)
   
2. Bernard Albert Wrightson Type: Name at Birth
   Given name: Bernard Albert Family name: Wrightson
3. Berni Wrightson Type: Common Alternative Name
   Given name: Berni Family name: Wrightson

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Signatures:

1. B. Wrightson [generic]
2. B.W. [generic]
3. Berni Wrightson [generic]
4. Bernie Wrightson [generic]
5. BW [generic]
6. bw72 [generic]
7. Inreb Nosthgirw [generic]
8. W [generic]
9. Wright [generic]
10. Wrightson [generic]
11. WRIGHTSON
12. Wrightson 71 [generic]
13. Wrightson 72 [generic]
14. WRIGHTSON [vertical]

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Awards:

1. 1972: Shazam Award - Best Penciller (Dramatic Division)
2. 1973: Shazam Award - Best Penciller (Dramatic Division)
3. 1974: Comic Fan Art Awards - Favorite Pro Artist/Penciller
4. 1986: Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award - [no name]
5. 1987: Inkpot Award - [no name]
6. 2012: Ghastly Awards - Best Inker
7. 2012: Ghastly Awards - Hall of Fame Inductee
8. 2012: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Comic Book Division
9. 2014: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choices
10. 2015: Inkwell Awards - Special Recognition Award
11. 2020: Inkwell Awards - Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame
12. 2021: Harvey Award - Harvey Kurtzman Award Hall of Fame

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Awards for Issues:

1. 2019: Ringo Awards - Best Single Issue or Story
   Swamp Thing Winter Special (2018 series) #1

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Awards for Stories:

1. 1972: Shazam Award - Best Individual Story (Dramatic)
   Dark Genesis! (Swamp Thing) comic story, 24p
2. 1973: Shazam Award - Plop!
   The Gourmet (no feature) comic story, 6p
3. 1974: Goethe Awards - Favorite Comic-Book Story
   Night of the Bat (Swamp Thing) comic story, 20.5p

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Art Influences:

Bernie Wrightson (b. 1948) stated influences by:

1. Jack Davis (b. 1924)
2. Albert Dorne (b. 1904)
3. Frank Frazetta (b. 1928)
4. Graham Ingels (b. 1915)
5. Howard Pyle (b. 1853)
6. Al Williamson (b. 1931)

Influences by Bernie Wrightson (b. 1948) were stated by:

1. Ian Akin (b. 1959)
2. Andreas (b. 1951)
3. Chris Bachalo (b. 1965)
4. Michael Bennett (b. 1960)
5. Barry Blair (b. 1954)
6. Mark Bloodworth (b. 1963)
7. Norm Breyfogle (b. 1960)
8. Chris Carlson (b. 1949)
9. Dennis Cramer (b. 1966)
10. Kevin Davies (b. 1961)
11. Dan Day (b. 1956)
12. Scot Eaton (b. 1965)
13. Gary Frank (b. 1969)
14. Kerry Gammill (b. 1954)
15. Armando Gil (b. 1959)
16. Phil Hester (b. 1966)
17. Kyle Hotz (b. 1971)
18. Mark Irwin (b. 1969)
19. Don Lomax (b. 1944)
20. Shawn McManus (b. 1958)
21. Kevin Nowlan (b. 1958)
22. Mitch O'Connell (b. 1961)
23. Eric Powell (b. 1975)
24. Alex Ross (b. 1970)
25. Marc Silvestri (b. 1959)
26. John Totleben (b. 1958)
27. Ethan Van Sciver (b. 1974)
28. Loston Wallace (b. 1970)
29. Stan Woch (b. 1959)
30. Tom Yeates (b. 1955)

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Relations:

1. Employee of - Crusty Bunkers (b. 1972)
   Notes: Did pencils and inks 1972.
2. Spouse - Michele Robinson (b. 1941)
   Notes: Married circa 1974 until some time before her death in 2015.