Richard Corben Art Book
Fantagor Press. 8-1/2"x11"x1/4". 64[+4] pgs. Cover: glossy color. Guts: Glossy color.
Richard Corben Art Book [Volume 1]
1990, 2nd: 1992. $14.95. [id]
| "Labyrinth" On pg 1 a laying naked woman (B&W), on pg 3, Introduction, "Me and Monsters", by Richard Corben, and under it a deformed photo of Richard Corben (B&W). |
"Sabertooth"
1 pict: pg 2. a/r[FiF, pg 2, CI-card
#P60ob]-Richard
Corben (1987).
B&W.
"Prospecting in the Asteroids" Sept.
1967. 16"x22" opague watercolor.
1 pict: pgs 4-5. a/r[CI-card #25]-Richard Corben.
Color. Spread.
"Field Battle" 1969. 18"x24"
acrylic and oil. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 6. a/r[color art2, pg 14]-Richard Corben.
B&W.
"Blue Girl" Early 70's.
18"x24" acrylic. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 7. a/r[CI-card
#82]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager. [CI-card #82]
"Torn Up" Late 60's. 18"x24"
acrylic and oil. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 8. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
"Twilight of the Dogs" 1971.
10-1/2"x15" ink wash with mechanical color overlays.
1 pict: pg 9. a/r[Fantagor #1 (1971), CI-card
#24]-Richard
Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Dumb Story" Early 70's.
10-1/2"x15" ink wash with oil effects and a devious
color overlay technique.
1 pict: pg 10. a/r[Slow Death
#3 (1971)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"A World Peace Treaty..." 1972.
10-1/2"x15" ink wash with oil effects and a devious
color overlay technique.
1 pict: pg 10. a/r[Slow Death
#4 (1972)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Slow Death Anthology" 1975.
10-1/2"x15" ink wash with oil effects and a devious
color overlay technique.
1 pict: pg 11. a-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Skeleton and Vicitim" 1972(?).
1 pict: pg 12. a/r[Death Rattle
#1 (1972)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"With the Dead 
" 1981,
1985. 10-1/2"x15" oil painting in grays with color
overlay technique. 
1 pict: pg 13. a/r[
: Death
Rattle Vol. II #1 (1985)]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
Richard Corben Art Book [Volume 1] says, "Denis
Kitchen and I decided it would be better not to have a nude on the cover.
I made a
clothing overlay for the comic, but this is the original version.
"Lizardman and Crows" 1975.
10"x15" airbrushed ink wash with oil highlights.
1 pict: pg 14. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
"Deus Irae" aka "Where Basketball
Court?" 1980. 13"x20"
acrylic with oil.
1 pict: pg 15. a/r[Deus Irae
(1980), CI-card
#35]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Treed by Triceratops" 1976.
14"x19" oil painting in grays with color overlay technique.
1 pict: pg 17. a/r[Eerie #77
(1976), CI-card
#26]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
Three color sketches of "Treed
by Triceratops" on pg 16.
"Den's Women" 1981.
14"x19" oil painting in grays with color overlay technique.
1 pict: pg 19. a/r[Den 2: Muvovum
(1984)]-Richard Corben. Color. Full pager.
On pg 18 a naked laying girl with plaits (B&W).
"Pilgor and the Snake Women" 1982. 16"x24" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 21. a/r[The Bodyssey
(1993, Fantagor)]-Richard Corben. Color. Full pager.
On pg 20 walking Pilgor (B&W).
"Pilgor and
the Boonthas " (reworked
from "The Sword " r[Epic
#2 (1980)]) 1980.
18"x24"
oil painting.
1 pict: pg 23. a/r[The Bodyssey
(1993, Fantagor), CI-card
#38]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
On pg 22 color excerpt from original
vers., "The Sword".
"Necromancy" 1984.
10"x14" mixed media including color pencils, film overlay
and oil paint. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 25. a/r[CI-card
#19]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Pilgor and the Worm" 1984.
10"x14" mixed media including a photograph and oil
paint.
1 pict: pg 26. a/f[The Bodyssey
(1993, Fantagor)]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"Cosmic Hunter" 1984.
10"x14" mixed media including color pencils, film overlay
and oil paint. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 27. a/r[CI-card
#20]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Wood Demon" 1984. 18"x24"
oil painting. Art Print.
1 pict: pg 29. a/r[CI-card
#43]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Air Battle" aka "Damn Your Eyes!"
1985. 18-1/2"x29-1/2" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 31. a/r[Shadow
on the Sand (1985), CI-card
#80]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Wrack and Roll ",
here as "Wrack
and Rule" 1986. 20"x30"
oil painting.
1 pict: pg 32. a-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Wrack and Roll " Same
as above.
1 pict: pg 33. a/r[Wrack
and Roll (1986), CI-card
#73]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Electric Canes " 1985.
18"x29" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 35. a/r[The Centrifugal
Rickshaw Dancer (1985)]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
On pg 34 is a color sketch, and
a color excerpt of angry face version of "Electric Canes" (vers.
1).
"Dark Mists" 1985.
16"x20" oil painting. Art Print.
1 pict: pg 37. a-Richard Corben. Color. Full pager.
"Beyond the Supernatural" 1986.
18"x24" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 39. a/r[Beyond
the Supernatural (1988), CI-card
#75]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
On pg 38
is a B&W sketch of "Beyond
the Supernatural".
"Spookies" 1987.
24"x36" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 41. a/r[Spookies
(1989)]-Richard Corben. Color. Full pager.
On
pg 40 is a color sketch of "Spookies".
"Kil and Mal" 1987.
14"x20" full color painting.
1 pict: pg 42. a/r[Children of
Fire #1 (1987), CI-card
#55]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"Treasure Found" 1987.
14"x20" alkyd oil painting in grays with color overlay
technique.
1 pict: pg 43. a/r[Children of
Fire #2 (1987), CI-card
#36]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Flying Knee" 1988.
14"x20"
alkyd oil painting in grays with color overlay technique.
1 pict: pg 45. a/r[Children of
Fire #3 (1988), CI-card
#3]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
| On pg 44 color excerpt of comic story "Children of Fire" (pg 26, last pg of 2nd chapter). |
"Turtles versus Mousers" 1986.
28"x20" oil painting.
1 pict: pgs 46-47. a/r[Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 (1986)]-Richard Corben. Color. Spread.
"Turtles Take
Time" 1990.
20"x28" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 49. a/r[Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles #33 (1990)]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
On pg 48 color sketch of "Turtles
Take Time".
"Dreams and Alarums" 1988.
10"x12" ink and charcoal drawing, full color overlay.
1 pict: pg 50. a/r[Den [III] #1
(1988)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Den's Remembered Physiques" 1988.
14"x14" ink and charcoal drawing, full color overlay.
1 pict: pg 51. a/r[Den [III] #2
(1988), CI-card
#63]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Gunfire on Dead Hill" 1988.
14"x14" ink and charcoal drawing, full color overlay.
1 pict: pg 52. a/r[Den [III] #3
(1988), CI-card
#41]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Octopus" 1989. 14"x14"
ink and charcoal drawing, full color overlay.
1 pict: pg 53. a/r[Den [III] #5
(1989)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Kil Leaps" 1989. 14"x14"
ink and charcoal drawing, marble effects and full color overlay.
1 pict: pg 54. a/r[Den [III] #7
(1989), CI-card
#61]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Den Hits Ghoul" 1989.
14"x14" ink and charcoal drawing, full color overlay.
1 pict: pg 55. a/r[Den [III] #6
(1989), CI-card
#11]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Tiger Skull" 1985. 11"x14"
pencil drawing. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 56. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
"Under the Oak" 1986.
30"x40" oil painting. Art Print.
1 pict: pg 57. a/r[CI-card
#47]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Labyrinth" 1986. 30"x40" oil painting. Art Print.
1 pict: pg 58-59. a/r[art1, cover, CI-card
#64]-Richard Corben. Color.
Spread.
"The Dark Planet" 1989.
16"x21" oil painting.
1 pict: pgs 60-61. a/r[The Dark Planet
(1989), CI-card
#5]-Richard Corben. Color.
Spread.
On pg 60 color nude woman.
"Supplication"
1990. 17-1/2"x22" colored ink on paper. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 62. a/r[CI-card
#51]-Richard Corben. Color.
On pg 62 also a supplicating nude woman (B&W) and a B&W sketch of "Airborne".
"Airborne" 1990.
17-1/2"x22" colored ink on paper. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 63. a-Richard Corben. Color. Full pager.
"Bison" aka "Bison Buns"
1985. 8"x10" pen and ink on paper.
Art Print.
1 pict: pg 64. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
Richard Corben Art Book Volume 2
1) Aug. 1994. $19.95. [id,fanfic]
2) Hard Bound.
|
"Art Book Vol. 2" On pg 1 an airbornish woman from Front Cover Art (color), on pg 2 (B&W) a lizard measuring skull (1987), on pg 3, Introduction, "Corben Spouts Off!", by Richard Corben, and under it a photo of Richard Corben in his study working on early "Dreams of an Ancient World" (B&W). |
"Another Airborne"
1 pict: pg 1. a-Richard
Corben. Color.
"Alien Measuring Skull"
1 pict: pg 2. a/r[Battle Flag #6 (1978),
FiF, pg 189]-Richard
Corben. B&W.
"A Gorilla with Wings!" 1969.
11"x14" brush, pen and ink.
1 pict: pg 4. a/r[Sword
& Fantasy (1970's), FiF, pg 27, CI-card
#P1ob]-Richard Corben.
B&W.
"Neverwhere Castle" 1968.
18"x24" acrylic.
1 pict: pg 4. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
"His Master's Voice" 1970.
18"x24" acrylic and oil.
1 pict: pg 5. a/r[Anomaly #3 (1971),
FiF, pg 9, CI-card
#8]-Richard
Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Chard's Dragon" 1977.
16"x20" gray markers and pencils, colored with overlays.
1 pict: pg 6. a/r[Hot Stuff'
#5 (1977)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Dweller in the Dark" 1976.
16"x20" gray scale oil paint, originally colored with
overlays, here recolored by computer.
1 pict: pg 7. a/r[Hot Stuff'
#3 (1976)]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Robot Worm" 1976. 26"x12"
oil painting.
1 pict: pgs 8-9. a/r[Ox (1976),
FiF, pgs 116-117, CI-card
#67]-Richard
Corben.
Color. Spread.
"Robots Gang up" aka "The
Penultimate Truth" 1979.
12"x20" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 10. a/r[The Penultimate
Truth (1979), FiF, pg 167, CI-card
#P3]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"Man in Robot", here as "Roboman" 1986. 14"x23" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 10. a/r[In the
Bone (1987), CI-card
#P4]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Short Circuit" 1985.
14"x23" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 11. a/r[Warchild
(1986), CI-card
#77]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Cyclops " 1969.
16"x20" acrylic.
1 pict: pg 12. a/r[Rocker
Blast Comic Collector #83 (1971)]-Richard
Corben.
Color.
"Cyclops " 1993.
11"x14" airbrushed color ink and pencils.
1 pict: pg 13. a/r[: CI-card
#87, 
: Heavy
Metal Specials IX #2: Havoc (1993)]-Richard
Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Field Battle" 1969, 1990.
18"x24" acrylic and oil.
1 pict: pg 14. a/r[B&W: art1, pg 6]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"Up from the Deep "
1971, 1993. 10"x15" airbrushed ink with color
overlays.
Here revisited with help of computer.
1 pict: pg 15. a/r[Up from the
Deep (1971), CI-card
#88]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Blondy and Hairy" 1970.
15-1/2"x20" acrylic.
1 pict: pg 16. a/r[Eerie #32
(1971)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Ghouls" 1971.
15-1/2"x20" acrylic.
1 pict: pg 16. a/r[Eerie #31
(1970)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Wolf Moon" 1984.
14"x18"
gray oil paints, colored by overlays.
1 pict: pg 16. a/r[Werewolf (1984)]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"Monster Battle" 1977.
14"x18" gray oil paints, colored by overlays.
1 pict: pg 17. a/r[Eerie #86
(1977)]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Lizard Girl " 1981
(incorrect, printed first time in 1978, prob. done in 1977,
1994. 14"x18" gray
oil paints (original vers. before revisiting and coloring). Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 18. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
There is a
sign
"Corben © 1994".
"Lizard Girl " Same
as above with changes and colored with overlays.
1 pict: pg 18. a/r[Eerie #90 (1978)]-Richard Corben. B&W.
The ink swirl sky removed and nude girl has
now clothes and boots. Also visible back leg repositioned. Here says,
printed first time in Creepy
#132 (1981), but
that is incorrect; it's already a reprint.
"Dino Hunter" 1977.
14"x22" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 19. a/r[The Best
of L. Sprague de Camp (1977)]-Richard Corben. Color. Full pager.
"Reclining Nude" Mid-70's.
10"x15"x7" sculpture. Limited edition, the original
was terra cotta and the signed reproductions were cast in polyester
resin. "Aliens" Puppets
from
The Search for the Golden Mold (1967, 8 min.). |
"Cosmic Monster" 1975.
14"x22" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 22. a/r[The 1977
Annual World's Best SF (1977), FiF,
pg 121, CI-card #33]-Richard
Corben.
Color.
"Enchanted Pilgrimage"
1 pict: pg 22. a/r[Enchanted
Pilgrimage]-Richard Corben. B&W.
"The Snow Creature"
1981. 12"x20" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 23. a/r[Parting
Gifts, FiF, pg 177, CI-card
#P2]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Biosphere" (reworked from "Hidalgo's
Beard") 1981. 29"x18""
oil painting with marbling.
1 pict: pgs 24-25. a/r[FiF, pg 132-133, CI-card
#69]-Richard Corben. Color.
Spread.
"Hidalgo's Beard" (original version) 1978.
Same as above.
1 pict: pg 24. a/r[Hidalgo's
Beard (1978)]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"The Three Graces" 1981.
18"x24" oil painting over airbrushed acrylic.
1 pict: pg 27. a/r[(unseen) The
Ophiuchi Hotline]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
On pg 26 (color) figure sketches and techinque explorations using markers, colored pencils, airbrush, oil paint and computer tools. Vague creatures drifting in a thick white cloud universe.
"The Slave Girl "
1979. 15"x23" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 28. a/r[The Wizard
of Anharitte, FiF, pg 163]-Richard
Corben.
Color.
On pg 28 (color) sketches of nude people.
"The
Slave Girl " Same as above.
1 pict: pg 29. a/r[CI-card
#71]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Silver Spacers" 1982.
1 pict: pg 30. a/r[Starship
Traveller (1984), CI-card
#74]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"The Cat Girl " 1980.
14-1/2"x24-1/2" oil painting. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 30. a-Richard Corben. Color.
"The Cat Girl "
Same as above.
1 pict: pg 31. a/r[FiF, pg 19, CI-card
#27]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"The Green Man [1972]" 1972.
18"x24" oil painting. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 32. a-Richard Corben.
B&W.
"Self Portrait Caricature, scowling"
1 pict: pg 32. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
"The Green Man [1984]" 1984.
18"x24" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 33. a/r[Heavy Metal
#93 (1984)]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Skull Asteroid"
1 pict: pg 34. a/r[Rocket
Blast Comic Collector #81 (1971)]-Richard Corben.
B&W.
"Planet Busters", here as "Space Busters" 1979. 16"x18" oil painting over acrylic.
1 pict: pg 35. a/r[1979 Heavy Metal
Calendar, FiF, pg 153, CI-card
#40]-Richard
Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Venus" 1979.
24"x24"
oil painting over acrylic.
1 pict: pg 36. a/r[Morningstar:
Venus (1979), CI-card #46]-Richard
Corben.
Color.
"Bat out of Hell" 1977.
24"x24" oil painting over acrylic.
1 pict: pg 37. a/r[Meatloaf:
Bat out of Hell (1977)]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"A Night on
Bald Mountain " 1979.
18"x24" oil painting over acrylic.
1 pict: pg 39. a/r[Heavy Metal #28
(1979), CI-card #7, FiF,
pg 155]-Richard
Corben, Rick Courtney.
Color. Full pager.
On pg 38 (color) exceprts of overlay
cencors on Heavy Metal cover (small draperies were added to some
of the figures).
"Rex in the Barn" 1983.
10"x10" markers and gray pencils colored by overlay.
1 pict: pg 40. a/r[Twisted Tales
#3 (1983)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Infected" 1983. 10"x10"
markers and gray pencils colored by overlay.
1 pict: pg 40. a/r[Twisted Tales
#5 (1983)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Zombie Party" 1983. 10"x10"
markers and gray pencils colored by overlay.
1 pict: pg 41. a/r[Twisted Tales
#1 (1982)]-Richard Corben. Color.
| On pg 40 B&W excerpt (from pg 3) of comic story "Infected" (Twisted Tales #1 (1982)). |
"Wildman" 1986. 12-1/2"x16-1/2"
gray pencils colored by overlays.
1 pict: pg 42. a/r[Twisted
Tales (1987)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"The Window" 1986. 12-1/2"x16-1/2"
gray pencils and tone overlays (colored here by computer).
1 pict: pg 42. a/r[Twisted
Tales (1987)]-Richard Corben,
c-Beth Corben. Color.
"Going Native" 1986. 12-1/2"x16-1/2"
gray pencils and tone overlays (colored here by computer).
1 pict: pg 43. a/r[Twisted
Tales (1987)]-Richard Corben,
c-Beth Corben. Color. Full pager.
"Cosmic Death" 1986. 10"x12"
airbrushed wash.
1 pict: pg 44. a/r[Twisted
Tales (1987)]-Richard Corben.
B&W.
"Nasty Boogy" 1986. 12-1/2"x16-1/2"
gray pencils and tone overlays (colored here by computer).
1 pict: pg 45. a/r[Twisted
Tales (1987)]-Richard Corben,
c-Beth Corben. Color. Full pager.
"Butterfly" 1986. 12-1/2"x16-1/2"
gray pencils and tone overlays (colored here by computer).
1 pict: pg 46. a/r[Twisted
Tales (1987)]-Richard Corben,
c-Beth Corben. Color.
"Lusty Granny" 1986. 12-1/2"x16-1/2"
gray pencils (colored here by computer). For Twisted Tales
(1987), but not used.
1 pict: pg 47. a/r[Twisted
Tales (1987)]-Richard Corben,
c-Beth Corben. Color. Full pager.
"Jovian Blue Girl",
here shortened as "Jovian Blue"
(reworked "Fireship", without baby)
1981. 15"x23" oil painting. Unpublished.
1 pict: pg 49. a/r[CI-card #28]-Richard
Corben. Color. Full pager.
On
pg 48 color excerpt from "Fireship",
and B&W male figure sketch.
"Enchanted Treasure " 1983.
14"x18" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 50. a/r[CI-card
#70]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"Enchanted Treasure " Same
as above.
1 pict: pg 51. a/r[The Warlock
of Firetop Mountain (1983)]-Richard Corben. Color.
Full pager.
More monsters and reduced the size of
the hero's muscular arms.
"Magic Sword" 1983.
14"x18" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 52. a/r[Citadel
of Chaos (1983)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Wizard's Closet" 1984.
13"x17" oil painting. Art Print.
1 pict: pg 53. a/r[CI-card #10]-Richard
Corben. Color.
Full pager.
"Forest of Doom " 1983.
14"x18" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 54. a/r[Forest
of Doom (1983)]-Richard Corben.
Color.
"Forest of Doom " Same
as above.
1 pict: pg 54. a-Richard Corben. Color.
"The new version isn't much better than the original."
"Lizard King"
1983. 14"x18" oil painting.
1 pict: pg 55. a/r[Island
of the Lizard King (1979), CI-card
#48]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Indian Evening" 1984.
30"x20" oil painting over acrylic. Art Print.
1 pict: pgs 56-57. a/r[CI-card #68]-Richard
Corben. Color.
Spread.
"Dreams of an Ancient World " 1984.
20"x26" oil painting. Art Print.
1 pict: pg 58. a/r[Fantastic Females
(1984)]-Richard Corben. Color.
On pg 58 B&W nude blond sitting.
"Dreams of an Ancient World "
Same as above.
1 pict: pg 59. a/r[CI-card #79]-Richard
Corben. Color.
Full pager.
Additional tree branches.
"Scratch
my Back" 1972.
11"x16" ink wash colored with overlays.
1 pict: pg 60. a/r[Anomaly #4
(1972)]-Richard Corben. Color.
"Blue Dragon" 1984.
19"x25"
oil paint over acrylic.
1 pict: pg 61. a/r[Heavens
Gate: Livin' in Hysteria (1991), CI-card
#P1]-Richard
Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Wizard's Dreams"
1985. 19"x30" oil paint over acrylic.
1 pict: pg 63. a/r[1986 International
Corben Calendar (1985), CI-card #65]-Richard Corben.
Color. Full pager.
"Lizardman's Lunch"
1 pict: pg 64. a/r[FiF,
pg 94]-Richard Corben. B&W.
On pg 62 two (B&W) naked male figures.
Copyright © 2002 Heart-Attack-Series, Ink!, SidSid Keränen
First appeared in 14t May 2002. Last modified December 29, 2007.