Influenced By

The following artists have influenced by the art of Richard Corben. Links checked in January 17, 2012.

“There’s [Frank Frazetta,] Mike McMahon, Kevin O’Neill, jeeze, Bill Sienkiwicz, Corben.”
Simon Bisley, Comic artist, illustrator (among others “Slaine”, “Lobo”, “Judge Dredd”, and for Heavy Metal). [Comic Art & Graffix Gallery Artist (page 5/5)]

Simon Bisley even used Den as a side character in “Slaine”!
BTW, The supporting dwarf of Slaine is called “Ukko”, which is pure Finnish word. It means “old man” (though the name is from the author – I do not know if he’s aware of the connection or is it just coinsident)!

“I thrived on Richard Corben when I was growing up.”
Gerald Brom, An American illustrator. Born 1965 [BromArt]

“I became aware of Richard Corben’s work at a very critical point in my development as an artist. Unlike many other artist of his time, his work comes from a very personal place. He is simply amazing.”
John Cebollero, An American illustrator, comic artist and sculptor (color and art in Forbidden Zone #1 (1999), colorist for “M-80”, and co-colorist for “Angel of Andromeda”. All for Galaxy). Born 1965 [The Official Web Site]

“I still like Richard Corben… liked already in 80’s and prob. there is influence of his work in mine (at least in busted ones, LMAO).”
Jouko Nuora, A Finnish comic artist and illustrator (“Nani”). Born 1963 [A private message. Jouko Nuora web site]

“You will see his influence hide on many of my work.”
Rafa Garres, A Catalan illustrator and comic artist (among others for DC Comics, “Slaine”, “Jaguar God”, and “Lobo”) [A private message. Rafa Garres web site]

“My initial major influences were Richard Corben, Frank Frazetta, and Neal Adams.”
John Higgins, A British illustrator and comic artst [AD Review – John Higgins Interview (page 1/3)]

“Lots of [artists have influenced my work], too many to remember them now, but the first one was Richard Corben and Juan Gimenez (Heavy Metal). I started on the comics due [to] their influence.”
Salvador Larrocca, A Spanish comic artist (among others for Marvel). Born 1964

“– Corben the Great. — I first discovered — Den. I don’t know how much time I spent looking at each frame.”
Gaetano (Tanino) Liberatore, An Italian illustrator and comic artist (the creator of “Rank Xerox”). Born 1953. [quotes from his introduction for Richard Corben’s Werewolf (1984). [See also fan web site, incl. Richard Corben introduction for Ranxerox in New York]

“I’ve loved his work since i was very young and I am thrilled to be working on it with him.”
Mike Mignola, A comic artist [http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazines/wizard/WZ20050704-five.cfm]

Mentions his 1978 opening story for character Luther Arkwright, “Papist Affair” (from Near Myths) to be “a seven-page Moorcock á la Corben-style strip”.
Bryan Talbot, A British comic artist [Comix: the Underground Revolution (2004)]

He says in his Slush Factory Entertainment Interview, by Zack Smith (dated 23rd April 2003), two times, how Richard Corben was his all time favourite artist, a hero.
Jose Villarrubia, A Spanish digital artist, photographer and computercolorist (studied in 90s in Baltimore, and several works for Alan Moore), Colorist for Max Comics: Cage, and The Punisher (cover art) for Marvel. [See also An Interview with José Villarrubia]

“Corben’s work is singular in it’s humanity. He works with towering technical skill… And the wonderous thing of it all is that underneath all that technical tour-de-force is the sound of a beating heart”.
Will Eisner, An American comic artist, the creator of The Spirit [The Official Web Site]

“Corben’s stuff was great. He put stuff into his comix that the overground press wouldn’t print” [Conversations]Robert Crumb, An American comic artist [The Official Web Site]

“I feel like I was particularly impresed by Richard Corben’s work. But in general I would not say the underground made that big of an impression except for Corben… His science-ficiton stories, those almost primitive black and white comics he did back then. I was very struck by the visceral punch they had, by the unusual artistic point of view. And also by the unabashed exaggeration. It’s as if you wanted a woman to have big breast, you drew it. There was something just so joyously excessive and erotic about jso stuff, that I jsut ate it up.”
Frank Miller, An American comic artist [Quotepark]

“People like the American Richard Corben… are, in my view, maestros.”
H. R. Giger, a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as “biomechanical” [Quotepark]

“The artist I most want to aspire to is Richard Corben. His style is visual and it tells the story just as you see it… …my favorite is Corben. I love everything he does, I love his stuf …he’s an amazing artist.”
Gillermo del Toro, A Spanish movie maker