RICHARD CORBEN is the man! He has some issues with his so-so social skills like I do and his imagination is very strong! In fact if you know me and think my imagination ability is very strong, multiply that times 30 and you have a great Richard Corben comic book story! He loves to take time on his art and when he goes all out on his craftsmanship rendering painting skills, he collects fans like bees to honey! I have spoken to him on the phone before, what a rush to get to meet your hero since age 13! He looked at my art portfolio through the mail when I was 20 years old, and gave me a little feedback! I spend half of my bar mitzvah money as a teenager at the san diego comic con in the 1990's buying up as much old 1960's to 1980's Bernie Wrightson and Richard Corben comic books and comic stories! He puts his life or personal problems into his stories, like in Den part 2 Den the well hung muscle man butt kicking hero doesn't want to wear modern day clothing circa 1980! He wants to go back to walking around and fighting monsters to the death naked like he used to! He was only wearing the clothes for his girlfriend Kath, if a superhero starts getting into relationship conflicts with his sex kitten girlfriend in fantasy comic about sex and kung fu fighting on a mysterious planet in another universe the author or artist is passive aggressively talking about his relationship with his own wife or girlfriend! But that's what is cool about Richard Corben, he embraces his fantasies about kicking some ass first with the bad guys and then getting some ass from the bodacious babes! He has an art style that cannot be replicated except only by him! He comes from Kansas City area, Mo. and he has lived there his whole life! He has left Kansas City before to travel around or work as an illustrator! He married his high school sweet heart Dona who likes photography and he has a grown up daughter. I'm not sure if he is a grandpa? But I get the feeling he is very shy, introverted, and a bit of a home body! Right now his passion is once again life drawing which is drawing the human body with a live model, in a classroom or artist studio with other people who help cheer each other on to draw well and help bring the cost of paying for the life drawing model down to a reasonable price per person! Richard Corben has a sense of color that is beyond any technicolor technicians wildest dreams! He can shade charicso like a genius and he can paint clothing and fabric better than anyone else in comic books! He went to Kansas City Art Institute in the 1960's.I recommend everyone check out Richard Corben comic books and do a google image search, or look at his website which I think is www.corbenstudios.net I believe!
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