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Richard Corben

Richard Corben (1940 - 2020) was active/lived in Missouri, Kansas.  Richard Corben is known for Comic book artist, animation, illustration.

Richard Corben was born in Missouri and grew up in Sunflower, Kansas, a work force community of Sunflower Ordinance Works, which made bombs for World War II. He's been drawing comics all of his life. An early effort was a series of comics about the adventures of TRAIL, the family dog. Later he moved to imitations of Tarzan and Brothers of the Spear.

Corben also showed a keen interest in animation by turning many pads of paper into animated flip books. In art college he concentrated on basic drawing and painting. Developing these skills would become vital in creating his chosen realistic style. His school offered no courses for animation, but Corben nevertheless produced a 5 minute animated film highlighting the labors of Heracles, using his father's 8mm movie camera, as his senior project.

After finishing school he wanted to go to New York to launch a career in comics or animation. But Corben was always a timid and shy person and he put off such a drastic move. After so   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3150 characters.]  Artist bio

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