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Barry Windsor-Smith
Born May 25, 1949 (1949-05-25) (age 59)
London, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Area(s) artist, writer
Notable works Conan
Red Sonja
Machine Man
Weapon X
Solar
Unity
Archer & Armstrong
Rune
Storyteller
Awards Shazam Award, 1974

Barry Windsor-Smith, also known as Barry Smith (born May 25, 1949) is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has been produced in the United States. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a Fictional character, a Low fantasy Sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas Machine Man ( X-51 /also called Aaron Stack) is a Fictional character created by writer/artist Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics. This article is about the clandestine government anti-mutant project for the reality-jumping team of antiheroes see Weapon X (Exiles; for the individuals called Weapon Solar is an American fictional Comic book character Originally known as Doctor Solar Man of the Atom, he first appeared in a comic book published by Gold Unity was a company-wide " crossover " story published by Valiant Comics in the summer of 1992. Archer & Armstrong was a Comic book series by Valiant Comics, with sales of 350000 books a month Rune is a fictional Vampire -like being from Malibu Comics ' Ultraverse imprint Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

His international acclaim came as the original artist for Marvel Comics’ Conan the Barbarian from 1970 to 1974, where he rapidly evolved a sophisticated and intricate style, introducing elements from diverse artistic influences to graphic storytelling.

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Biography

Windsor-Smith was born in Forest Gate, London. Forest Gate is a Residential area in the London Borough of Newham. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

In 1968, Windsor-Smith travelled to New York and presented himself at the offices of Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc A suitably impressed Roy Thomas gave him the job of drawing an issue of X-Men, but with no studio and having been kicked out of his hotel, Windsor-Smith was forced to do the work sitting on park benches. Roy Thomas (born November 22 1940, Missouri, United States) is a Comic book Writer and editor, and The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The resulting pages secured Windsor-Smith further work with Marvel, even though he was sent back to England within the year as he had no work permit.

Initially credited as Barry Smith, he rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the original penciller for Marvel Comics' adaptation of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian character. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 1906 &ndash June 11 1936) was an American pulp writer of Fantasy, Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian, from the name of his homeland Cimmeria) is a Fictional character often associated with At first drawing in a manner lifted from Jack Kirby, within a couple of years he developed a unique style for comics at the time, borrowing from pre-raphaelites such as Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti (whose influence would saturate Windsor-Smith's artwork even more in later years). Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, August 28, 1917 &ndash February 6, 1994) was an American Comic book The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters Poets, and critics founded in 1848 by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet (28 August 1833 &ndash 17 June 1898 was an English Artist and Designer closely associated with the later Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882 was an English poet Illustrator, painter and Translator. Along with writer Roy Thomas, Smith adapted the Howard short stories "The Frost-Giant's Daughter", "Tower of the Elephant", "Rogues in the House", and "Red Nails". During their run together, Thomas and Smith also created original adventures and characters as well, including the flame-haired warrior-woman, Red Sonja, loosely based on Red Sonya, a character from one of Howard's non-Conan stories. Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a Fictional character, a Low fantasy Sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas

Shortly thereafter, Smith left comics, added Windsor to his professional name, and began to pursue a career in fine art (although he has returned to the comics field several times since). Granted residential status in the United States, Windsor-Smith in 1974 set up Gorblimey Press, through which he released limited-edition prints of fantasy-based subjects that proved popular. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. As well, he was one of the four comic book artists-turned-fine-illustrator/painters who, along with Jeff Jones, Mike Kaluta and Bernie Wrightson, formed a small artist's loft commune in 1975 known as The Studio. Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm Bernie "Berni" Wrightson (born October 27, 1948, Baltimore Maryland, U The Studio was the name of a small artists' loft commune formed in 1975 by four comic book artists/fine illustrator/painters in Manhattan 's Chelsea district By 1979 they'd produced enough material to issue a handsome art book under the name "The Studio", which was published by Dragon Dreams. By this point, Windsor-Smith had fully embraced a symbolist and Pre-Raphaelitism aesthetic. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters Poets, and critics founded in 1848 by

Windsor-Smith returned to Marvel in the 1980s as the artist & colorist of a Machine Man limited series (1984), provided plot/pencils/colors for Iron Man Vol. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Machine Man ( X-51 /also called Aaron Stack) is a Fictional character created by writer/artist Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics. Iron Man is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. 1, #232 (July, 1988), and as the writer and artist of the serialized "Weapon X" feature in Marvel Comics Presents #72-84 (1991). This article is about the clandestine government anti-mutant project for the reality-jumping team of antiheroes see Weapon X (Exiles; for the individuals called Weapon The latter was Windsor-Smith's own, original conception of the origin of the X-Men character Wolverine. During this period he also produced a well-regarded story featuring The Thing and Human Torch that was published in Marvel Fanfare.

Valiant Comics

In late 1991, BWS was approached to act as creative director and lead artist at Valiant Comics, a start-up publisher that was trying to break into the comics market. Valiant Comics was an American Comic book Publishing company founded by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, writer/artists Valiant, founded by former Marvel Comics writer and editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, had licensed a few dormant characters from 1960s and 70s publisher Gold Key Comics. James Shooter (born September 27 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Writer, occasional fill-in artist editor, and Those characters, Magnus Robot Fighter; Doctor Solar; and Turok Dinosaur Hunter, were then supplemented with Valiant’s own original titles, including Harbinger, X-O Manowar, Shadowman, Archer and Armstrong, Eternal Warrior, Bloodshot, Ninjak and Rai, among others. Magnus Robot Fighter is a fictional character created by writer/artist Russ Manning in 1963 based primarily on Tarzan. Solar is an American fictional Comic book character Originally known as Doctor Solar Man of the Atom, he first appeared in a comic book published by Gold Turok is a fictional American comic book character initially in comics from Western Publishing published through licensee Dell Comics. Harbinger is a Comic book series about a group of teenage super-powered outcasts known as Harbingers, published by Valiant Comics X-O Manowar ( Aric Dacia) is a fictional Valiant Comics Superhero created by writer and former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Shadowman is a Fictional Comic book character from Valiant Comics who first appeared in May of 1992. Archer & Armstrong was a Comic book series by Valiant Comics, with sales of 350000 books a month Gilad Anni-Padda aka the Eternal Warrior is the title character of a 50-issue Comic book series by Valiant Comics that ran from 1992-1996 Bloodshot is the title character of a Comic book series published by Valiant Comics. Ninjak is a Fictional Comic book character that originally appeared in eponymous books by Valiant Comics, and later by Acclaim Comics Rai (pronounced "rye" is a

Windsor-Smith was the chief designer of the Unity crossover for Valiant Comics and writer and artist for most of the first dozen issues of the title Archer and Armstrong. Unity was a company-wide " crossover " story published by Valiant Comics in the summer of 1992. Archer & Armstrong was a Comic book series by Valiant Comics, with sales of 350000 books a month Valiant became a phenomenon, selling nearly two million copies of premiere issues, and climbing to the third largest comics publisher in the U. S. behind the long-time industry leaders Marvel and DC. This success was due in large part to the quality of the material produced.

In 1993, Barry Windsor-Smith abruptly walked away from Valiant, as he wasn't aware of what his position was within in the company after Jim Shooter's departure, which was soon after sold to video game giant Acclaim Entertainment for $65 million. James Shooter (born September 27 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Writer, occasional fill-in artist editor, and Acclaim Entertainment was an American Video game developer and publisher. Acclaim Entertainment neglected the publication of comics in favor of exploiting the characters for video games.

Storyteller

He did some work for Malibu's Ultraverse line (see Rune) as well as for Dark Horse Comics, and at Image Comics, working on the crossover event Wildstorm Rising at WildStorm Productions. The Ultraverse was the name given to a Comic book Imprint published by Malibu Comics. Rune is a fictional Vampire -like being from Malibu Comics ' Ultraverse imprint Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics Image Comics is an American Comic book publisher It was founded in 1992 by seven high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their Wildstorm Rising was a crossover event published by Image Comics / WildStorm that involved the entire line of titles published by WildStorm in 1995 WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, (sometimes rendered Wildstorm) is a publishing Imprint and studio of American Comic book At Dark Horse Windsor-Smith created an oversized series, Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller, that contained three ongoing features: The Paradoxman, Young GODS, and The Freebooters, that last a lighthearted action series about a Conan-like character grown older and heavier and now running a tavern. The comic book was cancelled after nine issues; Fantagraphics Books has issued hardcover collections of Young GODS , The Freebooters and The Paradoxman. Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Each of these hardcover volumes includes supplemental features, essays and previously unseen art.

Fantagraphics has also published Windsor-Smith's Adastra in Africa, a hardcover starring a character from Young GODS in a story originally intended to be Lifedeath III of Marvel's The Uncanny X-Men with the character Storm. Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics Comic book series for the X-Men franchise Storm ( Ororo Iqadi T'Challa, née Munroe is a Fictional character that appears in a number of Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fantagraphics has also published Opus, a series of hardcover art books featuring Windsor-Smith's work from throughout his career. These volumes also include his ongoing autobiographical story Time Rise, which features details of his extraordinary experiences with seemingly paranormal phenomena.

In January of 2006, BWS announced on the website Comic Book Galaxy that he is in negotiations to publish a graphic novel at Marvel Comics about the character The Thing. A

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