Bernie Wrightson retires due to health

[Kirby101]

From his Facebook page;

Dear Fans and Friends,

I apologize for our silence for the past few months. Last November Bernie began falling again, and having obvious problems with perception. He had to undergo yet another brain surgery to relieve bleeding, and then spend several weeks undergoing in-patient rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it appears that he has lasting damage: he has extremely limited function on his left side, and is unable to walk or reliably use his left hand, among other limitations.

We have had to come to the sad conclusion that he is now effectively retired: he will produce no new art, and he is unable to attend conventions. Should this situation change I will happily announce it here.

He can still sign his name (in fact he was signing Kickstarter prints in the hospital!), and is otherwise pretty healthy and has good cognition. We expect to continue releasing signed prints, and offering occasional pieces of art for sale from the collection that remains. We both thank all of you for your continuing support and good wishes!

All our best,
Liz and Bernie Wrightson

https://www.facebook.com/Bernie-Wrig...7503094275422/



Sad news for one of the all time great and unique comic artists. i hope his health otherwise stays good.

[ed2962]

My prayers go out to his family.

[Shining Trapezohedron]

I always loved his great art.
I wish him all the best in the world.

[Daryl]

Aw that sucks. It was a great joy to meet him at the LCS back when he was promoting his and Steve Niles' Frankenstein book.

[JBatmanFan05]

My best wishes to him. One of the very best of the best. I remember my first time reading Batman The Cult and just being blown away by Wrighton's style and skill.

[John Ossie]

Best wishes to him.

[ILLUS]

It's depressing getting older and all your heroes are even older and either retiring or worse.