Kevin's Watch

I really don't have much to say, except Barry's Conan was about as highly acclaimed a series as ever existed, and it lives up to the hype. he's head and shoulders above the 'standard fare' for comic artists; see for yourself:

Barry Smith is great. I loved his run on Conan. I loved his work on Machine Man. Problem with Smith is he never seemed to do a huge amount of work. If you were never a Conan fan you may have missed the guy completely. I know he's done other things but its kind of sparse compared to others. Wish he had done more.

aTOMiC wrote:Barry Smith is great. I loved his run on Conan. I loved his work on Machine Man. Problem with Smith is he never seemed to do a huge amount of work. If you were never a Conan fan you may have missed the guy completely. I know he's done other things but its kind of sparse compared to others. Wish he had done more.

He worked slow. And he had a lot of theory to juggle, which meant a lot more angst and thought went into his stuff than the usual comics fare. He was a passionate devotee of the Pre-Raphaelites, and an awesome painter. In fact, his painting work took up a good chunk of time he might have devoted to comics, which is why his output was fairly low.

I happened to google him a few weeks back, and he has a website up. But the last entry was posted some time ago. I don't know what he's involved with these days.

beautiful stuff. look at the colors on the third pic. and the second also uses color to great effect.

Thanks for pointing me here, dAN!

BWS has been one of my favourite artists since I first saw his work in the pages of Epic Illustrated.

Some wallpapers for those interested (click for 1024x768 version):













I recently got my hands on OPUS vols 1 & 2, which are collections of his work. Magnificent!