Today, comic-art legend Frank Thorne (Marvel Comics’ Red Sonja; Atlas Comics’ Son of Dracula; and creator of Ghita of Alizaar, Lann, and Danger Rangerette) turns 85! As readers of this blog probably know, Thorne is not only one of my favorite artists, but his style was also a major influence on the way I’ve drawn my own comics. And so what better time than today to point you to a few items you might be interested in:
• There’s this blog post from last year, in which I celebrate Thorne’s eighty-fourth birthday and recount the time in the late 1980s when I took the one-day art class “How to Draw Women the Frank Thorne Way” at a New York comic book convention.
• If you visit the SWC art gallery and scroll down to the “Visions of Lorelei” section, you’ll find a Thorne drawing of our favorite comic book succubus, originally done for Lorelei, Vol. 2 #2, which was published way back in 2002. To say I was awestruck when Thorne agreed to draw Lori would be an understatement.
• And over at the news site Comics for Sinners, you can read my reviews of Frank Thorne’s Red Sonja Art Edition, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3, which collect Thorne’s spectacular artwork from his 1970s Marvel Comics run—at its original 11″ x 17″ size. (And if you haven’t already picked up a copy of volume 1 of this three-volume set, you should definitely give it some consideration.)
Happy birthday, Mr. Thorne! And thanks again for all the fantastic art!
