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Encyclopedia > Frank Brunner

American comic book artist, particularly known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1970s. While his comics career was relatively short - he worked on a handful of titles, and left Marvel in the late 1970s - his detailed, baroque style has proven enormously influential. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Marvel Comics NYSE: MVL, (AKA Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel Characters, Inc. ...


Brunner is best-known for his collaboration with writer Steve Englehart on Doctor Strange (in Marvel Premiere in 1972-3, and in the relaunched Doctor Strange title in 1974), and for a handful of Howard The Duck stories with writer Steve Gerber. Steve Englehart (April 22, 1947 - ) is an American comic book writer, known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s. ... Doctor Strange, a fictional character, is a sorcerer and superhero featured in Marvel Comics. ... Marvel Premiere is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. ... Doctor Strange, a fictional character, is a sorcerer and superhero featured in Marvel Comics. ... Howard the Duck #8 (January 1977), art by Gene Colan Howard the Duck is a comic book fictional character created by Steve Gerber for Marvel Comics and featured in several comic book series of the same name. ... Steve Gerber (born 20 September 1947) is an American writer of comic books. ...


Brunner briefly returned to comics in the mid 1980s, as the artist on the First Comics title Warp. He has devoted most of his time, though, to fine art painting and to animation design. First Comics was an American publisher of comic books. ...


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Of Doctors and Ducks: An interview with Frank Brunner (3648 words)
Frank Brunner was almost immediately a fan-favorite artist when he came into his own as artist on "Dr. Strange" in the early '70s, joining the ranks of Steve Ditko, Gene Colan, and Barry Windsor-Smith as a top artist on the Master of Mystic Arts.
Frank: I was realizing in order to make money in comics at the time—they really didn't care about individual artists unless you were somebody like John Buscema, who had a special deal—but the only way you could make money (it was like we were all interchangeable parts) was to do more books.
Frank: Right, a lot of the writers who felt the artists were really breaking their buns doing the best job they could, they felt the artists deserved the artwork, and really, it was a way of subsidizing your income if you could sell the originals—but Gerber was argumentative on it.
Frank Brunner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (738 words)
Frank Brunner (born February 21, 1949) is an American comic book artist, particularly known for his innovative work at Marvel Comics in the 1970s.
Brunner's comics career was relatively short, but was very influential on later artists, and his work is highly respected by collectors world wide for its neo-gothic style, beautiful women and attention to detail and design.
Brunner is best known for his collaboration with writer Steve Engelhart on Doctor Strange in Marvel Premiere in 1972-3, and in the relaunched Doctor Strange title in 1974.
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