Rad Artists: Richard Corben

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Den vol. 3 is currently down to £16.32 on Amazon UK:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DEN-Childre.../dp/1506736084

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So, as most fans know, Corben was semi-reclusive and rarely did interviews, BUT he did do a few, one of which was for a fanzine called Realms, in the 5th issue from 1972.

I knew I had a copy of this and was going through a box earlier today and found my copy, so here are some scans (cover included just for reference, obviously he didn't do it).

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More info on Dimwood.

https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/4188/...hed-for-the-fi


RICHARD CORBEN’S “DIMWOOD” TO BE PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME

Dimwood

The next volume of the Richard Corben Library from Dark Horse Features an introduction by Joe Lansdale

Dark Horse Books presents Dimwood, the final graphic novel by the celebrated artist, Grand Prix at Angoulême award-winner, and Will Eisner Hall of Fame member Richard Corben. Written and illustrated by Corben and lettered by Nate Piekos, this special edition collects the previously unpublished Gothic tale and includes a dust jacket, an introduction by award-winning author Joe Lansdale, an epilogue by project art director José Villarrubia, and other bonus material.

In the densely vegetated forest of Dimwood, a young woman returns to her family home after many years of absence. Xera has gaping holes in her memories of her childhood and family, as obscured and dim as the surrounding forest. In Dimwood Mansion, with its decaying, labyrinthine levels, she seeks the missing pieces of her past and makes connections with mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders.

Dimwood (hardcover, 136 pages, 8”x11”) will be available in bookstores on June 10, 2025 and in comic shops on June 11, 2025. It is now available to preorder at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, TFAW, and your your local comic shop and bookstore for $39.99. Stay tuned for more news about Dark Horse’s Richard Corben Library.

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Praise for Richard Corben:

“Richard Corben…was one of the most gifted artists to emerge from the wonderfully fertile 1960s underground scene.”—The New York Times

“Corben is meta-cinematic, gloriously unbound by prudence, and seemingly without precedent or heirs. In an odd way, he is the one author that emerges from the American underground and seeds the imagination of authors everywhere- creating a movement that combines genre and rebellion and finds perch in filmmakers and artists in the entire world- traces can be found in France, Japan, Italy, etc., etc."—Guillermo del Toro

“Corben’s work is singular in its humanity. He works with towering technical skill… …the wondrous thing of it all is that underneath all that technical tour-de-force is the sound of a beating heart.”—Will Eisner

“Mr. Richard Corben… a genuine giant of his chosen medium.”—Alan Moore

“Richard Corben stands among us like an extraterrestrial peak. He has sat in his throne a long time, above the moving and multi-colored field of world comics, like an effigy of the leader, a strange monolith, a sublime visitor, a solitary enigma.”—Mœbius

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Hellboy Black And White Edition is being crowdsourced by Delirium in France.

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Coming August 2025.

https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3016...asy-Stories-HC

Rowlf and Other Fantasy Stories HC
Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductee Richard Corben’s fantasy masterpiece inspired by Beauty and the Beast and long out-of-print finally collected as part of the new Richard Corben hardcover library.

Well known for his legendary fantasy underground masterpieces published by Fantagor Press as well as Heavy Metal, Richard Corben’s work has been recognized internationally having been awarded one of the most prestigious recognitions in comics literature the Grand Prix at Angoulême as well having been inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

The next volume of the Richard Corben Library is a trilogy of werewolf stories. Rowlf is a postmodern take of Beauty and the Beast that mixes high fantasy with dystopian science fiction. It is the first masterpiece in Corben’s long career. The Beast of Wolfton and its sequel The Spirit of the Beast are ironic love stories of a werewolf family saga. The book closes with a poignant free adaptation of one of the Japanese legends by Lafcadio Hearn called The Story of Oteg. All packaged in a beautiful new printing with meticulously restored artwork and featuring a new introduction by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away).

Creators
Writer: Richard Corben
Artist: Richard Corben
Cover Artist: Richard Corben
Genre: Fantasy, Occult & Supernatural
Publication Date: August 05, 2025
Format: FC, 128 pages; HC; 8" x 11"
Price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 1-50674-983-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-50674-983-9