The Marvel Creator Collection No. 3
American Dreamer Barry Windsor-Smith at Marvel Vol. 2
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The comics featured in American Dreamer, Fantagraphics' second volume (of three) collecting all of Barry Windsor-Smith's work at Marvel, provides a stark contrast between the artist's early experimentation on Daredevil under the influence of Jim Steranko and Jack Kirby and the full-blown, unique storytelling brilliance displayed a few years later on Machine Man and his later return to Daredevil. Windsor-Smith's plotting and powerful visuals evoking the circuitry-born identity of Machine Man are unforgettable, but this volume also sees the full emergence of BWS the writer with the legendary Thing story he fully scripted and drew for Marvel Fanfare. Also: Marvel editor Archie Goodwin's 1981 interview reveals insights into Windsor-Smith's life and art, and comics historian and editor Jon B. Cooke's continuing biography covers the artist's time on Conan the Barbarian.
Barry Windsor-Smith
Barry Windsor-Smith began his career by drawing mainstay Marvel characters such as the X-Men and Daredevil in 1969 in the traditional Marvel style. However, in 1971 he broke from the Marvel formula when he started drawing the Conan series, turning heads with a fresh and controversial stylistic approach and winning numerous industry awards. Part of a young generation of artists that included compatriots Bernie Wrightson, Mike Kaluta, and Jeff Jones, Windsor-Smith proceeded to carve an independent path for himself. In the '90s, he conceived, wrote, and drew three independent series, The Freebooters, Young Gods, and The Paradox-Man. In 1999 and 2001 Fantagraphics published Opus volumes 1 and 2, autobiographical coffee table art books. The critically acclaimed and award winning Monsters (2021) is his most recent work. He lives in New York.
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