"Bloodstar" by Robert E. Howard. Graphic Novel with Art by Richard Corben. Morning Star Press, 1976. First Edition
“Bloodstar” is an adaptation of Robert E.Howard’s original short story “The Valley of the Worm,” which appeared for the first time in Weird Tales (Feb. 1934). It is a post-apocalyptic sword and sorcery tale of the life of a mythical hero and his heritage. It combines Greek and Norse mythologies with science fiction and presents a fantastic array of repulsive-looking monsters, incredibly muscled heroes and impossibly big-busted maidens (a Richard Corben specialty). It is illustrated in black and white in mixed media in startlingly three-dimensional looking images. Corben took about nine months to complete the artwork, and according to Berni Wrightson, he painted the cover in less than 24 hours while Wrightson visited him in Kansas City.
Some writers consider “Bloodstar” to be the most successful adaptation of a Robert E. Howard story. It is possibly the first graphic novel to call itself a “graphic novel” in print (in its introduction and dust jacket) and it was first published in 1976 by The Morning Star Press in a limited edition. [Source: Wikipedia]
"Bloodstar" by Robert E. Howard. Graphic Novel with Art by Richard Corben. Morning Star Press, 1976. First Edition
“Bloodstar” is an adaptation of Robert E.Howard’s original short story “The Valley of the Worm,” which appeared for the first time in Weird Tales (Feb. 1934). It is a post-apocalyptic sword and sorcery tale of the life of a mythical hero and his heritage. It combines Greek and Norse mythologies with science fiction and presents a fantastic array of repulsive-looking monsters, incredibly muscled heroes and impossibly big-busted maidens (a Richard Corben specialty). It is illustrated in black and white in mixed media in startlingly three-dimensional looking images. Corben took about nine months to complete the artwork, and according to Berni Wrightson, he painted the cover in less than 24 hours while Wrightson visited him in Kansas City.
Some writers consider “Bloodstar” to be the most successful adaptation of a Robert E. Howard story. It is possibly the first graphic novel to call itself a “graphic novel” in print (in its introduction and dust jacket) and it was first published in 1976 by The Morning Star Press in a limited edition. [Source: Wikipedia]