R.E. HOWARD/CONAN/DEVIL IN IRON/FANTASY ART/BURCHAM

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16x20 ON CANVAS BOARD BY BURCHAM. THE COVER ART TO A NEW EDITION OF R.E. HOWARD`S A DEVIL IN IRON. DELUXE ART ON A ACID FREE SURFACE. THIS IS COMIC BOOK STYLE ART UNIQUE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE FROM THE HAND OF A MODERN MASTER. THE NEPHEW OF LEGENDARY ILLUSTRATOR AND ARTIST EARL MORAN. MR. BURCHAM IS LISTED IN JERRY BAILS WHO`S WHO OF AMERICAN COMIC BOOK ARTISTS,THE COMIC BOOK SUPER STARS PUBLISHED BY KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS, AND THE ITALLIAN ART BOOK GLAMOUR.HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AT AGE SIXTEEN AS A PORTRAIT ARTIST AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER.AFTER A STINT IN THE U.S.NAVY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR ERA HE GRADUATED FROM THE MIDWEST SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN AND BEGAN A LONG CAREER IN COMMERCIAL ART. LATER HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT INKER TO TONY DE`ZUNIGA ON SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN AND JOHNAH HEX. HE CREATED MANY NEW CHARACTERS DURING THE COMIC BOOM OF THE 1980`S. THE MOST NOTABLE THE SUPERNATURAL COSTUME HERO DARK WOLF, A PREDESESSOR TO SPAWN. IN THE 1990`S HE WORKED IN THE TOY INDUSTRY WORKING ON GODZILLA, TARZAN, JOHN CARTER OF MARS, MARS ATTACKS, CASPER, GUMBY AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS. RECENTLY HE HAS COMPLETED STORYBOARDS FOR AN UPCOMING MOVIE, ART FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND WAS FEATURED IN AN NYC ART SHOW. MR. BURCHAM IS NOW INDUCTED INTO THE OCC HALL OF FAME WITH FELLOW ARTISTS NEAL ADAMS, GRAY MORROW, CHESTER GOULD, read more

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