Frank Brunner

Belladonna

17" x 24" Mixed media on illustration paper.  Mounted and Framed to 21" x 29"

Signed Lower Left "Brunner 76"

Frank Brunner broke into comics as a horror artist/writer for Web of Horror, Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella magazines.  He 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.  Brunner explored many facets of theology and brought "Cosmic Awareness" to comics.  His stint on Dr. Strange was so popular that the title went monthly and established Dr. Strange as a top tier character at Marvel Comics.

Brunner briefly returned to comics in the mid 1980s, as the artist on the First Comics title Warp! (based on the science fiction stage play of the same name that ran briefly on Broadway in the early 1980s).  He then created his own graphic novel The Seven Samuroid (1984), a science fictional takeoff of the movie classic Seven Samurai.  Brunner then moved to Hollywood and began a career in Movies and TV animation, working on many shows at Hanna-Barbera (Jonny Quest), Walt Disney Imagineering (Euro Tomorrowland movie), Warner Bros. (preproduction Batman design) and DreamWorks (Invasion USA). He was the head of character design for the very popular series X-Men.

Frank Brunner's comics career has been very influential on artists who have come after him, and his work is highly respected by collectors world wide for its neo-gothic style, beautiful women and attention to detail and design.   Recently he has devoted most of his time to commissions and fine art painting. 

Belladonna is easily recognizable as one of a few defining pieces of Frank Brunner's early artistic career.  She was published by Dark Eagle in 1976 as a limited edition and open edition poster.  Included in this lot is an original signed and numbered (117/500) edition of this poster (shown above to the right).  The painting is in outstanding condition.  The poster is showing its 30 year age with some creasing and tears along the edges.  I have another poster, 118/500, in similar condition if interested.

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