# Talk:Bernie Wrightson

I moved this page (and all appropriate links) from Berni Wrightson, since as far as I know that's his name.  At least, that's the name on his website. —Josiah Rowe 04:40, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

He went by Berni for a long time, so many readers will think this is a mistake unless there's an explanation - which I've now added (based on this). It's such a common question, I'm not sure why it's not mentioned on his website. ←Hob 07:01, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Mary Skrenes, one of Berni's early girlfriends, used the pen name "Virgil North" and wrote an adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" which Wrightson drew for I'll be Damned #1 in 1970 and "All in the Family..." which he drew for DC's House of Mystery 204.  She has her own Wikipedia entry.  When Wrightson came to Warren Publishing in 1974, working there was colorist Michele Brand (widow of Roger Brand, underground comix artist, who has his own Wikipedia entry), and they subsequently married (circa 1978-80) and had several children.  They divorced in the mid 1990s, and Wrightson's current wife is named Liz.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.105.203.68 (talk) 17:26, 5 April 2014 (UTC) 

While I agree that there should be a Personal Life section, given the importance  of Wrightson's work to his field, we need to reliably source that information.  Of more immediate concern is the fact that he is in the hospital after suffering a series of small strokes.  This has been confirmed by his wife Liz and has been reliably source by CBR News here: BERNIE WRIGHTSON IN HOSPITAL DUE TO "SERIES OF SMALL STROKES by Steve Sunu.  A general basics of where he was born & raised, his education, early influences, marriages and children and any other particularly interesting and useful biographical detail should be present as well as the state of his health right now since rumors have been floating around that he is dead or totally incapacitated, neither of which are true.  It's an unfortunate side effect of the Internet Age that whenever a beloved creator/artist/writer falls ill or ages, health events will trigger such speculation.  CBR is usually the most reliable source for the truth of any such claims since their writers have good relationships with both the companies that produce Media and the creators of it.  I am not able to devote the necessary time and effort to creating a Personal Life section at this time.  I would, however, be happy to keep an eye on things and help with sourcing in a few weeks.  LiPollis (talk) 06:28, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
Here's a Comics Journal article about Roger Brand and his then-wife Michele Brand whom he parted from in 1974.  She wrote a few posts in 2011 under the name Michele Wrightson, and says she brought up two sons who are now grown:
http://www.tcj.com/a-lousy-week-for-woods-remembering-roger-brand/
Wrightson mentions his ex-wife Michele Robinson Brand in passing in a TwoMorrows interview:
http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/04wrightson.html
On page 186 of HOWARD CHAYKIN: CONVERSATIONS, published in 2011, he says that he married his first wife Daina Graziunas in 1972, divorced her in 1977, then Berni Wrightson dated her, and subsequently she married Jim Starlin in 1980.  All three of these men were good friends and sometimes collaborators in the comics industry.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.187.214.210 (talk) 21:26, 1 March 2017 (UTC) 

This article needs the B-Class checklist filled in to remain a B-Class article for the Comics WikiProject.  If the checklist is not filled in by 7th August this article will be re-assessed as C-Class.  The checklist should be filled out referencing the guidance given at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. For further details please contact the Comics WikiProject.  Comics-awb (talk) 15:37, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Done. It needs a lot more references. (Emperor (talk) 23:40, 31 July 2008 (UTC))