Beth Blighton

Beth Blighton is a gen and het artist and writer. Her work has appeared in many Beauty and the Beast (TV) zines.
Blighton won Best Artist award at the first Tunnelcon. 
Her "Last of the Mohicans" and her "Tarzan" Vincent portraits, inspired costumes designed by Stu Shef, a Vincent cosplayer.See Stu Shef's Interview, Winterfest 2007 
She also founded the Lionheart Fan Club (focusing on the character of Vincent) and published both a newsletter (Lionheart) and a 1994 calendar by the same name.
According to one reviewer, Blighton was: 
==Meta and Open Letters==
* I realize that in a group as close as this fandom has become, we tend to depend on the opinions of our fellow fans as to what is worthwhile and what is not. (1989)
* It seems that the trend in fandom is to believe the first shocking thing we hear from the first "politically correct" mouth we hear it from. (April 1991)
* All I can see of fandom is something that was once beautiful which has now become painful and almost unbearable. (May/June 1991)
* That's Not An It, That's a Him... (1992)
* Aloneness, Vincent's Life as an Adoptee (1993)
* An Important Message for All Lionheart Readers (1994)
==Her Art at Cons==
From a fan in 1991 commenting on the con, South of Oz: 
==Gafiated from Beauty and the Beast Fandom==
Blighton became increasingly unhappy with Beauty and the Beast fandom. In 1991, Blighton contributed a long letter to Once Upon a Time...Is Now #32. See All I can see of fandom is something that was once beautiful which has now become painful and almost unbearable..
In 1994, she announced her retirement from Beauty and the Beast fandom: 
She would later go on to publish fanzines for Earth 2 fandom In the Heart of Eden, an Earth 2 fanzine and work on the revival efforts for HBO's Carnivale TV series and the 2005 CarnyCon, a Carnivale convention.
Over the years, she has auctioned off or sold her Beauty and the Beast artwork as limited run prints and on t-shirts. The last sale took place in 2008..
In 1994, a fan wrote this ode to her:
==Zine Contributions==
===Beauty and the Beast===
* All That Lights Upon Us
* The Beast of Times: "What a Yo-Yo"
* Castles in the Air 
* Destiny
* In the Heart of Eden
* In the Silence of the Night
* Journeys 
* Legend
* A Life Without Limits
* Lionheart 
* The Lionheart Calendar
* Love & Light...The Fable
* Mirrors
* One Day, A Rapture
* Promises of Someday
* The Spiral Staircase
* Tunnelcon
* Thighs and Whispers
* Wildheart
===Other===
* Property of the FBI
* The Skippery-Boo 
==Sample Gallery==
 
* untitled 1991 (cross-over drawing of Vincent, a unicorn and a fairy)
* The Fire and the Rose (Vincent in a classic pose, with loincloth, sword and rose.)
* Blaze of Glory 1991 (18x24 Pastel and Prismacolor ORIGINAL called, "Blaze of Glory". It is the companion piece to "The Fire & The Rose", and features Vincent in a loincloth, carrying a sword.) 
* The Warrior 1989
* untitled 1992 (reclining Vincent)
* untitled 1990 (Vincent and Catherine in two poses)
* I have been one acquainted with the night 1994
* untitled 1990
* Once Bright and Beautiful 1991
* The Wind and the Lion 1992 (11x14 -- Vincent in a "LadyHawke" pose.)
* untitled 1993 (Vincent looking over his shoulder)
* untitled 1993 
* "Once Beautiful And Brave" (11x14 color print)
* "Come Bring Me Your Softness" (Vincent and Catherine erotic bedroom scene.)
* "Come Take Me" (Vincent and Catherine romantic bedroom scene.)
===1988===
File:BB Destiny.jpg|cover of Destiny (Beauty and the Beast zine)‎ #1
 
===1989===
File:Lovelight-4.jpg| from Destiny #2, and later, from Love & Light...The Fable 
File:Castlesintheair1-1.jpg|"An Age of Truer Wisdom" from Castles in the Air #1 
File:BB Destiny2.jpg|cover of Destiny (Beauty and the Beast zine)‎ #2
File:onedayarapture.jpg|"Midnight Angel" from One Day, A Rapture 
 
File:Onedayrapture-7.jpg|"Surrender All Your Dreams to Me" from One Day, A Rapture
===1990===
File:Wildheart.jpg|cover of Wildheart
File:Batb wildheart cover.jpg|sample art from Wildheart 
File:Tunnelcon back flyer.jpg|back cover of Tunnelcon #1
===1991===
File:Spiralstair5-8.jpg|from The Spiral Staircase #5
File:Castlesintheair2-7.jpg|"Pray God You Can Cope" from Castles in the Air #2
File:Castlesintheair2-8.jpg|"Night Moves" from Castles in the Air #2
File:Mirrorsbb4-1.jpg|from Mirrors #4
File:Blazeofglory.jpg|"Blaze of Glory" (1991)
===1992===
File:Bb the last of his kind by beth blighton.jpg|Journeys (Beauty and the Beast calendar)‎, also known as Last of the Mohicans Vincent
File:Lionheart1-1.jpg|from Lionheart #1 
 
Image:lionheart3-1.jpg| from Lionheart #3 "Let me tell you I'm glad there was no one else in the house (except my cat, Tulip) when I pulled Lionheart #3, August 1992, out of its mailing envelope. I think I gasped, held my breath, probably made some type of very appreciative exclamation, and then didn't move for I don't know how long while I just stared at that cover. Turn that pipe V's holding into a spear or his sword, and you've got warrior #3 in your Warrior series of art prints. I would just l-o-v-e to have a pastel or color print, or even just a large b&w, of this on my wall. There's just something in his face/expression/eyes that just draws me in. I can't explain what feelings course through me when I look at this cover, but you've "captured" a Vincent on paper I've not seen in all the years I've been admiring and collecting art." a comment in Lionheart #5 
File:Thighs.jpg|cover of Thighs and Whispers
File:Spiralstair6-6.jpg|from The Spiral Staircase #6
===1993===
Image:fatherblighton.jpg|portrait of Father
File:Lionheart7-1.jpg|from Lionheart #7
File:Lionheart8-1.jpg|from Lionheart #8
===1994===
File:Lionheart9.jpg|from Lionheart #9
===1996===
File:Property6art.jpg|from Property of the FBI #6
==References==
Category:Fanartists