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Richard Bassford (born 1936) is an American illustrator who has worked in both advertising and comic books. Born in Manhattan, Bassford lived from age three in the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Corona and Whitestone until his marriage in 1961, when he moved to Flushing. In 1975, Bassford settled in Cold Spring, New York. ==Comic books== As a teenager, he took particular note of comic books drawn by Wally Wood, who became a major influence. In Manhattan, Bassford studied at the School of Industrial Art (which later became the High School of Art and Design), and he entered the commercial art field in the early 1950s with magazine gag cartoons and packaging art for toy boxes. His pen-and-ink illustrations were published in the magazine ''Amateur Art & Camera'' in 1954. Bassford's first work in comics came in 1957 with "What Happened on the Mountain!" for Atlas Comics' ''World of Mystery'', reprinted in Atlas' ''World of Fantasy'' #13 (August 1958). At the Wally Wood Studio, Bassford was an artist on Tower Comics' ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'' almost from the start. Beginning with the second issue, he assisted Wood on the penciling of "Dynamo Battles Dynavac" (reprinted in Tower's ''The Terrific Trio'' paperback). Bassford, Wood and Dan Adkins teamed on ''The Munsters'', a comic book adaptation of the 1964-66 CBS television series. Bassford also worked with Gil Kane on ''Undersea Agent''.〔(''Comic Book Artist'' 14: Tower Comics Checklist )〕 An interview with Bassford about Wally Wood noted the educational aspect of the Wood Studio: "His later black-and-white work using Craftint doubletone board was truly amazing. I learned to use the valuable tones available with Zip-A-Tone Benday shading sheets simply by studying Woody's application."〔Bassford interview about Wally Wood and good girl art, ''CFA-APA'' (the publication of the Comic & Fantasy Art Amateur Press Association) #40 (Spring 1996).〕 After James Warren recruited Bassford for Warren Publishing in the early 1970s, beginning with an illustration in ''Vampirella'' #11 (May, 1971), he contributed to both ''Creepy'' and ''Eerie''. For ''Creepy'' #39 he drew "The Dragon Prow" from a Steve Skeates script, and in issue #41, he executed "The Hangman of London" for "Creepy's Loathsome Lore." For ''Eerie'' #39, he illustrated Doug Moench's "The Mysterious Men in Black!" for "Eerie's Monster Gallery." His work as an illustrator spans a wide range of subjects from science fiction and fantasy interiors to color cartoons and the poems of Nick Kenny. His airbrushed informational-card illustrations for International Masters Publishers have covered military aircraft; mermaids and creatures for IMP's ''Myths and Monsters'' series; and ''Sports Heroes, Feats & Facts''. Bassford's drawings have appeared in a variety of publications, including ''Screw'' and Bill Pearson's ''Sata''. For the magazine ''Fantastic'' he illustrated two stories: "The Forest of Unreason" by Robert F. Young (July 1961) and ''The Trekkers'' by Daniel F. Galouye (September 1961). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Bassford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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