Howard's characters-most notably the flame-haired warrior-woman, Red Sonja-loosely based on a character from one of Howard's non-Conan stories, who has now become a major comics character in her own right-in " The Song Of Red Sonja " in Conan the Barbarian # 24 ( March 1973 ), Windsor-Smith ’ s last issue of the title.

Windsor-Smith would later say that the reason he missed those issues was because he had quit the series a number of times as he was dissatisfied with the work and how the comics business worked, rather than the deadline problems Marvel quoted.

Windsor-Smith was by now becoming disillusioned with the comics industry and the way in which in his opinion the writers and artists were being exploited: " I needed to be free of constraints and policies that were imposed by the dictates of creating entertainment for children " Shortly thereafter, Windsor-Smith left comics for the first time, leaving only a couple of inventory items in the Marvel Comics vaults, both stories of R. E.

* Barry Windsor-Smith ( born 1949 ), comics artist

Bolton's introduction to comics came about quite casually after he graduated from East Ham Technical College ( whose former alumni include Gerald Scarfe, Barry Windsor-Smith and Ralph Steadman ) with a degree in graphics and design.

Barry Windsor-Smith ( born Barry Smith in Forest Gate, London, on 25 May 1949 ), is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best known work has been produced in the United States.

Nonetheless, the resulting pages secured Windsor-Smith further work with Marvel, in Daredevil # 50-52 ( March – May 1969 ), a western short story, " Half Bree " ( probably the story " Outcast " eventually published in Western Gunfighters # 4, February 1971 ), and issue # 12 of Nick Fury, Agent of S. H. I. E. L. D.

Windsor-Smith later called his early art " amateur and klutzy " and a " less than skillful " Kirby imitation, but Stan Lee liked it enough to give him more work However, with his visa having expired and without a work permit, Windsor-Smith was sent home by U. S. Immigration Authorities in December 1968.

In 1971, Windsor-Smith moved to the United States having been granted a work permit.

In 1976 Windsor-Smith published The Gorblimey Press Catalogue, a high quality index to the work published by Gorblimey Press, with full-page reproductions of each piece.

However, in 1993 Windsor-Smith once again found himself in opposition to company employment policies when Valiant decided to adopt the same work for hire practices that he had disliked in Marvel Comics, and became dissatisfied with his position in the company: " They needed me as a figurehead just as much as a creator.

Of his work for Valiant, and the problems he encountered there over legal ownership of titles and characters, Windsor-Smith said in 2008, " In the 1970s I was constantly asked when I would ' do Conan again '.

From 1975 to 1979 she shared workspace in Manhattan ’ s Chelsea district, with Bernie Wrightson, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Michael William Kaluta, collectively named The Studio ; Dragon ’ s Dream produced a volume of their work in 1979.

Heralding things to come, Thomas, a long-time Conan the Barbarian fan, also had Windsor-Smith provide the art for a sword and sorcery story in the Conan style, " Starr the Slayer ", in Chamber of Darkness # 4 ( April 1970 ).

Soon after, Roy Thomas offered Windsor-Smith the job as the original penciller for Marvel's adaptation of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian character, starting with the first issue "' The Coming Of Conan ", in Conan the Barbarian # 1 ( October 1970 ).

As well as the art and story contributions, Windsor-Smith provided the covers for most issues.

Windsor-Smith also provided the art for a number of other Marvel Comics titles, including the Ka-Zar stories in Astonishing Tales # 3 -# 5 ( December 1970-April 1971 ) and # 10 ( February 1972 ), three further issues of The Avengers (# 98-100, April – June 1972 )-about which he would later remember the nightmare of drawing " all those bloody characters that I didn't give tuppence about ", Iron Man # 42 ( June 1972 ), and Marvel Premiere # 3-4 ( July – September 1972 ), which featured Doctor Strange, both of which were apparently re-scripted by Stan Lee after being drawn to Lee ’ s original scripts.

He also illustrated " Lifedeath " a double-sized Storm story in The Uncanny X-Men # 186 ( October 1984 ), and a 4-part Machine Man limited series ( October 1984 – January 1985 ), for which Windsor-Smith was artist and colorist over Herb Trimpe layouts for the first three issues, and drew and coloured alone for the fourth.

Windsor-Smith became the chief designer of the Unity crossover for Valiant Comics, and writer and artist for most of the first dozen issues of the title Archer and Armstrong.

Since leaving Valiant, Windsor-Smith has worked for a number of companies.

In 1995 Windsor-Smith created an oversized anthology series, Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller for Dark Horse that contained three ongoing features: " The Paradoxman ", a dark science-fiction tale, " Young GODS ", a homage to Jack Kirby's Thor and New Gods series, and " The Freebooters ", a lighthearted action series about an aging Conan-like character grown older and heavier and now running a tavern.

In January 2006, Windsor-Smith announced on the website Comic Book Galaxy that he was in negotiations to publish a graphic novel for Marvel Comics starring The Thing.

Originally drawn by Barry Windsor-Smith for Conan the Barbarian, Sonja was transposed from a minor Robert E. Howard 16th-century gunslinger character (" Red Sonya ") to a mainstay of the sword and sorcery Conan canon by Roy Thomas.

The story was later adapted by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith for issues # 2-3 of the Marvel Comics magazine series Savage Tales.

In addition to the Wolverine series and appearances in the various X-Men series, two other storylines expand upon the character's past: " Weapon X ", by writer-artist Barry Windsor-Smith, serialized in Marvel Comics Presents # 72-84 ( 1991 ); and Origin, a six-issue limited series by co-writers Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, and Bill Jemas and artist Andy Kubert ( November 2001 – July 2002 ).

A tremendous roster of legendary creators have worked on Shadowman characters and storylines including current Marvel Comics Editor-in Chief Joe Quesada, former Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter, Sin City co-director Frank Miller, Garth Ennis, Rob Liefeld, Barry Windsor-Smith, Jamie Delano, Steve Ditko, David Lapham, Rags Morales, Fabian Nicieza, Jim Starlin, Bob Layton, Jimmy Palmiotti, Walt Simonson and Ashley Wood among many others.

Features explosive art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Marvel EIC Joe Quesada and a story by legendary creators Bob Layton and Jim Shooter!

Valiant recruited numerous writers and artists from Marvel, including industry legend Barry Windsor-Smith, creator of Wolverine's acclaimed Weapon X storyline, and Bob Layton, architect of many of Iron Man's key stories.

The " Cimmeria " poem was illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith in Marvel Comic's Savage Tales magazine Volume 1, Number 2 in 1973.

Linda Fite is an American writer and editor who created the Marvel Comics series The Cat, and who while serving as an assistant to Marvel editor-in-chief Stan Lee, helped bring fledgling artist Barry Windsor-Smith to the company by responding with an encouraging note to some art he had sent to the Marvel offices.

Granted residential status in the United States in 1974, Windsor-Smith, along with his partner Linda Lessman, set up Gorblimey Press, through which he released a small number of limited-edition prints of fantasy-based subjects that proved popular.

* Asked to name his favorite Storm stories, Chris Claremont responds, " The two ‘ LifeDeaths ,’ both collaborations with Barry Windsor-Smith.

Particularly notable was " Weapon X " in issues # 72-84, which revealed Wolverine's origin, with story and art by Barry Windsor-Smith.

Bob Layton was one of the chief architects of the Valiant Universe, along with Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith, Steven J. Massarsky, and Jon Hartz.

After collaborating with Adams on the Spider-Man feature in Web of Spider-Man Annual # 2 ( September 1986 ), and with penciler Mike Mignola on a short backup story there, Nocenti teamed with artist Barry Windsor-Smith on Daredevil # 236 ( November 1986 ).

*** " American Dreamer " ( with Barry Windsor-Smith, in # 236, 1986 )

Same thing with Barry Windsor-Smith.

DeFalco later wrote a Machine Man limited series in 1984, with art by Herb Trimpe and Barry Windsor-Smith.

Introduced as a minor character in a non-fantasy historical story by Robert E. Howard, " The Shadow of the Vulture ", Red Sonya of Rogatino would later inspire a fantasy heroine named Red Sonja, who first appeared in the comic book series Conan the Barbarian written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith.

The story was adapted by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith and Sal Buscema.

Shooter, Windsor-Smith, and Layton served at the creative helm of Valiant, and they recruited a diverse group of both veteran and young creators to complete their team.