I’d already been reading American comics for about 5 years before I even saw any of his artwork. I started collecting seriously in 1977, and found a store in Manchester which had some material from the more gifted comic artists of the time. I bought my copy of The Studio there and was absolutely amazed by Wrightson, also purchasing a couple of his exhibition catalogues and art books.
I received considerable ridicule at school for being extremely enthusiastic about the comic book medium, but it was Bernie’s fine art in particular which made me realise how very, very wrong and ignorant all of that nonsense was, creating a resolve to continue on the same path; a diehard geek for 4 decades now.