# Is Richard Corben dead? \[He died 12-02-2020\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [December 10, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794 "2020-12-10T19:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/1 "2020-12-10T19:57:17Z")
I couldn’t post earlier, so I’ll try again… I heard Richard Corbin died on the 2nd, but I haven’t seen anything in the news. Does anyone have info? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/2 "2020-12-10T20:00:56Z")
You spelled his name wrong. Wiki says he died following heart surgery. > **[Richard Corben | Personal life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Corben#Personal_life)** > > Corben's wife is named Madonna "Dona" (née Marchant). He was the special-effects/animation technician for her prize-winning film entry Siegfried Saves Metropolis in a contest sponsored by Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in 1964 (see issues #34 and 35). They married soon afterwards in 1965. > Corben died on December 2, 2020, following heart surgery. He was 80 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/3 "2020-12-10T20:03:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You spelled his name wrong Aha! Now I get news hits! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/4 "2020-12-10T20:08:14Z")
Updated the title and tagged the thread for you. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/5 "2020-12-10T20:10:01Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/6 "2020-12-11T01:41:26Z")
His Bodyssey was so very over the top hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/7 "2020-12-11T06:46:37Z")
Awwwwwww maaaaaan. Crap. Suck-ness. I love his work. Love his work more than Frazetta, more than Vallejo. _Den_ in particular is something I often recall fondly. RIP Mr. Corben; you done fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/8 "2020-12-11T11:50:36Z")
Whenever I hear the phrase “big swingin’ dick” I think of _Den_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/9 "2020-12-11T15:17:35Z")
There’s a movie in the works. > **[To Meet the Faces You Meet](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/to-meet-the-faces-you-meet#/)** > > A feature-length sci-fi film based on the comic "Fever Dreams" by Richard Corben and Jan Strnad. | Check out 'To Meet the Faces You Meet' on Indiegogo. > _ **To Meet the Faces You Meet** _ is a feature-length independent science fiction film based on the 1972 underground comic _ **Fever Dreams** _ written by **Jan Strnad** (DC Comics, Disney, _Heavy Metal_ ) and illustrated by **Richard Corben** ( _Heavy Metal_ , _Fantagor_ , Dark Horse Comics). The film is animated and directed by **J. Allen Williams** ( _Darkstar: The Interactive Movie_ , _Everything_ ), who co-wrote the screenplay with Strnad. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/10 "2020-12-11T16:10:09Z")
I hadn’t heard about this. Sorry to hear it. I’m surprised about his doing the work for Siegfried Saves Metropolis – I was reading Famous Monsters at the time, and remember that – they published pictures from it in the magazine (I think I still have my copy). They animated his _Den_ for the movie _Heavy Metal_, but he himself had basically animated the same story years earlier as _Neverwhere_. Here it is: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JM3hjD_W0yI/hqdefault.jpg "Richard Corben Neverwhere") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3hjD_W0yI) ---
**Author:** ![ElDeLuxo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@ElDeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElDeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-richard-corben-dead-he-died-12-02-2020/927794/11 "2020-12-24T00:46:50Z")
Well. Damn. He was good, very good. I first got into his art as a kid reading _Creepy_ magazine, then a little later discovered his fantastic work in underground horror comix. His work held me as a fan right up until recently. Nearly every panel the man drew looked three-dimensional. Nobody could bring ghastly horror to visual life like he could Thank you, Mr. Corben, and rest in peace. You did what you did really well, sir, as well as anyone who ever worked in the field, and managed a good long run, too.