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'''Barry Windsor-Smith''' (born '''Barry Smith''', 25 May 1949) is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best-known work has been produced in the United States. He attained note working on Marvel Comics' ''[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' from 1970 to 1973, and for his work on the character [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]], particularly the 1991 "[[Weapon X (story arc)|Weapon X]]" story arc. His other noted Marvel work included a 1984 "[[Thing (comics)|Thing]]" story in ''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'', the "Lifedeath" and "Lifedeath II" stories with writer [[Chris Claremont]] that focused on the de-powered [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]] in ''[[The Uncanny X-Men]]'', as well as the 1984 ''[[Machine Man#Volume 2|Machine Man]]'' limited series with [[Herb Trimpe]] and [[Tom DeFalco]].

After leaving Marvel, Windsor-Smith became the creative director and lead artist at [[Valiant Comics]], where he illustrated the company's revival of the 1960s [[Gold Key Comics]] character [[Solar (comics)#Valiant Comics|Solar]], and created the original characters [[Archer and Armstrong]]. He was also the chief designer of the "[[Unity (comics)|Unity]]" crossover storyline. After leaving Valiant in 1993, Windsor-Smith did work through a number of publishers, including co-creating the vampiric character [[Rune (comics)|Rune]] with Chris Ulm, which was published as part of [[Malibu Comics]]' [[Ultraverse]]. Rune's adventures included a crossover with Conan that Windsor-Smith wrote and illustrated. He also provided art for the [[WildStorm Productions]]/[[Image Comics]] storyline "[[Wildstorm Rising]]", though he later came to regret that work. He subsequently created an oversized anthology series, ''[[Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller]]'' through [[Dark Horse Comics]], though it was cancelled after nine issues.

Windsor-Smith released his subsequent work through [[Fantagraphics]], including the ''Storyteller'' spin-off ''Adastra in Africa'', which had originally been conceived as a "Lifedeath III" story for Storm; two volumes of the retrospective hardcover art book ''Opus''; and ''Monsters'', a 360-page hardcover published in 2021 that had originally been conceived in the mid-1980s as a ''Hulk'' story. In 2022, Barry Windsor-Smith won [[Eisner Awards]] for Best Graphic Novel, Best Letterer, and Best Writer/Artist for ''Monsters''.

==Early life==
Barry Windsor-Smith was born Barry Smith on 25 May 1949 in [[Forest Gate]], [[East End of London]].<ref name=OfficialBio>{{cite web |url= http://barrywindsor-smith.com/studio/bwsbio1.html|title= Barry Windsor-Smith|date= n.d.|publisher= Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130928081703/http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/studio/bwsbio1.html|archive-date= 28 September 2013|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=John Jackson|author-link= John Jackson Miller|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=10 June 2005 |location=Iola, Wisconsin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He displayed artistic abilities at an early age and practiced drawing by copying [[Wally Wood]] artwork in ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' magazine and the works of [[Leonardo da Vinci]], with little regard for what was or wasn't considered [[fine art]].<ref name="ref1"/> His parents supported him in following an arts education and he attended East Ham Technical College for three years, earning degrees in Industrial Design and Illustration.<ref name=OfficialBio/>

==Career==
Windsor-Smith produced his first published work in 1967 and 1968 – single page "Powerhouse Pinups" of [[Marvel Comics]] characters for ''[[Terrific (comics)|Terrific]]'' and ''[[Fantastic (comics)|Fantastic]]'' comics, titles published by [[Odhams Press]] that included licensed [[Marvel Comics]] reprints for the UK market. Following this, he flew to the U.S. in summer 1968 with fellow artist [[Steve Parkhouse]] for meetings at Marvel in New York. "I sent material first, and based solely upon a pleasant return note from [[Stan Lee|Stan [Lee]'s]] assistant [[Linda Fite]], my pal and me were at Marvel's doorstep in the blink of an eye."<ref name="ref1">{{cite journal|last = Cooke|first = Jon B.|title = Alias Barry Windsor-Smith, Interview with Storyteller & Conan Artist: BWS|journal = Comic Book Artist|issue = 2|publisher = [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = May 1998|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url = http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/02bws.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120205205353/http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/02bws.html|archive-date= 5 February 2012|url-status= live}}</ref> Largely due to his [[Jack Kirby]]esque style,<ref>Windsor-Smith in Cooke (1998): "Stan loved my stuff because although it was pretty amateur and klutzy, it had the essence of Jack Kirby about it, and that was what sold Marvel comics in those days."</ref> Marvel Comics Editor Stan Lee gave him the job of drawing both the cover and story of ''[[Uncanny X-Men|X-Men]]'' No. 53 ([[cover-date]]d Feb. 1969), credited to Barry Smith as he was then known.<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Barry+Smith|title= Barry Smith}} and {{gcdb|type=credit|search= Barry+Windsor-Smith|title= Barry Windsor-Smith}}<!--Grand Comics Database gives slightly different results for "Barry Smith" and "Barry Windsor-Smith", hence two searches are posted here.--></ref> He drew Marvel's ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #50–52 (March–May 1969), a Western short story, "Half Breed" (probably the story "Outcast" eventually published in ''Western Gunfighters'' No. 4, Feb. 1971),<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/24053/ ''Western Gunfighters'' #4 (Feb. 1971)] at the Grand Comics Database: Special note at the end states "This strip was conceived by Roy Thomas and executed by Smith and Parkhouse nearly Two Years ago!"</ref> and issue #12 of ''[[Nick Fury|Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' (May 1969),<ref name="GCD" /> both scripted by Parkhouse. 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.<ref name="ref1"/>

Despite this, [[Roy Thomas]] assigned him issues No. 66 and No. 67 of ''The [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' (July–Aug. 1969) after he had returned to the UK. These stories introduced the fictitious indestructible metal alloy [[adamantium]].<ref>{{cite book|last = DeFalco|first = Tom|author-link = Tom DeFalco|editor-last= Gilbert|editor-first= Laura|chapter= 1960s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 136|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= Practically indestructible, adamantium is a fictional metal alloy that first appeared in this issue [''The Avengers'' #66] by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith.}}</ref> He continued to work at a distance for Marvel, providing the art for a number of stories in the horror anthology titles ''[[Tower of Shadows]]'' and ''[[Chamber of Darkness]]''.<ref name="GCD" /> Thomas, a long-time fan of [[Robert E. Howard]]'s 1930 [[pulp-fiction]] character [[Conan the Barbarian]], had Windsor-Smith provide art for a [[sword and sorcery]] story, "Starr the Slayer", in ''Chamber of Darkness'' No. 4 (April 1970). Soon afterwards, Thomas offered Windsor-Smith the job as penciller for Marvel's adaptation of Conan, starting with ''Conan the Barbarian'' No. 1 (Oct. 1970).<ref>[[Peter Sanderson|Sanderson, Peter]] "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 146: "Writer Roy Thomas and British artist Barry Smith (later known as Barry Windsor-Smith) launched Marvel's sword-and-sorcery comics with ''Conan the Barbarian'', in a series that ran for 275 issues."</ref> In 1971, Windsor-Smith moved to the United States, having been granted a work permit. Comics historian [[Les Daniels]] noted that Windsor-Smith's "initial efforts were slightly sketchy, but his technique progressed by leaps and bounds. Within a few months he had achieved a style never seen in comics before."<ref name=MarvelFiveDecades>{{cite book|last = Daniels|first = Les|author-link = Les Daniels|chapter= Research and Development (1970–1978)|title = Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics|publisher = [[Abrams Books|Harry N. Abrams]]|year= 1991|location= New York City|page= 150|isbn= 9780810938212}}</ref>

[[File:Conan01.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Cover of ''Conan the Barbarian'' #1 (Oct. 1970). Cover art by Windsor-Smith and [[John Verpoorten]].]]

During his run on ''Conan the Barbarian'', Windsor-Smith was involved in the writing as well.<ref>Windsor-Smith in Cooke (1998): "I was always plotting my own stories right from the beginning...To give the scripter some clue as to what was going on, I would write my own dialogue on the edge of the pages. Some scripters would use my dialogue, others would wilfully ignore it. In either case I was never paid or credited for the work. Some of the more amusing dialogue in Conan came from me, Jenna telling Conan he looks like a yak with that dumb helmet he used to wear; the slow-dawn on Conan's face as he realizes he gotten involved with a wizard again. 'Sorcery? No one said aught of sorcery [when I signed on for this war]!' Roy was good at picking up the better stuff and letting others go."</ref> He and writer Roy Thomas adapted a number of R.E. Howard short stories, the aforementioned "The Frost-Giant's Daughter", "Tower of the Elephant", "Rogues in the House", and "Red Nails". As well as the art and story contributions, Windsor-Smith provided the covers for most issues. They worked on original adventures and characters based on R.E. 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'' No. 24 (March 1973), Windsor-Smith's last issue of the title. By then he had worked on 21 of the first 24 issues of the series, missing only issues No. 17 and No. 18, and No. 22 (which was a reprint of issue #1), and both he and the title had won a number of awards. 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.<ref name="Leith-theguardian">{{cite news |last=Leith |first=Sam |date=12 May 2021 |title=Barry Windsor-Smith is back: 'Monsters has been a slow and difficult experience' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/12/barry-windsor-smith-is-back-monsters-has-been-a-slow-and-difficult-experience |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512142342/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/12/barry-windsor-smith-is-back-monsters-has-been-a-slow-and-difficult-experience |archive-date=12 May 2021}}</ref> In 2010, [[Comics Bulletin]] ranked Thomas and Windsor-Smith's work on ''Conan the Barbarian'' seventh on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/columns/447/top-10-1970s-marvels/ |title=Top 10 1970s Marvels |first=Jason |last=Sacks |date=6 September 2010 |publisher=[[Comics Bulletin]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801070005/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/columns/447/top-10-1970s-marvels |archive-date=1 August 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=3 August 2013}}</ref>

Windsor-Smith provided the art for a number of other Marvel Comics titles, including the [[Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)|Ka-Zar]] stories in ''[[Astonishing Tales]]'' #3–6 (December 1970 – June 1971) and No. 10 (February 1972),<ref>Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 147</ref> three further issues of ''The Avengers'' (#98–100, April–June 1972)<ref>{{cite journal|last = Boyd|first = Jerry|title = The House of Ideas' Herculean 100th Issues!! Mighty Marvel Celebrates in Style|journal = [[Back Issue!]]|issue = 69|pages = 9–11|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = December 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> – about which he would later remember the nightmare of drawing "all those bloody characters that I didn't give tuppence about",<ref name =ref1/> ''[[Iron Man]]'' No. 47 (June 1972), and ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #3–4 (July–September 1972), which featured [[Doctor Strange]],<ref>Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 156: "Dr. Strange began a new series of solo adventures. He got off to an impressive start with this story scripted by Stan Lee and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith."</ref> both of which were apparently re-scripted by Stan Lee after being drawn to Lee's original scripts. 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"<ref name = "ref1"/> 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. Howard characters: [[Kull of Atlantis|Kull]] in "Exile of Atlantis" (''[[Savage Sword of Conan]]'' No. 3, December 1974), and [[Bran Mak Morn]] in "Worms of the Earth" (''Savage Sword of Conan'' No. 16, November 1975). Other than ten pages of inking of Jack Kirby pencil work for ''[[Captain America]]'s Bicentennial Battles'' (1976),<ref>{{cite journal|last = Powers|first = Tom|title = Kirby Celebrating America's 200th Birthday: ''Captain America's Bicentennial Battles''|journal= Back Issue!|issue = 61|pages = 46–49 |publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = December 2012|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref><ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/132652/ ''Marvel Treasury Special Featuring Captain America's Bicentennial Battles'' #1] at the Grand Comics Database</ref> a one-off oversize [[Marvel Treasury Edition]], he produced no more comics work until 1983.<ref name="Marvel-1980s">{{cite book |last=Comtois |first=Pierre |date=2015 |title=Marvel Comics In The 1980s: An Issue-By-Issue Field Guide To A Pop Culture Phenomenon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9WqDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA72 |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |page=72 |isbn=978-1605490595}}</ref>

At this point he changed his professional surname to Windsor-Smith, adding his mother's surname to his own,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/wolverine/barry-windsor-smith-weapon-x-origins/ |title=The Strange Origins of Barry Windsor-Smith's Iconic Wolverine Story, Weapon X |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=16 September 2022 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=16 September 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916070122/https://www.cbr.com/wolverine/barry-windsor-smith-weapon-x-origins/ |archive-date=16 September 2022}}</ref> and began to pursue a career in fine art. Granted residential status in the United States in 1974, Windsor-Smith, along with his partner Linda Lessman, set up [[Gorblimey Press]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zurkopromotions.com/bill-reinhold-linda-lessman-reinhold/ |title=Special Guests Bill Reinhold & Linda Lessman Reinhold |last=Zurko |first=Tim |date=31 March 2020 |website=Zurko's Midwest Promotions |access-date=5 August 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805194552/https://zurkopromotions.com/bill-reinhold-linda-lessman-reinhold/ |archive-date=5 August 2020}}</ref> through which he released a small number of limited-edition prints of fantasy-based subjects that proved popular.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/galleria/gbpcatsale.html |title=THE GORBLIMEY PRESS CATALOGUE 1975•1976 |website=Barry Windsor-Smith |access-date=7 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007013157/http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/galleria/gbpcatsale.html |archive-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> In 1976 Windsor-Smith published ''The Gorblimey Press Catalogue'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Arndt |first=Richard J. |date=November 2018 |title="[Being In Comics] Was An Important Time In My Life" |url=https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/alterego155preview |journal=[[Alter Ego (magazine)|Alter Ego]] |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |issue=155 |page=47}}</ref> a high quality index to the work published by Gorblimey Press, with full-page reproductions of each piece. Prior to that, in 1975, together with [[Jeffrey Catherine Jones|Jeff Jones]], [[Michael Kaluta]], and [[Bernie Wrightson]], he was one of four comic book artists-turned-fine-illustrator/painters who formed a small artist's loft commune in Manhattan known as [[The Studio (commune)|The Studio]], with the aim of pursuing creative products outside the constraints of comic book commercialism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/interviews/barney2.shtml |title=Joe Barney Interview (Pt. 2) |last=Daudt |first=Ron E. |website=The Silver Age Sage: A Tribute to the Silver Age of DC Comics |access-date=18 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013001622/http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/interviews/barney2.shtml |archive-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> By 1979 they had produced enough material to issue an art book under the name ''The Studio'', which was published by [[Paper Tiger Books|Dragon's Dream]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Kaluta |first2=Michael |last3=Windsor-Smith |first3=Barry |last4=Wrightson |first4=Berni |date=1979 |title=The Studio |publisher=[[Paper Tiger Books|Dragon's Dream]] |isbn=90-6332-581-9}}</ref>

===1980s===
Smith designed and drew the fictitious comic strip "Mandro" for the 1981 [[Oliver Stone]] horror film ''[[The Hand (1981 film)|The Hand]]''. In the film, the artwork is used as that of character Jon Lansdale, a comic book illustrator played by [[Michael Caine]].<ref name=StoneInterviews>{{cite book|last= Silet|first= Charles L. P.|title= Oliver Stone: Interviews|publisher= [[University Press of Mississippi]]|date= 2001|location= Jackson, Mississippi|page= 8|isbn= 978-1578063031|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AZSG19XFvwIC&q=oliverstone%2Cthehand%2Cbarrywindsor-smith&pg=PA8}}</ref> Stone explains the hiring of Smith thus:

<blockquote>I'd always been a fan of his. I think I fell in love with his version of Conan before I had even read the Howard books. He did more for that comic than anyone…Since the cartoonist was drawing a Conan-type character, Barry was the logical choice. Oddly enough, Barry was English, as was Michael, and they both have sandy blond hair. When they first met, they discovered that they're both about 6' 2", and that they both have the same sort of [[East End of London|East End]] wit. The similarity was quite amazing.<ref name=StoneInterviews/></blockquote>

Windsor-Smith returned to mainstream comics work for Marvel in 1983 with two pieces, a short mystical tale of love, "The Beguiling", and a dark, humorous two-page black-and-white story, "A Path of Stars", both in ''[[Epic Illustrated]]'' No. 16 (February 1983), which featured a page-and-a-half Windsor-Smith spread accompanying an [[Archie Goodwin (comics)|Archie Goodwin]] text story called "The Horde" (which appears to be a drawing of [[Conan the Barbarian|Conan]] and [[Valeria (Conan the Barbarian)|Valeria]] in battle).<ref name="Marvel-1980s" /> Later the same year he produced a short piece in [[Dave Sim]]'s ''Swords of [[Cerebus the Aardvark|Cerebus]]'' (#5, 1983), followed in 1984 by several Marvel superhero stories: an untitled story, though usually referred to as "that night...", and an April Fool's story of [[Thing (comics)|The Thing]] in ''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'' No. 15 (July 1984), which he wrote and drew. He illustrated "Lifedeath" a double-sized [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]] story in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' No. 186 (October 1984), and a four-issue ''[[Machine Man]]'' limited series (October 1984 – January 1985),<ref>DeFalco "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 219: "Machine Man was a living robot who was relaunched in 1984 by Tom DeFalco, Herb Trimpe, and Barry Windsor-Smith."</ref> for which Windsor-Smith was artist and colorist over [[Herb Trimpe]] layouts for the first three issues, and drew and colored alone for the fourth. Although he would return to the X-Men once a year for the next three years, (''Uncanny X-Men'' No. 198, #205 and #214), his mainstream comics output remained limited throughout the rest of the 1980s, amounting to just one issue each of ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' (#296, November 1986) and ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' (#236, November 1986), two issues of ''[[Iron Man]]'' (#232, July 1988 and No. 243, June 1989), two pages for DC Comics' ''[[Heroes Against Hunger]]'' benefit project, and two small pieces for the [[Harvey Award]]-winning comics anthology ''[[A1 (comics)|A1]]'' published by [[Atomeka Press]]. In 1987 he returned to his first major success and provided new painted covers for nine issues of Marvel's Conan reprint title ''The Conan Saga'', all issues which contained black-and-white reprints of his original 1970s stories.<ref name="GCD"/>

===1990s===
[[File:Marvel Comics Presents 79.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Cover of ''[[Marvel Comics Presents]]'' #79 (Mar. 1991). Cover art by Windsor-Smith.]]

Together with the X-Men spin-off ''[[Excalibur (comics)|Excalibur]]'' (#27, September 1990), Windsor-Smith's last work for Marvel Comics came with the serialized "[[Weapon X (story arc)|Weapon X]]" feature in ''[[Marvel Comics Presents]]'' #72–84 (1991),<ref>Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 252: "It was not until Barry Windsor-Smith wrote and illustrated the thirteen-chapter ''Weapon X'' serial that fans really sat up and paid attention [to the ''Marvel Comics Presents'' series]."</ref> his telling of the origin of the X-Men character [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] which he wrote, drew, inked, colored, and co-lettered. In late 1991, he was approached by [[Valiant Comics]], a new comics publisher founded by former Marvel Comics writer and editor-in-chief [[Jim Shooter]], and asked to act as their creative director and lead artist. Valiant had obtained a number of characters originally published in the 1960s and 1970s by [[Gold Key Comics]]: [[Magnus Robot Fighter]], [[Solar (comics)|Doctor Solar]] and [[Turok|Turok Dinosaur Hunter]], and added their own original titles to the roster, including ''[[Harbinger (comic book)|Harbinger]]'', ''[[X-O Manowar]]'', ''[[Shadowman (comics)|Shadowman]]'', ''[[Archer and Armstrong]]'', ''[[Eternal Warrior]]'', ''[[Bloodshot (comics)|Bloodshot]]'', ''[[Ninjak]]'', and ''[[Rai (comics)|Rai]]''.<ref name="McLelland-Valiant">{{cite news |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=5852 |title=Valiant Days, Valiant Nights – A Look Back at the Rise and Fall of Valiant |last=McLelland |first=Ryan |date=23 September 2003 |work=[[Newsarama]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706023257/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=5852 |archive-date=6 July 2009}}</ref>

Windsor-Smith was the chief designer of the "[[Unity (Comics)|Unity]]" crossover storyline for Valiant Comics, and writer and artist for most of the first dozen issues of the title ''[[Archer and Armstrong]]''. By focusing on storytelling and innovative marketing practices such as a tightly knit continuity, crossovers and send away issues Valiant quickly became a considerable success story,<ref name="McLelland-Valiant" /> selling nearly two million copies of premiere issues and rapidly becoming the third largest comic book publisher in the U.S., after Marvel and [[DC Comics]]. 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."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/studio/bwsbio27.html|title= Barry Windsor-Smith (page 27)|date= n.d.|publisher= Barrywindsor-smith.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120615082116/http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/studio/bwsbio27.html|archive-date= 15 June 2012|url-status= live}}</ref> He left Valiant soon after Jim Shooter's departure from the company. Smith has called work-for-hire contracts "a legal but unethical instrument designed to rape and plunder young talents of every possible prerogative they would otherwise possess if they had the fortune to work for more scrupulous, morally invested, publishers."<ref name="ref3"/>

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'. In these latter years I receive e-mails imploring me to return to ''Archer and Armstrong''. My short reply is, 'When pigs fly to the Moon and return home safely.{{'"}}<ref name = "ref3">{{cite web |url= http://www.comicbookgalaxy.com/blog/2008/07/barry-windsor-smiths-eisner-awards-hall.html|title= Text of Barry Windsor-Smith's Eisner Awards Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech|date= 29 July 2008|publisher= Comic Book Galaxy|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120212231353/http://www.comicbookgalaxy.com/blog/2008/07/barry-windsor-smiths-eisner-awards-hall.html|archive-date= 12 February 2012|url-status= live}}</ref>

Since leaving Valiant, Windsor-Smith has worked for a number of companies. For [[Malibu Comics|Malibu]]'s [[Ultraverse]] line he co-created [[Rune (comics)|Rune]] with Chris Ulm, including a crossover one-shot comic titled ''Conan vs. Rune'' published by Marvel Comics in 1994 after they took over Malibu. As a result he once again came up against legal ownership problems, and the ''Rune'' stories have remained un-reprinted as a result. For [[Image Comics]] he worked on the crossover storyline "[[Wildstorm Rising (comics)|Wildstorm Rising]]", drawing and coloring ''Wildstorm Rising'' No. 1 (May 1995), and all eleven of the covers for the interlinked series. Windsor-Smith later said that he was talked into illustrating ''Wildstorm Rising'', and regretted participating in it, stating that in reading the story and illustrating it, he could not understand the motivations of any of the characters, even when he read earlier Wildstorm books featuring the characters. He says he altered the plot in an attempt to improve it and his enthusiasm for it, later learning that writer [[James Robinson (writer)|James Robinson]] was not pleased with his doing so.<ref>{{cite journal|last = Groth|first = Gary|author-link = Gary Groth|title = The Barry Windsor-Smith Interview|journal = [[The Comics Journal]]|issue = 190|publisher = [[Fantagraphics Books]]|date = September 1996|location= Seattle, Washington|url = http://www.tcj.com/the-barry-windsor-smith-interview/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131227160504/http://www.tcj.com/the-barry-windsor-smith-interview/|archive-date= 27 December 2013|url-status= live|access-date = 28 July 2013}}</ref>

In 1995 Windsor-Smith created an oversized anthology series, ''Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller'' for [[Dark Horse Comics]] 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 ageing Conan-like character grown older and heavier and now running a tavern. He cancelled ''Storyteller'' after nine issues, even though a tenth issue had been completed; since then [[Fantagraphics Books]] has issued hardcover collections of "Young GODS" and "The Freebooters". Each of these hardcover volumes includes supplemental features, essays and previously unseen art. Fantagraphics has published Windsor-Smith's ''Adastra in Africa'', a hardcover starring a character from "Young GODS" in a story originally intended to be published as "Lifedeath III" for Marvel's ''X-Men'', with the character ''[[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]]''. In 1999 Fantagraphics published two volumes of ''BWS – Opus'', a hardcover art books featuring Windsor-Smith's work from throughout his career, including an autobiographical story, "Time Rise", which features details of his experiences with seemingly paranormal phenomena.<ref>{{cite book |last=Windsor-Smith |first=Barry |date=1999 |title=Opus |volume=1 |location=Seattle, Washington |publisher=Fantagraphics |isbn=1-56097-367-6}}</ref> He was working on a [[Superman]] story in 1999 that has [[List of comics solicited but never published|not yet seen print]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/studio/submedia18.html|title= Art or Rock? A visit to Windsor-Smith Studio|first= Valarie|last= Jones|year= 1999|publisher= SUBmedia #1|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120301134153/http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/studio/submedia18.html|archive-date= 1 March 2012|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author-link= Paul Levitz|last=Levitz|first= Paul|title= 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking|publisher= [[Taschen]]|year=2010|location= Cologne, Germany|isbn= 978-3-8365-1981-6|page= 626 |quote= 'An Evening With Superman' This oversize art book has entered fan folklore because of the years it has spent in limbo.}}</ref>

===2000s===
Windsor-Smith created a story called "UFO POV," an 11-page story in ''Streetwise'' (July 2000), a trade paperback anthology published by [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]. In 2000 and 2001 he also produced cover art for a number of Marvel titles including Grant Morrison's ''[[New X-Men (2001 series)|New X-Men]]'', and drew five pages of ''[[Wolverine (comic book)|Wolverine]]'' #166 (Sept. 2001), a "Weapon X" tie-in written by [[Frank Tieri (writer)|Frank Tieri]]. In January 2004, Fantagraphics Books published Windsor-Smith's ''Young Gods and Friends'', a hardcover collecting material from ''Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller'' along with new material. November 2005 saw a follow-up hardcover titled ''The Freebooters'', again collecting material from ''Storyteller'' with new material. A planned third and final volume, collecting "The Paradoxman" serial, has not yet been released. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://comicbookgalaxy.com/bwsexclusiveintro.html|title= Comic Book Galaxy presents an exclusive first look at the new ''Thing'' graphic novel by Barry Windsor-Smith|first= Alan David|last= Doane|year= 2006|publisher= Comic Book Galaxy|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120717014608/http://comicbookgalaxy.com/bwsexclusiveintro.html|archive-date= 17 July 2012|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all|access-date= 9 January 2006}}</ref>

===2020s===
Windsor-Smith's next work was ''Monsters'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/books/Barry-Windsor-Smiths-Monsters|author=Rosenfeld, Jason|title=Barry Windsor-Smith's ''Monsters''|publisher=[[The Brooklyn Rail]]|date=April 2021|access-date=1 May 2021|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502034704/https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/books/Barry-Windsor-Smiths-Monsters}}</ref> a 366-page graphic novel that began life as a 23-page ''Hulk'' story in 1984 or 1985,<ref name=TheGuardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/06/monsters-by-barry-windsor-smith-a-great-grim-slab-of-postwar-angst|title=Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith – a great, grim slab of postwar angst|author=Smart, James|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 May 2021|accessdate=6 May 2021|archivedate=6 May 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506070806/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/06/monsters-by-barry-windsor-smith-a-great-grim-slab-of-postwar-angst}}</ref><ref name=TLS>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/prometheus-rebounds-monsters-barry-windsor-smith-review-paul-gravett/|author=[[Gravett, Paul]]|title=Prometheus rebounds: An alternative path for the Incredible Hulk legend in ''Monsters'' by Barry Windsor-Smith|magazine=[[The Times Literary Supplement]]|date=30 April 2021|accessdate=29 April 2021|archivedate=29 April 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429222233/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/prometheus-rebounds-monsters-barry-windsor-smith-review-paul-gravett/}}</ref> and was released on 27 April 2021 by Fantagraphics, Windsor-Smith's first book in 16 years. Windsor-Smith describes the book as one that "explores the life and times of two disparate American families fatefully connected by an abandoned Nazi project in genetic engineering that has been covertly revived by the US government".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://barrywindsor-smith.com/monsters-2/|title= Monsters|first= Barry|last= Windsor-Smith|year= 2012|publisher= Barrywindsor-smith.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130727144039/http://barrywindsor-smith.com/monsters-2/|archive-date= 27 July 2013|url-status= live}}</ref> Windsor-Smith wrote, drew, inked, and lettered the entire graphic novel, which Sam Leith, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', said was "a rare niche" that Windsor-Smith had carved out for himself as an [[auteur]].<ref name="guardian2">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/12/barry-windsor-smith-is-back-monsters-has-been-a-slow-and-difficult-experience|title=Barry Windsor-Smith is back: 'Monsters has been a slow and difficult experience'|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Leith|first=Sam|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=13 May 2021|access-date=14 September 2023|archive-date=14 September 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230914190515/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/12/barry-windsor-smith-is-back-monsters-has-been-a-slow-and-difficult-experience}}</ref> The book won the 2022 [[Eisner Awards]] for Best Graphic Novel, Best Writer/Artist, and Best Lettering.<ref name="2022-eisner"/>

==Artistic style==
Windsor-Smith's work at Marvel during the 1960s was reminiscent of [[Jack Kirby]], with characters making dynamic poses.<ref name="Leith-theguardian" /> During his time on ''Conan the Barbarian'', Windsor-Smith developed an art style preferring [[Romanticism|Romantic]] illustration over sequential storytelling that had influences from fine artists such as [[Howard Pyle]] and [[Andrew Wyeth]]. Windsor-Smith has been credited with introducing Romantic art to American comics, although he has said this wasn't an intentional decision so much as a way to bring something new to comic book art at the time.<ref name="ref1"/> He has also claimed to be an uncredited co-writer on the majority of his comics work.<ref name="Leith-theguardian" />

==Personal life==
As of 2021, Windsor-Smith was living in the United States, which had been his home<ref name=TLS/> since 1971.<ref name=MarvelFiveDecades/>

== Awards ==
*1970 – [[Academy of Comic Book Arts]] [[Shazam Awards]] Best Individual Story ("Lair of the Beast Men," by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith, from ''Conan the Barbarian'' #2) (nominated)<ref name="CBGfanawards">{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Maggie |author-link=Maggie Thompson |title=Comics Fan Awards 1961–1970 |url=http://www.cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-fan-awards-1961-1970 |work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |date=19 August 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914191950/http://www.cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-fan-awards-1961-1970 |archive-date=14 September 2015}}</ref>
*1971 – Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards Best Continuing Feature (''Conan the Barbarian'') (winner)<ref name="Shazam1971">{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam71.php |title=1971 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards |website=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217141345/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam71.php |archive-date=17 December 2014}}</ref>
*1971 – Shazam Award, Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards Best Individual Story ("Devil Wings over Shadizar," by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith, from ''Conan the Barbarian'' No. 6 and "Tower of the Elephant," by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith, from ''Conan the Barbarian'' #4) (nominated)<ref name="Shazam1971" />
*1972 – Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards Best Individual Story Dramatic ("The Black Hound of Vengeance," by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith, from ''Conan the Barbarian'' #20) (nominated)<ref name="Shazam1972">{{cite web |editor-last=Hahn |editor-first=Joel |title=1972 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam72.php |publisher=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227024201/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam72.php |archive-date=27 December 2014}}</ref>
*1973 – Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards Best Continuing Feature (''Conan the Barbarian'') (nominated)<ref name="Shazam1973">{{cite web |editor-last=Hahn |editor-first=Joel |title=1973 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam73.php |publisher=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222115518/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam73.php |archive-date=22 December 2014}}</ref>
*1973 – Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards Best Individual Story Dramatic ("Song of Red Sonja," by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith, from ''Conan the Barbarian'' #24) (winner)<ref name="Shazam1973" />
*1973 — [[Goethe Award (comics)|Goethe Award]] Favorite Pro Artist (winner)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/goethecomic-fan-art-award-winners-1971-74 |title=GOETHE/COMIC FAN ART AWARD WINNERS, 1971–74 |last=Miller |first=John Jackson |date=19 July 2005 |website=Comics Buyer's Guide |access-date=5 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920035152/http://www.cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/goethecomic-fan-art-award-winners-1971-74 |archive-date=20 September 2010}}</ref>
*1973 – [[British Fantasy Award|British Fantasy Society Awards]] Best Comic (''Conan the Barbarian'') (winner)<ref name="bfs-web1">{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Jan |others=(with additions from) David Sutton |title=The British Fantasy Awards: a Short History |url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/the-british-fantasy-awards-a-short-history/ |website=[[British Fantasy Society]] |access-date=20 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110192543/http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/the-british-fantasy-awards-a-short-history/ |archive-date=10 November 2016}}</ref>
*1974 – Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards Best Individual Story Dramatic ("Red Nails," by Roy Thomas and Barry Smith, from ''Savage Tales'' #1–3) (nominated)<ref name="Shazam1974">{{cite web |editor-last=Hahn |editor-first=Joel |title=1974 Academy of Comic Book Arts Awards |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam74.php |publisher=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222115442/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam74.php |archive-date=22 December 2014}}</ref>
*1974 – [[Shazam Award]] for Superior Achievement by an Individual (nominated)<ref name="Shazam1974" />
*1974 – British Fantasy Society Awards Best Comic (''Conan the Barbarian'') (winner)<ref name="bfs-web1" />
*1975 – [[Inkpot Award]] (winner)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|title= Inkpot Award Winners |publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120709055558/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/inkpot.php|archive-date= 9 July 2012|url-status= live}}</ref>
*1975 – British Fantasy Society Awards Best Comic (''The Savage Sword of Conan'') (winner)<ref name="bfs-web1" />
*1976 – British Fantasy Society Awards Best Comic (''The Savage Sword of Conan'') (winner)<ref name="bfs-web1" />
*1977 – [[Eagle Award (comics)|Eagle Awards]] Favourite Comicbook Artist (nominated)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1977/ |title=Previous Winners: 1977 |website=[[Eagle Awards]] |access-date=9 September 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404034513/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/category/previous-winners/1977/ |archive-date=4 April 2012}}</ref>
*1985 – [[Haxtur Awards]] Best Long Story (''Machine Man'') (nominated)<ref name="Haxtur1985">{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/haxtur85.php |title=1985 Haxtur Awards |website=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119045848/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/haxtur85.php |archive-date=19 January 2016}}</ref>
*1985 – Haxtur Awards Best Drawing (''Machine Man'') (nominated)<ref name="Haxtur1985" />
*1990 – Gem Award for Outstanding Service and Product Best Comic under $3 (''Deathmate Prologue'') (nominated)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/american-other.php |title=Other American Awards |website=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017184328/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/american-other.php |archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>
*1997 – [[Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards]] Favorite Colorist (nominated)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/cbg96.php |title=1997 Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards |website=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107113535/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/cbg96.php |archive-date=7 January 2016}}</ref>
*1997 – [[Harvey Award]] Best New Series (''Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller'') (nominated)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/harvey97.php |title=1997 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners |website=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307035220/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/harvey97.php |archive-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>
*1998 – Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards Favorite Colorist (nominated)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/cbg97.php |title=16th Annual Comic Buyers Guide Fan Awards (1998) |website=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106214623/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/cbg97.php |archive-date=6 January 2016}}</ref>
*2008 – [[Eisner Awards]] Hall of Fame (winner)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_08hallfame.shtml |title=The 2008 Eisner Awards: Eisner Hall of Fame Nominees Announced |website=Comic-con.com |access-date=23 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401095352/http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_08hallfame.shtml |archive-date=1 April 2008}}</ref>
*2022 – Eisner Award Winner, Best Graphic Novel, ''Monsters'', Fantagraphics Books<ref name="2022-eisner">{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/2022-eisner-award-winners-include-multiple-wins-for-james-tynion-iv-barry-windsor-smith/ |title=2022 Eisner Award Winners Include Multiple Wins for James Tynion IV, Barry Windsor-Smith |last=Perry |first=Spencer |date=23 July 2022 |website=ComicBook.com |access-date=2 July 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404010703/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/2022-eisner-award-winners-include-multiple-wins-for-james-tynion-iv-barry-windsor-smith/ |archive-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>
* 2022 – Eisner Award Winner, Best Letterer, ''Monsters'', Fantagraphics Books<ref name="2022-eisner" />
*2022 – Eisner Award Winner, Best Writer/Artist, ''Monsters'', Fantagraphics Books<ref name="2022-eisner" />

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*''[[List of Batman comics|Batman 3-D]]'' graphic novel (one page pinup) (1990)
*''Heroes Against Hunger'' #1 (1986)
*''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|Sandman Special]]'' #1 (one page pinup) (1991)
*''[[List of Superman comics|Superman Special]]'' #1 (one page pinup) (1992)

===Marvel Comics===
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*''[[Astonishing Tales]]'' ([[Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)|Ka-Zar]]) #3–6, 10 (1971–72)
*''[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]'' #66–67, 98–100 (1969–72)
*''[[Chamber of Darkness]]'' #3–4 (1970)
*''[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' #1–16, 19–24 (1970–73)
*''Conan vs. [[Rune (comics)|Rune]]'' #1 (1995)
*''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' #50–52, 236 (1969–1986)
*''[[Epic Illustrated]]'' #7, 16, 19, 34 (1981–86)
*''[[Excalibur (comics)|Excalibur]]'' #27 (1990)
*''[[Fantastic Four]]'' #296 (among other artists) (1986)
*''[[Iron Man]]'' #47, 232, 243 (1972–1989)
*''[[Machine Man]]'', miniseries, #1–4 (1984–85)
*''[[Marvel Comics Presents]]'' ([[Weapon X]]): #72–84 (1991)
*''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'' ([[Thing (comics)|The Thing]]) #15 (1984)
*''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' ([[Doctor Strange]]) #3–4 (1972)
*''[[Marvel Treasury Edition|Marvel Treasury Special Featuring Captain America's Bicentennial Battles]]'' (co-inker) (1976)
*''[[Chamber of Darkness|Monsters on the Prowl]]'' #9 (1971)
*''[[Nick Fury]], Agent of [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' #12 (1969)
*''[[Savage Sword of Conan]]'' #3, 16 (1974–76)
*''[[Savage Tales]]'' (Conan) #1–4 (1971–74)
*''[[Tower of Shadows]]'' #3, 5, 7 (1970)
*''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #53, 186, 198, 205, 214 (1969–87)
*''[[Western Gunfighters]]'' #4 (1971)
*''[[Wolverine (comic book)|Wolverine]]'' #166 (2001)
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===Valiant Comics===
*''[[Archer & Armstrong]]'' #0, 1–6, 8, 10–12 (1992–93)
*''[[Eternal Warrior]]'' #1 (two pages only), 6–8 (1992–93)
*''[[Solar (comics)|Solar, Man of the Atom]]'' #1–10 (Valiant, 1991–92)
*''[[Unity (comics)|Unity]]'' #0, 1 (1992)
*''[[X-O Manowar]]'' #1 (1992)

===Other publishers===
*''Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller'' #1–9 (Dark Horse, 1996–97)
*''[[Rune (comics)|Rune]]'' #0, 1–6, ''Giant-Size'' #1 (Malibu, 1994–95)
*''Wildstorm Rising'' #1 (Image, 1995)
*''Vampirella #9 "The Boy Who Loved Trees"'' (Warren, 1971)

=== Books and compilations ===
*''Weapon X''. New York: Marvel, 1994. {{ISBN|0-7851-0033-4}}. Republished as ''Wolverine: Weapon X''. New York: Marvel, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-7851-3726-9}} With Jim Novak.
* ''Barry Windsor-Smith's The Freebooters, Young Gods, The ParadoX-Man''. Kingston, New York: Windsor-Smith Studio, 1995(?). {{OCLC|36362038}}
* ''Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller'' volume 1, number 1. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse, 1996. {{OCLC|63079005}}
* ''Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller'' volume 1, number 2. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse, 1996. {{OCLC|63079007}}
* ''Adastra in Africa''. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 1999. {{ISBN|1-56097-357-9}}
* ''Opus'' volume 1. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 1999. {{ISBN|1-56097-367-6}}
* ''Opus'' volume 2. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2000. {{ISBN|1-56097-393-5}}
* ''Young Gods & Friends''. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2003. {{ISBN|1-56097-491-5}}
* with Diana Schutz. ''The Freebooters Collection''. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2005. {{ISBN|1-56097-662-4}}
* with Kerry Gammill ''et al.''. ''Untitled''. New York: Marvel, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-7851-4186-0}}
* ''Monsters''. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2021. {{ISBN|978-1-6839-6415-5}}

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==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/}}
* [http://allbws.tumblr.com/ Barry Windsor-Smith Checklist] The complete incomplete Barry Windsor-Smith Checklist
* {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=126|title=Barry Windsor-Smith}}
* [http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/creator.php?creatorid=111 Barry Windsor-Smith] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/namw22.htm#N527 Barry Windsor-Smith] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

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