# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-corben
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:19:21.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-corben"
name: "Richard Corben"
slug: "richard-corben"
description: "Richard Corben was an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine, especially the Den series which was featured in the magazine's first film adaptation in 1981. He was the winner of the 2009 Spectrum Grand Master Award and the 2018 Grand Prix at Angoulême. In 2012 he was elected to the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American illustrator and comic book artist (1940–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Richard_corben_at_his_studio.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-10-01"
deathDate: "2020-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7617728531855956
  historical:           16.77855466666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179120/"
    handle:    "nm0179120"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://corbenstudios.com/"
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    title: "Richard Corben"
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    title: "Richard Corben"
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    title: "Richard Corben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Corben"
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    title: "Richard Corben"
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    title: "Richard Corben"
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    title: "Richard Corben"
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    title: "Річард Корбен"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump