Barry Windsor-Smith completely invigorated the artistic approach to comics with his groundbreaking work on Conan the Barbarian in the early 1970s. He received universal acclaim as a creator of classic fine art imagery with his own Gorblimey Press in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His contributions to X-Men in the 1980s and creation of Weapon X, Archer & Armstrong, and Rune in the 1990s inspired two more generations of avid fans with yet another level of comics storytelling. Now, as the 1990s come to an end and we prepare to close the books on the current millennium, Barry Windsor-Smith gives us his new vision, Barry Windsor-Smith: STORYTELLER.

It is too simple to say that Barry Windsor-Smith: STORYTELLER is Barry's best work to date, to say that it is the greatest work of an artist who has defined greatness in his field. The truth is, Barry Windsor-Smith: STORYTELLER is the next evolution of the comic book. Its omnibus format and multi-genre storytelling signal a bold, fresh approach in a medium overrun with cookie-cutter mediocrity.

"STORYTELLER is and will continue to be the best I can create in the art form that I love, the culmination of all that I have been working toward in the comics medium," said Windsor-Smith. "I hope that all my current fans, as well as a whole new audience of readers, will find the magic of great stories and characters as only comics can present them in the pages of Barry Windsor-Smith: STORYTELLER."

Barry Windsor-Smith: STORYTELLER is the first truly new comic book in decades. It is the first comic of the next millennium.

Barry Windsor-Smith: STORYTELLER is an ongoing, monthly comics series in a large-size, 9" x 12.5", painted-color format. The first issue will be in stores on October 2, 1996.