Barry Windsor-Smith (born May 25, 1949) is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best-known work has been produced in the United States. He attained note for working on Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian from 1970 to 1973 and for his work on the character Wolverine, particularly the 1991 "Weapon X" story arc. His other noted Marvel work included a 1984 "Thing" story in Marvel Fanfare, the "Lifedeath" and "Lifedeath II" stories with writer Chris Claremont that focused on the de-power ...