Fantasy artist Greg Hildebrandt has passed away.
Gregory J. (Greg) Hildebrandt
January 23, 1939 – October 31, 2024
Greg’s wife Jean Scrocco posted to social media about her husband’s passing:
The light has gone out in my life. At 12:36 pm this afternoon the love of my life, my best friend and soulmate passed away. Greg was 85 years young. He was the sweetest man I ever knew. We worked together for 45 years. We lived together for 33 of those years. We had a beautiful life we were blessed. Greg has been fighting for 5 months to regain his ability to breathe after a serious side effect of a heart medication. He fought very hard to win this battle but in the end he was just too weak. He passed away peacefully in my arms. He knew he was safe and he was loved and he will be missed terribly.
Greg partnered with his twin brother Tim to form the famous art team known as The Brothers Hildebrandt, probably most famously known for their work on The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database has an index of Greg’s voluminous fantasy art.
The Grand Comics Database has an index of Greg’s comic book work, mostly covers and mostly Marvel.
In these parts, while certainly aware of his art career, Greg and Tim are most famously renowned for the highly anticipated revival in 1995 of Terry and the Pirates.
The Brothers Hildebrandt left the adventure strip after a year and the strip itself lasted another 16 months.
Greg’s The Spiderwebart Gallery has over 100 of the Hildebrandt’s Terry and the Pirates original art for sale.
Sorry to hear of his passing
The Hildebrandt Brothers had another comic strip connection with “Annie”. They did character designs for the lesser-known animated special made based on the strip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB0AKIi2SlQ