{"product_id":"frazetta-worlds-best-comics-cover-artist-dlx-definitive-reference-9781934331903","title":"Frazetta: World's Best Comics Cover Artist: DLX (Definitive Reference)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanguard continues their trademark Definitive Reference series with \u003ci\u003eFrazetta: World's Best Comics Cover Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, a sister book to 2022's hit, \u003ci\u003eFrazetta Book Cover Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the prior book by illustration and cartooning historian J. David Spurlock catalogued, documented, and commented on all of Frazetta's book cover paintings, this new volume focuses on the artist's comics magazine cover art, which originally appeared on such periodicals as \u003ci\u003eCreepy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eGhost Rider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMad\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eVampirella\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e and EC Comics' \u003ci\u003eWeird Science-Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. David Spurlock\u003c\/b\u003e is an \u003cbr\u003eaward-winning author, historian, educator, advocate for artists' rights, \u003cbr\u003e documentary filmmaker, and associate to star talents Frazetta, Basil \u003cbr\u003eGogos, Neal Adams, Steranko, Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Julius \u003cbr\u003eSchwartz, Wally Wood, and many more. Spurlock's book \u003ci\u003eHow to Draw Chiller Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e for Random House, rose as high as #18 on the Bookspan best-seller \u003cbr\u003elist. Spurlock's IPPY Award-winning book, Alluring Art of Margaret \u003cbr\u003eBrundage, has been universally acclaimed including by MTV and by the \u003cbr\u003eVillage Voice who proclaimed it one of The Best of 2013. His guest \u003cbr\u003espeaking engagements include many San Diego Comic-Con presentations, \u003cbr\u003e2013 WorldCon (various lecture panels including on Robert E. Howard, \u003cbr\u003eCopyright Law, and on Margaret Brundage); with Stan Lee for Dragon Con \u003cbr\u003eTV and a live audience if 4,600; The Famous Monsters of Filmland \u003cbr\u003emagazine re-launch convention; the Frank Frazetta tribute event at \u003cbr\u003ethe San Diego Comic-Con; Rutgers School of Law; and University of the \u003cbr\u003eArts in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eFrank Frazetta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"helped define fantasy heroes like Conan, Tarzan and John Carter of \u003cbr\u003eMars with signature images of strikingly fierce, hard-bodied heroes and \u003cbr\u003ebosomy, callipygian damsels.\" Frazetta took the sex and violence of the \u003cbr\u003epulp fiction of his youth and added even more action, fantasy, and \u003cbr\u003epotency, but rendered with a panache seldom seen outside of major works \u003cbr\u003eof fine art. His work has drawn comparisons to illustrators Maxfield \u003cbr\u003eParrish, Frederic Remington, Norman Rockwell, and N.C. Wyeth as well as \u003cbr\u003efine artists like Rembrandt and Michelangelo. Frazetta works sell for \u003cbr\u003emillions of dollars and his work has inspired generations of artists, \u003cbr\u003emovies, and directors including the Conan films, the \u003ci\u003eLord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, the films of Robert Rodriguez, the epic, award-winning Game of Thrones series, Tim Burton's \u003ci\u003eSleepy Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e, Disney's animated Tarzan films, Francis Ford Coppola's \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e and George Lucas' \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vanguard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662017106194,"sku":"9781934331903","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a118fb7-250d-4045-b80d-deef4a524ff6.jpg?v=1733509720","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/frazetta-worlds-best-comics-cover-artist-dlx-definitive-reference-9781934331903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}