A study of the art of Hall of Fame cartoonist Wallace Wood. Includes Wood's Fireball XL-5, Mars Attacks and Daredevil designs, as well as production art for his unfinished collaboration with Fritz the Cat, Wizards, Lord of the Rings, and Cool World filmmaker Ralph Bakshi. There is a rare interview with Wood, along with insights from his closest colleagues; MAD Associate Publisher Joe Orlando; "Star Wars" and EC artist Al Williamson; Jim Steranko and a foreword by W-B animation director Bruce Timm.

Wally Wood Sketchbook

Arts & Photography

J. David Spurlock

Individual Artists

Vanguard Productions

A dramatic illustrated biography of legendary cartoonist Wallace Wood. Journalist Steve Starger and historian J. David Spurlock tell a concise but sweeping tale of Wood's life and times and offer a brisk, colorful history of the comic book industry and the American century from the Depression through the early 1980s.

Wally's World: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Wally Wood, the World's 2nd Best Comic Book Artist

Comics & Graphic Novels

Steve Starger

Graphic Novels

This, Vanguard's second volume devoted to the work of J. Allen St. John concentrates on the artist's full-color fantasy, science-fiction and adventure paintings for novels and Pulp-magazines for famous authors, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Williamson, Robert E. Howard and more. St. John is the original grand master illustrator of Tarzan, John Carter of Mars (now in major motion picture development by Pixar), and others. His illustrations inspired generations of later fantastic artists including Roy G. Krenkel, Jeffrey Jones and Frank Frazetta. St. John will always be recognized as the first, and most important illustrator of Burroughs' writings and this book is produced with the full endorsement and cooperation of Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. Also featured are essays by renowned science-fiction author Jack Williamson; Danton Burroughs, Lin Carter, and illustrators Vincent Di Fate, and Frank Frazetta.

Paintings of J Allen St John

Frank Frazetta

Stephen Korshak

The Paintings of J. Allen St. John: Grand Master of Fantasy Ultra

Stephen D. Korshak

Explore the world of Fantasy Artist Alex Horley in this powerful new collection. 200 illustrations--many never before published from the World of Warcraft TCG, Magic: The Gathering, Heavy Metal, Vampirella, and characters from Marvel and DC Comics.

Alex Horley Sketchbook PB

Alex Horley

This limited deluxe first edition comes in a slipcase and contains 16 extra pages of artwork not in the regular hardcover or paperback editions. It is out of print. Printing limited to 1000. Highly collectible.

Frazetta Sketchbook Deluxe Slipcased Edition

Vanguard

Deluxe, Signed Limited Edition with 16-pg Bonus Art Folio of the world's greatest heroic fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta in the landmark collection, Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta. The New York Times said, "Frazetta helped define heroes like Conan, Tarzan and John Carter of Mars with signature images of strikingly fierce, hard-bodied heroes and bosomy, callipygian damsels." Frazetta took the sex and violence of the pulp fiction of his youth and added even more action, fantasy and potency, but rendered with a panache seldom seen outside of major works of Fine Art. Despite his fantastic subject matter, the quality of Frazetta's work has not only drawn comparisons to the most brilliant of illustrators but, even to the most brilliant of fine artists including Rembrandt and Michelangelo and, major Frazetta works sell for millions of dollars. This innovator's work has inspired generations of artists, movies including the Conan films, John Carter of Mars, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Robert Rodriguez' films including From Dusk Till Dawn, Ralph Bakshi films, the epic, Game of Thrones series, Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Disney's animated Tarzan films, Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now and George Lucas' Star Wars. Forbes magazine said, "Which artist helped make Arnold governor? Frank Frazetta, the Rembrandt of barbarians." J. David Spurlock started crafting this book by reviving the original million-selling 1970s mass market art book, Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta. But, he expanded and revised to include twice as many images and, presents them at a much larger coffee-table book size. The collection is brimming with classic and rare works including barbarians, beasts, and beauties. Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin said, "Frazetta's covers of the Conan paperback collections became the definitive picture of the character... still is." Schwarzenegger said, "When I looked at Frazetta's paintings, I tell you, it was intimidating." Game of Thrones, Conan and Aquaman film star Jason Momoa said, "I am a huge Frank Frazetta fan. That's what I wanted to bring to life." See the revolutionary art that helped inspire Schwarzenegger, Momoa, the Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones: FRAZETTA!

FANTASTIC PAINTINGS OF FRAZETTA DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION

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