Frazetta did a lot of the cover art for fantasy & SF books. His covers for the Lancer editions of the Conan books were what got me interested in him. Later, I recognized his style & bought a book just for the cover art - my first Kane book, by Karl Wagner. He's done a wide range including a lot of the Barsoom series for the Martian books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Also some Tarzan. He also illustrated for Playboy or Penthouse - I think he did the 'Little Annie Fanny' cartoons for a while.

I'm not a real art critic. His paintings seem extraordinary to me. In closeups of some subjects in the book, you can see where a single stroke of his brush creates muscle line. It's really fantastic. The washed out horrors in the backgrounds of some just become more & more eerie as you study them. His women are voluptuous, generous curves & scanty clothing. His humor is fantastic too. ( )

Frazetta was one of the hottest fantasy/science fiction illustrators of the 70's. The plates in this book are just beautiful. Molly Hatchet used his art work on at least one of their album covers. Definitely a must have if you are a Tarzan, Conan the Barbarian, and overall sword and scorcery buff! ( )

Frazetta did a lot of the cover art for fantasy & SF books. His covers for the Lancer editions of the Conan books were what got me interested in him. Later, I recognized his style & bought a book just for the cover art - my first Kane book, by Karl Wagner. He's done a wide range including a lot of the Barsoom series for the Martian books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Also some Tarzan. He also illustrated for Playboy or Penthouse - I think he did the 'Little Annie Fanny' cartoons for a while.

I'm not a real art critic. His paintings seem extraordinary to me. In closeups of some subjects in the book, you can see where a single stroke of his brush creates muscle line. It's really fantastic. The washed out horrors in the backgrounds of some just become more & more eerie as you study them. His women are voluptuous, generous curves & scanty clothing. His humor is fantastic too. ( )

Frank Frazetta is probably my favorite fantasy artist, and this book of lovely color prints contains some of my favorites. Plates 10, 20, 22, and 38 are special standouts for me. Nobody else conveys the power and violence of a battle scene or the lush gorgeousness of a primitive maiden as Frazetta does. ( )