{"product_id":"fantastic-worlds-of-frank-frazetta","title":"Fantastic Worlds Of Frank Frazetta","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the 12 years since his death. With his paintings now breaking auction records (Egyptian Queen sold for $ 5.4 million in 2019) he’s long overdue for this ultimate monograph.Born to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. He claimed to only make art when there was nothing better to do – he preferred playing baseball - yet began his professional career in comics at age 16. Strip work led him to the infamous EC Comics, then to oils for Tarzan and Conan pulp covers. Both characters were interpreted by many before him, but as he explained in the 1970s, “I’m very physical minded. In Brooklyn, I knew Conan, I knew guys just like him,” and he used this first-hand knowledge of muscle and macho to redefine fantasy heroes as more massive, more menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before. As counterbalance he created a new breed of women, nude as censorship allowed, with pixie faces and multiparous bodies: thick thighed, heavy buttocked, breasts cantilevered out to there, yet still, with their soft bellies and hints of cellulite, believably real. Add in the action, the creatures, the twilit worlds of haunting shadow and Frazetta’s art is addictive as potato chips.This monograph is the biggest and most complete ever produced on the artist, done in collaboration with the Frazetta family and with top collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e“The Godfather of fantasy art finally gets a proper monograph, as a team of artists, writers, scholars, and family members pay weighty tribute to Frazetta’s insane vision and industry-changing career.” ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the most renowned illustrators of the 20th century. This collection highlights some of his best-known works, including paintings of Tarzan, Conan the Barbarian, Vampirella, and his signature Death Dealer.” ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“…a super-deluxe retrospective of Frazetta’s career in comics, art, illustration and advertising.” ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eForbes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e re-assesses the artist’s influence on visual culture in the wake of his ever-increasing popularity.” ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCreative Review\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDan Nadel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is curator-at-large for the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, and a contributor to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArtforum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Nadel’s books and exhibitions include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePeter Saul: Professional Artist Correspondence 1945–1976\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2020), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChicago Comics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e1960s to Now\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2021), and the forthcoming biography of Robert Crumb (Scribner, 2024). He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eZak Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an artist whose work is included in several public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Saatchi Gallery, London; and The Whitney Museum of American Art. He is the author of several books, writes a regular column for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArtillery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine and lives and works in Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDian Hanson \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a senior editor and writer for TASCHEN, with over 50 books to her credit. In addition to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHal Foster’s Tarzan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, her recent works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eARNOLD, The Art of Pin-up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMasterpieces of Fantasy Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e16\" H x 11\" W x 2\" L\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eHard cover.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e468 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Amazing Stories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841369329748,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0576\/9802\/5556\/files\/FWFRANKFRAZETTA.jpg?v=1777942413","url":"https:\/\/amazingstoriesgames.ca\/products\/fantastic-worlds-of-frank-frazetta","provider":"Amazing Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}