"'Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta,' an oversized coffee table book
by J. David Spurlock... is pure joy. The book’s glossy pages and
size — roughly 10 1/2 by 14 1/2 — show off the beautiful work to
best advantage. Each painting is accompanied by info nuggets... we
fans slaver to know. Frazetta’s work is often the pure distillation
of some lizard brain emotion shared by all humans, arousing fear
and wonder and desire all at once. Those feelings should be served
now and then, and Frazetta’s work is the perfect tour guide. This
book is a fan’s dream come true. Even the most practical of minds
should find it irresistible." - Tribune News Service • Nov 26,
2020,
"The wonderful thing about this Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta
book is its commitment not just to presenting quality reproductions
of the paintings, but also to telling, visually, the history of the
works, from the preliminary paintings to the images as so many
encountered them on the covers of fantasy paperbacks."— HEAVY METAL
magazine
"Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta is clearly the best book Vanguard
has done, in every way. A crown jewel of books. This is what the
late Ballantines should have done from the beginning!" — GEORGE
BEAHM, New York Times bestselling author and Stephen King
historian
"If you're a Frazetta fan (and who isn't?), Fantastic Paintings of
Frazetta is a book you simply must add to your library, even if you
have to adjust your shelf spacing to fit it in." — PATRICK
WILSHIRE, Director, IX Arts gallery & art exhibits
"Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta: Congratulations to J. David
Spurlock on another masterpiece! David, Vanguard and the Frazetta
Museum have outdone themselves and should be proud."—STEVE GEPPI -
Founder, Geppi's Entertainment Museum
"There's a Great New Frazetta book, Fantastic Paintings of
Frazetta"
— RALPH BAKSHI - Outrageous film director of Spicy City, Cool
World, Mighty Mouse, American Pop, Lord of the Rings, Wizards,
Heavy Traffic, Fritz the Cat, The Rolling Stones' Harlem Shuffle,
and collaborator with Frazetta on Fire and Ice
"I couldn’t resist pulling an over-size hardback [Fantastic
Paintings of Frazetta]. Seeing Frazetta’s preliminary designs and
habit of repainting or improving the original paintings sent to
various publishers makes this book unique and of interest to
artists. It should be reassuring that even the best is never
satisfied with his work and capable of doing the same piece over.
If you want to see Frazetta’s art at a large size without
necessarily pulling art prints, then this is a good option. Nine
years after his death, Frazetta is still the benchmark to equal and
even he tried to out-do himself."
— Science Fiction Crowsnest (UK)
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