CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: The MASTERWORKS SERIES Of GREAT COMIC BOOK ARTISTS #1

Friday, 24 March 2017

The MASTERWORKS SERIES Of GREAT COMIC BOOK ARTISTS #1 - FRANK FRAZETTA...

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Well, I said I would and now I have. At least in part, in that here's the first issue of DC's The MASTERWORKS SERIES Of GREAT COMIC BOOK ARTISTS, featuring the artwork of FRANK FRAZETTA. The second issue likewise showcases FF's work, and it'll be appearing here fairly soon - on CRIVENS!, absolutely the best blog you've ever seen in the last 30 seconds!

7 comments:

TC said...: I've seen a lot of paperback book covers with Frazetta art, but very little of his comics work. I believe he also did covers for Warren's B&W horror comic magazines, Eerie and Creepy.

I was watching a YouTube tribute to Frazetta by Comic Book Girl 19 a couple of weeks ago, and learned a few things I hadn't known before. He was a body builder, and used himself as a model for Tarzan, Conan, and those other heroes. Also, in later years, he suffered a stroke, and lost the use of his right arm, so he learned to draw left-handed.; 24 March 2017 at 02:55
Phil S said...: I want to get reprints of those Famous Funnies just to see what was in those stories. But I don't know if he even did the stories. I just know the covers are so iconic I would frame them.; 24 March 2017 at 02:57
Kid said...: That's quite an achievement, TC, because unless one is ambidextrous, it's often difficult to coordinate that 'other' arm properly. I'll maybe look for that tribute on YouTube later.

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Read the comics, PS (if you ever get 'em), then scan the covers and frame the scans - sorted!; 24 March 2017 at 09:51
baab said...: I have not seen the you tube tribute,unless its the film/documentary of his life?
(The title escapes me)
Its probably called 'Frazetta,painting with fire.'
A truly talented and focussed man.
Well worth the watch.

Frazetta,painting with fire.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363621/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjOn9a5r-_SAhVoLcAKHT8RD8gQFggUMAA&sig2=h7NEhU0PYb_ZAyAxIpWD7Q&usg=AFQjCNFYWqEcJAKFuHhEv9MIvvfSo2P8jQ; 24 March 2017 at 14:42
Kid said...: Thanks for that, Baab. I'll check it out first chance I get.; 24 March 2017 at 15:02
Dave S said...: Frazetta also drew the covers for Ballantine Books's paperback collections of EC comics. The cover for the Tales of the Crypt book was, to my 10 year old eyes when I first saw it, so creepy and atmospheric as to make my bowels quiver in unease.; 24 March 2017 at 23:38
Kid said...: I really should have more Frazetta work than I do. I'll rectify that one day, DD.; 24 March 2017 at 23:46

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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