Tag Archives: frank frazetta

remembering john severin

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) The COVER OF THE DAY Conquers All! EC Comics veteran John Severin has been one of my favorite comic book artists for more years than I can remember, at least … Continue reading →

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bursting out of content prohibition

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) A Freud bursting with muscular explosiveness. Frazetta wasn’t a “panty waist” (to borrow the vernacular of the day), and wasn’t to far removed from his muscular subjects. In another life … Continue reading →

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space plagues

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Space Plague Ace, 1957 Illustration: Richard Powers (1921-1996) George Oliver Smith (1911-1981), also known by the pseudonym Wesley Long, was a regular contributor to Astounding Science Fiction magazine and … Continue reading →

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a hunk of a hulk

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine! Fantastic Four Marvel Comics, July 1971 issue, #112 Illustration: “Big” John Buscema (1927-2002), pencils, and “Joltin’” Joe Sinnott (b. 1926), inks Happy Birthday “Big” … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged barry windsor smith, big john buscema, frank frazetta, jack kirby, jesse marinoff reyes, joe sinnott, john buscema, joltin joe sinnott | Leave a comment

jongor: jungle pulp

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Jongor of Lost Land Popular Library, 1970 Illustration: Frank Frazetta Jongor, a 1940s pulp character and Tarzan knock-off, nevertheless was revisited in a trilogy of appropriately enough, pulp paperbacks: … Continue reading →

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out of the precious ghetto

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design , Maplewood, N.J.) Shellbreak Paperback Library, 1970 Illustration: Jack Gaughan (1930-1985) Gaughan was a remarkable stylist, whose work could have the simplicity and dynamism of a painted comic book cover (lacking … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged Francis Bacon, frank frazetta, helen frankenthaler, j.r.r. tolkein, j.w. groves author, jack gaughan illustrator, jesse marinoff reyes, Richard Powers | Leave a comment

monsters. its a living

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): HERE’S my “mag cover of the day” (or week, or month or whatever) feature (great magazine covers ignored by the mainstream world). this is ‘famous monster of filmland’ #40. the editor was forrest j. ackerman, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged bernie wrightson, Bladerunner movie ron cobb, forrest j. ackerman, frank frazetta, gilbert sheldon, Gloria Steinem, graphic design, harry chester, Harvey Kurtzman, james warren, Jefferson Airplane, Paul Rand, Robert Crumb, ron cobb, ron cobb logo earth day, ron haydock, Terry Gilliam, wilum pugmire | Leave a comment

into the crypt of the subculture

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Art

monsters.a rich american subculture. do we really need another book about paul rand? … by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) My friend dave crider (estrus records) actually has this thing hanging on his office wall. dave is a mad collector and aficionado … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged art chantry, aurora monster model kit, dave crider, dave crider estrus records, frank frazetta, harry chester, Harvey Kurtzman, james bama, james warren, Paul Rand, warren publications | Leave a comment

killer filler

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Dave

Frazetta remembered for one of his outside the box pieces…. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com ): this is another favorite Frank Frazetta oddball piece. It’s a “stop smoking” advert comic strip he put together for Forrry Ackerman at Famous Monster of Filmland … Continue reading →

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conan quirks: storytelling as fabric of self-definition

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Dave

Frazetta, the Conan quirks, self-image and psychology… Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Frank Frazetta died recently. There were so many tributes to the man that I got a little burned out reading about him. Honestly, I have to say I didn’t … Continue reading →