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It's Frank Frazetta time Bleeding Cool has run many articles looking at pieces of original comic book artwork up for auction But the 2021 June 17 – 19 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction #7244 auction from Heritage may be their most significant comic book auction to date with some insanely valuable, desirable, and influential examples[...]

It's Frank Frazetta time Bleeding Cool has run many articles looking at pieces of original comic book artwork up for auction But the 2021 June 17 – 19 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction #7244 auction from Heritage may be their most significant comic book auction to date with some insanely valuable, desirable, and influential examples[...]

Frank Frazetta is perhaps the most famous and acclaimed fantasy artists of the past century, and while it might be hard to imagine that much of his work is little-seen and underappreciated, his Ghost Rider covers for publisher Magazine Enterprises might just fit that bill The character combined elements of horror with a classic horse-riding[...]

Frank Frazetta's first published comic work was in the one issue of Tally-Ho Comics in 1944, and that was only a minor contribution to the story But he also had a go at a full story, written, pencilled, and inked – but that failed to get published in the comic And that ten-page story has come[...]

From those pulp origins, it spread to become a popular favorite across media including comic strips, film, television, and much more.  Legendary artist Frank Frazetta created eight Buck Rogers covers for the long-running comic book series Famous Funnies in 1953/54 (whose publisher infamously rejected a ninth cover for being too violent.  This became the cover[...]

Let's get the obvious out of the way upfront: Frank Frazetta is one of the most important and influential fantasy, horror, and science fiction artists of the past century.  Frazetta developed an aesthetic that has influenced thousands of other artists over the past sixty years.  Countless of his paintings are familiar icons to both fandom[...]

A Princess of Mars is one of Frank Frazetta's most famous paintings He painted two versions in 1970, the first being published as a Doubleday hardback dustjacket cover Fearing that the original art would not be returned from the publisher, Frazetta painted a version for himself, and it is that version that is being put[...]

The iconic fantasy painting, The Death Dealer, from master artist Frank Frazetta comes to life with the One: 12 Collective figure line Mezco is part of a special bundle that will include an enamel pin set along with a hand silk art print featuring the executioner The figure was even endorsed by Frank Frazetta Art[...]

Artists were to include in no particular order, Frank Frazetta, Will Eisner, Hal Foster, Kevin Eastman, Jeff Smith, Mike Kaluta, Mike Grell, Dave Stevens, Jim Steranko, Neal Adams, Tim Seeley, Stan Sakai, Art Baltazar, Bill Reinhold, Shawn McManus, Aaron LoPresti, Michael Ploog, Topper Helmers, a total of 38 different artists. Frank Frazetta's Cover Art For ComicBooks For[...]

Eisner added a depth of authenticity to this story by having characters talk like pirates — and while this may be annoying to read for some — it's honestly delightful, and pulls you into the story. "Daffy & Dilly" be Frank Frazetta, is another favorite of mine This animal comic is cute, and while it doesn't[...]

Such as a number of pages from the late, great Frank Frazetta. Frank Frazetta Swordsmen in the Sky Paperback Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Ace, 1964). The year 1963 saw a flood of paperback reprints with all-new covers by Frank Frazetta There were approximately 14 of them, mostly Tarzan and Carson of Venus related[...]

Both in his home and his studio. And getting to hold a Frank Frazetta original while surrounded by original art from John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and more You may begin your own weeping now. It's always good to have somewhere to keep all your stuff… He's not the only visiting celebrity to receive the royal Ross[...]

The 1969 fantasy painting Egyptian Queen, painted by Frank Frazetta, was commissioned and used for the cover to comic book anthology Eerie Magazine #23 in the same year And last month it was sold for a record $5,400,000 at a public auction of vintage comic books and comic art held by Heritage Auctions in Chicago[...]

These cover images helped to define the horror comic genre with master illustrators like Frank Frazetta, Sanjulian, Bill Hughes, Jose Gonzalez, Enrich, Esteban Maroto, and Paul Gulacy, along with a host of other legendary contributing artists. This set of 78 Vampirella tarot cards illustrates the major and minor arcana and comes in a deluxe illustrated box with[...]

While the series is named for its homicidal vigilante character, the protagonist is a trans cop navigating her way through the sexism and transphobia of her colleagues while investigation a series of murders before the title character forces her to face her own existential issues. Dan Wickline thinks we should all remember Jeffrey Catherine Jones: Called the[...]

 Vampirella found her new home in March of 2010 when Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights to the character from Harris Comics, and she has since appeared in a number of successful on-going series with the publisher. The Vampirella Tarot Cards will feature the artwork of some of the all-time masters of the craft, including Frank Frazetta,[...]

Came across this today and it seems like a great gift idea for Frank Frazetta fans (with some extra cash) Torro Studios have crafted a limited run of Frazetta's Barbarian Collectible Masks, based on one of the most iconic images in sci-fi / fantasy. The masks are limited to a run of only 100, are all[...]

The book is written by Christopher Lawrence and takes a look at the works of painters like Alex Ross, Frank Frazetta, Joe Jusko, Bill Sienkiewicz and many more The 300 page tome looks at the history of paintings in comics and pulp covers going all the way back to the days of Doc Savage and[...]

Most of the work of legendary illustrator Frank Frazetta is sold privately these days Recent sales include a Conan The Destroyer painting for $1.5 million, Conan The Conqueror for $1 million The cover to Weird Fantasy #29 sold for $380,000, while a John Carter/Swords of Mars painting sold for $350,000. On December 11th, Profile In History will be auctioning off[...]

But this Superman sketch by Frank Frazetta sold for a lot more, $35,420.   The auction also saw another Superman piece, a rare Superman linen-mounted one-sheet for the movie serial released by Columbia in 1948, sell for $16,761. While the Official Green Hornet Working Black Beauty Dashboard boxed Remco set , setimated to sell between $2,000 to $5,000, tripled that high by selling at $14,055. Checked[...]

Here are just a few of the higlights… A page from Dark Knight Triumphant by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson. A 1940s sketch of Superman by Joe Shuster. A page of Watchmen by Dave Gibbons. A Curt Swan Superboy cover…Sam Keith on Sandman…  Jack Kirby drawing the Inhumans for Fantastic Four, A John Byrne/Terry Austin splash page from Uncanny X-Men.An Alex Raymond[...]

The image to the left features in Gearhearts: Steam-Punk & Glamor Revue #1 page 11 from comics publisher Antarctic Press. The image on the right is from Legacy: Selected Paintings & Drawings by Frank Frazetta. Note the removal of signature along the way… no credit was given to Frazetta… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each[...]

The original animated film was by Ralph Bakshi and legendary artist Frank Frazetta based on Frazetta's artwork. Sony hopes to use the new film to launch a franchise inspired by the worlds painted by the master artist. For Rodriguez, a long time friend of the now departed Frazetta, this is a chance to pay homage to the artist[...]

This made it the third highest grossing auction in comic book history. The auctions also included $179, 250 for Frank Frazetta's original paperback book cover painting for Jongor Fights Back, a Journey Into Mystery #83 with the first appearance of the Marvel Thor selling for $179,250, a CGC 7.0 graded Pep Comics #22, the first appearance of Archie selling for $143,400,[...]

Lee brought something to comics which I had yet to see at that time, a combination of craftsmanship and vitality, the pop-art glamor of Patrick Nagel, or the angular models sizzling up the pages of Sports Illustrated that year in uncomfortable neon swimwear, with the hyper-realism and masculine heft of Frank Frazetta It was designed[...]

From Papercutz artist Rick Parker (also former Marvel letterer and artist on Marvel's Beavis and Butt-head), we have Weird Zombie-Fantasy… And from Frank Frazetta, we have Weird Science-Fantasy from EC. Rick Parker explains the genesis of this incredibly detailed parody cover: "I was a kid in the mid 50's when those EC covers and MAD Comics came[...]

All 1,700 lots sold during the auction held Nov 21-23 in Beverly Hills. The top selling comic of the day was Tales of Suspense #39 CGC 9.6 that sold for $262,900.00.  Other top sellers: The Avengers #1, CGC NM 9.4, for $89,625. Original cover art for Conan the Barbarian #4 for $87,235. Journey Into Mystery #83, CGC NM- 9.2, ended at[...]

Also an original painting by Frank Frazetta depicting a barbarian being jolted by a bolt of lightning from the heavens that could sell for $75,000+ An original October 20th 1968 Sunday strip from Peanuts estimated at $50,000+ Page 14 from Fantastic Four #55 by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott estimated at $50,000+ and a hand[...]

Two pieces of artwork were stolen from Arthur Suydam's studio it seems. Firstly, this full colour gouche painting, Alien Genocide, by Arthur Suydam. And

Thun'Da is published by Dynamite Entertainment; PAGE 1-2 I wanted to start us in mid-action, much like the original Frank Frazetta/Gardner Fox story did There's a fascinating serial adaptation of Thun'da from 1952 staring the great Buster Crabbe called KING OF THE CONGO, which was incidentally Buster Crabbe's very last serial, and it also has a faithful[...]