Reviews
"'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, "'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, "'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), "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 Steven 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, "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 Steven 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, "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
