![]() ![]() ![]() Revising the logo to make it dimensional, and using high-quality scans of the original paintings to bring new vibrancy to the Del Rey editions.Īnd here are a couple with a new type scheme, one that puts the emphasis on the image as opposed to the JCoM branding. Krenkel and Frank Frazetta, Whelan brought his considerable skill in research and detail to give us a more fully-realised view of Barsoomian life than we had seen before.Ĭollected below are the 11 wraparound cover paintings without text, and four sketches. 1 2 His painting Egyptian Queen sold for a world record 5.4 million (4.2m) on at a public auction of vintage comic books and comic art held by Heritage Auctions in Chicago, Illinois. The book plate has been taken from a disbound collection of Frazettas art work, published in 1975. I am something of a bibliophile and a rare-book guy, at least to the limit that a part-time schoolteachers income allows. Her veiled eyes seemed to read my very soul (1974) From Swords of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Print of a drawing by American fantasy and sci-fi artist Frank Frazetta (1928 - 2010). ![]() Frazetta was booked pretty solid through 1972-1975 or so, which was when these were issued. In 1979, Del Rey/Ballantine Books commissioned Michael Whelan to paint new covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars novels, succeeding Gino D’Achille‘s 1973 series.įollowing in the footsteps of previous illustration greats like Roy G. Frank Frazetta died of a stroke on May 10, 2010, in a hospital near his residence in Florida. Im not sure why the change was made I have to assume it was something to do with availability. ![]()
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