![]() 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. Hes done a wide range including a lot of the Barsoom series for the Martian books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Contents: Swords of Mars, Barsoom Series volume 8. Later, I recognized his style & bought a book just for the cover art - my first Kane book, by Karl Wagner. List of Items by Burroughs, Edgar Rice Illustrated by Frank Frazetta. I had just joined the late, great Science Fiction Book Club and received my three books for 10 cents introductory offer. Frank Frazetta was an American artist known primarily for his fantasy-based artwork. His covers for the Lancer editions of the Conan books were what got me interested in him. A Princess of Mars, the book upon which John Carter was based, and I have a long history that began in 1971. ![]() such as those from the Tarzan and Barsoom (John Carter of Mars) series. 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. Frazetta did a lot of the cover art for fantasy & SF books. Frank Frazetta (FebruMay 10, 2010) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. ![]() Frazetta died of a stroke on May 10, 2010. 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. Fran Frazetta’s painting for the novel A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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