Frank Frazetta - Book Three

The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta #3

by Frank Frazetta, Betty Ballantine (Editor)

Introduction • (1978) • essay by Betty Ballantine
Dracula Meets the Wolfman • (1966) • interior art
Swords of Mars • (1975) • interior art (variant of Cover: Swords of Mars/Synthetic Men of Mars)
Girl Bathing • (1969) • interior art
Bloodstone • (1975) • interior art (variant of Cover: Bloodstone)
Aros • (1968) • interior art (variant of Cover: The Serpent)
Bran Mak Morn • (1969) • interior art (variant of Cover: Bran Mak Morn)
Nightstalker • (1970) • interior art
Tarzan sketches • interior art
Serpent • (1973) • interior art (variant of Cover: Ardor on Aros)
Caveman sketches • interior art
Sketches • interior art
Caveman & cavewoman sketches • interior art
Black Panther • (1973) • interior art (variant of Cover: The Land of Hidden Men)
Autumn People • (1965) • interior art (variant of Cover: The Autumn People)
Tanar of Pellucidar • (1973) • interior art (variant of Cover: Tanar of Pellucidar)
Fire Demon • (1977) • interior art (variant of Cover: Swords Against Darkness)
Rogue Roman • (1965) • interior art (variant of Rogue Roman cover)
From the portfolio for Kubla Khan • interior art (variant of Kubla Khan Portfolio Plate 2 1977)
Lioness Watching Cabin • (1977) • interior art
Girl & Black Horse • interior art (variant of Cover: Women of the Ages Portfolio 1977)
"I ran my sword through his heart from behind..." • (1975) • interior art
The Night They Raided Minsky's movie poster art • (1968) • interior art
Tarzan & the Ant Men • interior art (variant of Tarzan & the Ant Men proposal for cover art 1998)
Girl with Sword • interior art
Indian with the Long Rifle • interior art
Nude with Dagger Raised • interior art
Nude Holding Sword • interior art
Bear Watching Caveman Threaten Cub • (1969) • interior art
Girl Observed by Undressed Man with Hat • (1969) • interior art
Indian with Bow • interior art (variant of The Archer 1994)
Nude in Pond • interior art (variant of Silent Breeze 1994)
Animal sketches • interior art
Monster Entering Space Vehicle • (1954) • interior art (variant of Famous Funnies #213 cover art)
Attack • (1954) • interior art (variant of Famous Funnies #214 cover art)
The Fastest Guitar in the World • (1968) • interior art by Frazetta & Jack Davis (variant of The Fastest Guitar Alive record cover)
Roman Chariot • (1972) • interior art
Tarzan & the Jewels of Opar • (1963) • interior art (variant of Cover: Tarzan & the Jewels of Opar)
Land of Terror • (1964) • interior art (variant of Cover: Land of Terror)
Lost Continent • (1963) • interior art (variant of Cover: The Lost Continent)
Female nude sketches • interior art
Torture Garden • (1965) • interior art (variant of Cover: The Torture Garden)
Kane on the Golden Sea • (1978) • interior art (variant of Cover: Darkness Weaves)
Warrior with Ball & Chain • (1973) • interior art (variant of Cover: Flashing Swords! #1)
Flashman on the Charge • interior art (variant of Flashman at the Charge, revised 1984)
From the portfolio for Lord of the Rings • interior art (variant of Lord of the Rings Portfolio Plate 4 1975)
Orcs—from the portfolio for Lord of the Rings • interior art (variant of Lord of the Rings Portfolio Plate 6 1975)
Nightwinds (detail) • interior art

Genres: Art, Fantasy, Art Design

96 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1978

About the author

Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for work in comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, record-album covers and other media. He was the subject of a 2003 documentary.

* Complete list of his book covers.

Reviews

[Elijah Meeks · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful collection of Frazetta's pieces, though noticeably missing his later John Carter covers (perhaps those show up in a later collection) but including the marvelous "Tars Tarkas and Leaping John against the six-armed apes." The writing is too adulatory to be taken seriously, though, but par for the course for a book published in 1978 about a guy who enjoyed painting barely clad men and women.

[Tobin Elliott · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one has a lot of quick doodles and sketches, which I loved. It shows an entirely different side of Frazetta, and this was the one that began showing some linkages between what he was doing, and the wider sandbox where Bernie Wrightson (on the linework side) and Boris Vallejo (on the painting side) would also play.

And while they could at times be remarkably similar in style, no one could ever match Frazetta. This book is evidence of that, as well.

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book Three follows on where the two previous volumes of Frank Frazetta's art books left off. After a nice introduction by Betty Ballantine, it's straight into the art. The main difference from this volume to the previous two is that Book Three features a lot more from Frank's doodlebook, and there are quite a few rough sketches included here as well as the colour plates of his iconic art. If you're a fan of Frank Frazetta, I'd recommend this book. The extra rough drawings make it worthwhile.

[Octavi · Rating 5 out of 5]

El mejor ilustrador de la historia.