{"product_id":"the-fantastic-worlds-of-frank-frazetta-45th-ed","title":"The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta: 45th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Frazetta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has reigned as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eundisputed king of fantasy art for 50 years\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with his fame only growing in the years since his death. His \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehigh-energy oils of Tarzan, Conan, Vampirella and his signature Death Dealer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e define not just fantasy worlds, but the bodies that occupy them: fleshy, muscular, tactile and sensual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBorn to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. He claimed to only make art when there was nothing better to do – he preferred playing baseball - yet began his professional career in comics at age 16. Strip work led him to \u003cstrong\u003ethe infamous EC Comics\u003c\/strong\u003e, then to oils for \u003cstrong\u003eTarzan and Conan pulp covers\u003c\/strong\u003e. Both characters were interpreted by many before him, but as he explained in the 1970s, “I’m very physical minded. In Brooklyn, I knew Conan, I knew guys just like him,” and he used this first-hand knowledge of muscle and macho to redefine fantasy heroes as \u003cstrong\u003emore massive, more menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before\u003c\/strong\u003e. As counterbalance he created a new breed of women, nude as censorship allowed, with pixie faces and multiparous bodies: thick thighed, heavy buttocked, breasts cantilevered out to there, yet still, with their soft bellies and hints of cellulite, believably real. Add in the action, the creatures, the twilit worlds of haunting shadow and Frazetta’s art is addictive as potato chips.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53775920955706,"sku":"9783836597951","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/9783836597951.webp?v=1784704747","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/the-fantastic-worlds-of-frank-frazetta-45th-ed","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}