Before he painted, Frazetta did some comics- cartoons, even Playboy- type stuff. (Yep- there's "Frazetta porn" out there!)
There've been many good and great sci-fi artists over the years, but Frazetta really stands out. And I notice more and more lately that you can't find a single Frazetta cover in the SF section of any bookstore! I'm glad I still have a few, but I might have to search e-Bay to replace those I lost over the years. One of my favorites of the Tarzan books, other than the first and "The Return of Tarzan," was "Tarzan and the Lion Man," great Frazetta cover- you can't find the book at all now! I guess I just assumed they'd always be there! Frazetta covers, Edgar Rice Burroughs on Ace Books (they had Frazetta- not Ballantine Books).
Yeah, looking at a Frazetta cover, you knew this book was no Johnny Weissmuller movie! (Though I liked Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies- the books were much better, though.)
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