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• 2 •  Gravedancer • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 6 •  A rough for "Kubla's Anguish" from the 'Kubla Khan Portfolio' (Frazetta Prints, 1977) • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 7 • Foreword (Frazetta Sketchbook) • (2013) • essay by J. David Spurlock
• 7 • Transitioning from Comics to Painting • (1982) • interview of Frank Frazetta • interview by S. C. Riggenberg
• 8 •  Snake Bit • (1972) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 8 •  Rough sketch for 'Snake Bit' • (2001) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 9 • On Violence in His Work • (1994) • interview of Frank Frazetta • interview by Gary Groth
• 9 • On Fine Art • (1994) • interview of Frank Frazetta • interview by Steven Cerio
• 10 •  Tarzan in perfect calm, raised his short, heavy spear above his right shoulder and waited. • (1964) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 11 •  Pencil rough for 'Tarzan in perfect calm, raised his short heavy spear above his right shoulder and waited.' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 11 • Chapter One: Canaveral • (2013) • essay by uncredited
• 12 •  The silent creature drove a long knife again and again into his tawny side. • (1973) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 13 •  Endpaper illustration from Canaveral's 'Tarzan at the Earth's Core', 1962 • (1962) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of Monkey on a tree limb)
• 13 •  Interior illustration from Canaveral's 'Tarzan at the Earth's Core', 1962 • (1962) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 14 •  Canaveral preliminary roughs • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 15 •  Itzl Cha saw in one terrified glance that the god who bore her was flying through the air. • (1964) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Tarzan and the Castaways)
• 15 •  Preliminary rough for 'Itzl Cha saw in one terrified glance that the god who bore her was flying through the air' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 16 •  I had my stone knife in my hand, and he had his. • (1968) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 16 •  Another Canaveral sketch from this series • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 17 •  Rough for 'I had my stone knife in my hand, and he had his.' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 19 • Chapter Two: Life Drawings • (2013) • essay by uncredited
• 48 •  Conan the Buccaneer cover art, revised (detail) • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 49 •  Conan the Buccaneer cover art, revised (detail) [2] • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 49 • Chapter Three: Conan • (2013) • essay by uncredited
• 49 •  Pencil roughs for the revised Conan the Buccaneer cover art • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 50 •  Pencil roughs for Conan the Avenger cover • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 50 •  Frank Frazetta at his easel • (2013) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 51 •  Color preliminary sketch for Conan the Avenger cover art • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 52 •  Brilliantly animated thumbnail sketches for 'Conan the Avenger' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 52 •  Cover for Conan the Avenger • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Avenger 1968)
• 54 •  A set of rough watercolor preliminaries for 'Chained' which was used for the cover of 'Conan the Usurper' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 54 •  Cover for Conan the Usurper • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Usurper 1967)
• 55 •  Previously unpublished rejected concepts for 'Conan the Buccaneer' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 55 •  Cover for Conan the Buccaneer • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Conan the Buccaneer 1971)
• 57 • Chapter Four: Early Works • (2013) • essay by uncredited
• 60 •  Standing woman with black panther • (1969) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 64 •  Frazetta channeled Milton Caniff in a series of brush sketches in the forties. • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 65 •  Page from 'The Panther Legend' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 67 •  T-Rex attacked by cavemen sketch • (1980) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 69 •  A suggested Buster Crabbe cover for Famous Funnies. • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 70 •  Death Dealer VI preliminary (detail) • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 71 • Chapter Five: Death Dealer • (2013) • essay by uncredited
• 71 •  Death Dealer #2 comic cover • (1996) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 72 •  Rough for 'The Defender' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 73 •  The Defender • (1982) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 74 •  Rough sketch for 'Death Dealer II' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 74 •  Prisoner of the Horned Helmet cover • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Prisoner of the Horned Helmet 1988)
• 75 •  Death Dealer rough • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 75 •  Death Dealer concept in oil • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 75 •  Death Dealer concept in oil [2] • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 76 •  Rough for 'With wide distended jaws, came the great white lizard'. • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 77 • Chapter Six: Commercial Prelims • (2013) • essay by uncredited
• 78 •  Color prelim for the cover art for 'Eerie #81' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 79 •  Wallace Wood Sketchbook II cover art • (2013) • interior artwork by Wallace Wood
• 79 •  Eerie #81 cover • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 79 •  1984 #1 comic cover • (2013) • interior artwork by Richard Corben
• 80 •  Roughs for the original edition of 'Carson of Venus' (Ace, 1963) • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 81 •  Carson of Venus cover • (1985) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Carson of Venus 1963)
• 81 •  Interior roughs for unknow Midwood paperback illustrations • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 82 •  Concept drawings for 'Torture Garden' (Lancer, 1965) • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 82 •  Torture Garden cover • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for The Torture Garden 1965)
• 83 •  Another film project whos movie poster was not produced, 'Billie' from 1965, starring Patty Duke. • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 84 •  Rough for 'Rogue Roman' with notes from Art Director (Fawcett, 1965). • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 85 •  Rogue Roman cover • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of Rogue Roman 1978)
• 85 •  Roughs for Warren's fourth and final installment of 'Blazing Combat' magazine from July 1966. • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 85 •  Blazing Combat #4 cover • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Blazing Combat IV 1966)
• 86 •  Rough for MGM's 'The Fastest Guitar Alive' staring Roy Orbison, 1967. • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 86 •  Movie poster for 'The Fastest Guitar Alive' • (1967) • interior artwork by Jack Davis and Frank Frazetta (variant of The Fastest Guitar Alive record cover 1968) [as by Frank Frazetta]
• 87 •  Concept for "The Brain" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 87 •  Eerie #8 cover • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Eerie, March 1967 1967)
• 87 •  Nazareth LP cover for 'Expect No Mercy' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Eerie, March 1967 1967)
• 88 •  Sea Witch rough sketches • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 89 •  Cover for Eerie#7 • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Eerie, #7 1967)
• 89 •  Cover for Seademons • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Eerie, #7 1967)
• 89 •  Poster promoting UK's Wolfmother record • (2006) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 90 •  Sea Witch rough sketches [2] • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 91 •  Sea Witch rough sketch • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 92 •  Preliminary sketch for Swamp Demon • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 92 •  Color preliminary for Swamp Demon • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 93 •  Rough preliminary for Swamp Demon • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 93 •  Swamp Demon • (1975) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Witch of the Dark Gate 1972)
• 94 •  Rough sketch for cover to Jongor Fights Back • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 94 •  Cover for Jongor Fights Back • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Jongor Fights Back 1970)
• 95 •  Rough sketch for cover to Jongor Fights Back [2] • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 96 •  Rough sketch for "A dozen of them felt the weight of my clenched fists, and then I went down, fighting, beneath a half-hundred warriors ..." • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 96 •  "A dozen of them felt the weight of my clenched fists, and then I went down, fighting, beneath a half-hundred warriors ..." • (1971) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 97 •  Rough sketches for "I ran my sword through him from behind." • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 98 •  Concept study for "Black Panther" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 98 •  Cover: "The Land of Hidden Men" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for The Land of Hidden Men 1973)
• 98 •  Cover: "Creepy #11" • (1966) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 98 •  First modified version of the cover of "Creepy #11" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 99 •  Cover art for "King Kong" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for King Kong 1976)
• 100 •  Color rough for Plate XII from "They buried their talons in his back." • (1972) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 100 •  "They buried their talons in his back." • (1968) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 101 •  Rough for Plate 5 from "Women of the Ages" portfolio • (1977) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 102 •  Color Rough for "Witherwing" Cover Art • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 102 •  Cover: Witherwing • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Witherwing 1979)
• 103 •  Color rough for "Seven Romans" cover art • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 103 •  Cover: Epic Illustrated #1 • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Epic Illustrated, Spring 1980 1980)
• 104 •  Model sheets for "Fire and Ice" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 105 •  Poster art for "Fire and Ice" • (1983) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 106 •  Color rough for "Charging Huns" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 106 •  Cover: Frank Frazetta, Book Five • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Frank Frazetta, Book Five 1985)
• 107 •  Untitled preliminary sketches • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 108 •  Sketch for "3000 AD", a 1985 unreleased film • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 108 •  3000 AD • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 109 •  Preliminary sketch for the cover of "The Last of the Viking Heroes Summer Special #1" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 109 •  Cover: The Last Viking Heroes Summer Special #1 • (1988) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 110 •  Cover: L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. III • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume III 1987)
• 110 •  Pencil draft for "Dreamflight" • (2007) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 111 •  Cover: L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume IV • (1988) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume IV)
• 111 •  Sketch for the cover illustration of "L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume IV" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 112 •  Pencil rough for "The Countess and the Yellow Man" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 112 •  Color rough for "The Countess and the Yellow Man" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 112 •  The Countess and the Yellow Man • (1995) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of The Countess and the Green Man (1989) 1998)
• 113 •  "Wolves Night" color rough • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 113 •  Cover: Frank Frazetta • (1996) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Frank Frazetta)
• 114 •  Rough sketch for "Sorceress" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 114 •  Color rough for "Sorceress" • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of Rough for the cover to 'Verotia #3' [Verotic, 1995] 2007)
• 114 •  Cover: Verotika #3 • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of Sorceress 1995)
• 116 •  Lioness Watching Cabin • (1977) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 117 • Came the Dawn: Artist's Edition Part I • (2013) • essay by uncredited
• 117 •  Came the Dawn • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 118 •  Came the Dawn comic strips • (2013) • interior artwork by Wallace Wood
• 119 •  Untitled drawing for Frazetta's son Bill • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 120 •  Gift for Ellie Frazetta • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 120 • Personal Works • (2013) • essay by uncredited
• 138 •  Pencil drawing from 'Illustrations Arcanum', p. 23 • (1994) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 138 •  Detail from pencil image from 'Illustrations Arcanum', p. 23 • (1994) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 139 •  Pencil drawing from 'Illustrations Arcanum', p. 51 • (1994) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 139 •  Rough for pencil drawing from 'Illustrations Arcanum', p. 51 • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 140 •  Pencil drawing for East Stroudsberg High School, late seventies • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 141 •  Cover illustration for 'The New Nostalgia Journal #27' • (1976) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 141 •  Watercolor study for 'Lion Hunt' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 142 •  Color Rough for Las Vegas • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 143 •  Las Vegas • (1980) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 143 •  Spontaneous art for family member, 'I Love You' • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 144 •  Preliminary drawings for Wild Ride • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 146 •  Wild Ride • (1996) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 147 •  Nude Watercolor Study • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 147 •  Pen & Ink Woman with Lioness • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 148 •  Illustration concepts • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 148 •  Sabertooth Pen & Ink • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 149 •  Nude studies • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 149 •  Self-Portrait • (1982) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 150 •  Girl on a Horse • (1975) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 151 •  Indian with the Long Rifle • (1978) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 151 •  Pencil sketch of an Indian on a horse • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 152 •  Pencil roughs of big cats • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 153 •  Personal gift, girl on a horse • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 153 •  Sketch of a man and gorilla, circa 1972 • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 154 •  Pen & Ink sketches from Frank's sketchbooks • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 155 •  Daughter of Evil • (1977) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 155 •  Fantasy Crossroads, January 1979 [5] • (1979) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 155 •  The Howard Review, April 1977 • (1977) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 156 •  Ellie Frazetta Portrait • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 157 •  Frank Frazetta, Jr. Portrait • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 158 •  Left-Handed Drawings • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 159 •  The Dead Elvi • (2003) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 159 •  Memories of a Munchkin • (2005) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 159 •  Standing nude (left-handed drawing) • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta
• 160 •  Jesus (for Ellie) • (2013) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta