Frank Frazetta and Hal Foster: Dragon Lords
Frank Frazetta freely acknowledged Hal Foster as his biggest artistic influence. In this post, I look at the (possible) Foster influence on a little-known Frazetta painting from 1983.
Read MoreMike Kaluta's 'Prince Valiant' Covers
In 1994, Marvel Comics commissioned a new series of tales of Prince Val written by Elaine Lee and illustrated by John Ridgeway. It just so happens that major Hal Foster aficionado, Michael Wm. Kaluta, crafted all four covers for that series.
Read MoreHal Foster: A Titanic Legacy
Today marks the one hundred and thirtieth anniversary of Hal Foster’s birth. Who was Hal Foster? Just the main artistic influence on Frank Frazetta, Joe Kubert and John Buscema. Also, Foster was a big influence on Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Bernie Wrightson, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Alfredo Alcala, Rudy Nebres and Gary Gianni. His overall impact on adventure comic art—especially in the realm of heroic fantasy—is literally incalculable.
Read MoreHal Foster -- Forty Years Gone
Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant newspaper strip is a towering achievement in the history of the art form. As an artist, Foster influenced everyone from Jack Kirby to Frank Frazetta to Joe Kubert to John Buscema to Bernie Wrightson to Gary Gianni.
Read MoreJohn Severin: Ten Years Gone
Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the death of John Severin, legendary artist for EC and Marvel comics. His career spanned eight decades. He did war and horror comics, Westerns and Sword-and-Sorcery. Some of his final work was for Mike Mignoia’s Witchfinder series. A true legend in comics art.
Read MoreBig John Buscema’s Conan
In a 1978 interview John Buscema said, “I hate [drawing superheroes] with a passion. I told Marvel, I’d like to do Conan exclusively. It’s the only project in comics that I’ve ever done that I really enjoy.”
Read MoreProps to Alex Raymond
Alex Raymond was admired by Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Gray Morrow, Joe Kubert, Gil Kane, Neal Adams and John Buscema—on top of being one of the most successful comics creators of all time. The fact that he was a pretty cool guy outside of his work in the comics field just makes it more imperative to give him the proper respects.
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