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I live for this this stuff. Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing
You guys should come uo to Terrificon in July
I've a copy. Its dimensions steep the viewer in the art. All impressive. Though I'd seen Idyl in Heavy Metal, Jones's work was the biggest revelation for me here. Anyone remember the early 2000s when Jones was online and had webcams in her studio? That was cool.
Frazetta considered Jones, his contemporary, to be the greatest living painter..
Kaluta did the original Shadow covers in 72 and 73.
Had mine for more than forty years now….. God I’m old.
Along with Roger Dean’s Views also published by Dragons Dream . This was a key book for me in the late 70s . I only bought it 4 years ago , reconnecting
to my teenage self . Posters were
also a big deal . Thanks guys
Never seen one of these in person so this is awesome
What ever happened to the Artist's Edition of Frankenstein ? Remember it being mentioned but never saw any more about it
I gotta get that! Amazing artists. I wonder what street in Chelsea they were on. I was living on West 22nd Street at that time. I recently discovered that Upstart was on West 29th Street. That’s where Frank was drawing Daredevil, and Butch was probably drawing Micronauts.
Thanks for this one!
I don't own this book, but I have retrospectives of all of these artists and they all mention The Studio. They were a transformative crew for real…
I bought this when it originally came out and had Wrightson’s ‘Freaks’ on my bedroom wall, natch.
I think Wrightson’s ‘A Look Back’ is also Kayfabe worthy.
Hope Wrightson's washes are gouache. But they could also be Doc Martin's dyes. Met him at Chicagocon back in the late 90's. Still have my signed Frankenstein book.
Thanks so much, because of this episode I just ordered a second hand version in great condition!
Not sure who was behind Dragon’s Dream, but I have some Druillet collections from the 70s that they published though one of those was co-published with Heavy Metal.
I bought this when it came out and one thing that folks might forget is that there were basically no other books in "real " book stores at that time by and about current hot shot fantasy/comic artists. My art buddies and I bought up all of the Dragons Dream art books as they came out. I had no idea who Roger Dean was but I bought his book and soaked it all in. I think that the success of the Dragons Dream books helped to open the floodgates for tons of other mostly fantasy art books finding their way onto the shelves of the big mall book store chains across the country. Funny that you mention Vess, he was Kaluta's room mate at the time and spent a lot of time in the studio.
Thanks for covering this. Can't wait to see yer Lost Pages of Frankenstein episode. I'd love to see some Ploog & Stout too.
I managed to buy a copy signed by all four about 10 years ago including a signed bookmark. The magnificent foursome had visited the Forbidden Planet when it first opened on Denmark St London. An absolute treasured grail. My own reading copy bought in the early eighties is very fragile now.
I always thought it was Jim Starlin, who was a contemporary and local to them at the time
Damn I’ve wanted this book forever now it’s going to be harder to get lol
👍
The 70's had a dichotomy between consumer media developing cult and subcultural aesthetics everywhere, and the actual creators in nearly every instance taking a conscious approach of it being "just a job" and approaching those aesthetics as an acting or sales role, not as a distinct scene that they came up through or represented in principled fashion; creators often toe the line between that, but at the outset, to even have a scene you have to allow in a lot of kayfabe, and the Studio fits in that mold of trying to be a rock band, except with barbarians instead of guitars.
This is the most important artbook in my collection.
This is the proverbial "in case of fire which item"
I've wanted this book since my friend had it back in the 80s; jealous
Thanks for respecting Chatherine's pronouns and for showing so much compassion. That really meant a lot.
What a grail of a book!
Wish we could get a few more volumes of BWS Opus.
I'm usually a fan of these videos, but I feel you could've researched the artists and the work more. Though I'm sure you guys are fans, some of your comments were flip, ignorant and sounded like disses. The publishing company Dragons Dream was owned by album cover artist Roger Dean. Many of the Wrightson and Kaluta paintings were turned into posters by Land of Enchantment owned by
Christopher Zavisa. Wrightson did a Frankenstein portfolio in 1977 and another in 1978, both which he also published himself through Tyrannosaurus Press. You guys just breezed through this one without much thought or information given.
This book was/is my comic art "BIBLE" and has been the basis of my love of comic art for decades!
Another great vid guys 🙂 I don´t have this book, but I have a couple of other Dragon´s Dream books, and the editor name given in those is J.S. ( for James Slattery)
I remember having a lovely Loan Sloane book, Delerious? from Dragons Dream publishing in the 70's also.
I’ve got a copy. Owned it since I was in high school back in the 80’s. This book made me a huge BWS fan. Had the Roger Dean book as well but sold that years ago. Never getting rid of The Studio though!
I've somehow managed to lose two copies of this gem. I've got to be more careful about who I loan out books to.
I love this book. Bought it when it was still pretty new, maybe 1980.