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Nice. I love it

Nice. I love Frazzeta

Nice. Excellent video. Congratulations

I became a fan of George Perez with the Teen Titans # 1, back in 1980 when I was 19 years old! I was obsessed by his clean art and action poses artwork that reminded me like if Curt Swan and Neal Adams had a 'kid'!

My favorite part of Marvel's Epic collections has been discovering George's work in the Avengers. It's so busy with activity and the humor really comes across while still maintaining just enough realism to make darker tone shifts feel organic.

Looks nice! I don't have that volume, but I managed to pick up the Bob Layton Iron Man book a couple years ago from IDW's website!

At one point, I had around 150 Essentials. Had a couple from the late 90s, early 2000s, but got out of comics for a decade. When I came back around 2012, I was obsessed with tracking them down and I got a lot of them on eBay for a good price right when they were being discontinued and the Epic Collections were introduced to replace them. But then a few years ago during COVID, I started getting into Marvel's omnibus collection and began selling off some of the ones I bought in that format. Now I'm at a point where I just don't have the space anymore and it looks I'll be parting with more of my collection. But I'm glad to see others are still tracking down and collecting them. Oddly, enough, the three in your video are ones I never had! I had Power Man vol. 2, Iron First and Power Man & Iron First... but not Vol. 1. I had Avengers 1-6, but never Vol. 9. And I never had ANY of Moon Knight. I, too, can't do single issues anymore. I prefer reading in collected format and I find the older stuff (up through the 90s) more fulfilling for the most part.

Nice video! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Frazetta and Boris who definitely have different styles when it comes to the human form. Frazetta's art involves stylized exaggeration, ethereal and dreamlike, letting the viewer's imagination fill in gaps. Boris is a master of realism, depicting "what the body can actually do", as you say, in intricate detail. They are each experts in their own styles. I don't think a given artist's work is better than another's simply because it's more realistic. I think stylized art and realistic art are two different sub-genres that each have their own merits. For example, although I feel Boris draws more jaw-dropping depictions of the female form (ones that make your heart skip a beat when you turn the page and first lay eyes on them), I do tend to get more lost staring at Frazetta's paintings. I also think artists with exaggerated styles can be more creative and visually distinct, such as Alfonso Azpiri, Bruce Timm, Peter Chung, and Simon Bisley. Which was the first Boris painting that you said you saw as a kid and were so amazed by it? I share your fondness for Dave Stevens. I have his "Vamps & Vixens" artbook, and his "Scorcher" and "Sins of Prima" drawings are incredible. Based on what you said about Boris, I think you might like the art by Patrick J. Jones, Dorian Cleavenger, Ken Kelly, and Luis Royo. Also, as a fellow booty fan, I suspect you might share my fondness for these: > "Sea Creatures" and "Leather Jacket" by Boris Vallejo > "Dark Temptress" by Clyde Caldwell > "Wings of Battle" by dcwj > "Mahar Ritual" by Joe Jusko > "Portal of Time" by Ken Kelly > "Vulture's Circle #2" by Lucio Parrillo > "Vampirella Magazine #1" by Mark Texiera

Hey my apologies for two things in this video one is my sniffles my nose was acting up and two there are times in the video when I'm saying Boris when I should have been saying frazetta.

Essentials are the best. I like them better in black and white, you really appreciate the inking art. Wish Marvel would continue them.

What a good video. People don't talk about value enough.

Thanks for this review. I was on fence on which edition to buy.

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Wow, Taschen does popular art books aside from classic art or architecture now. Nice thing.

Would you say the Taschen publication overall is at the top of the heap when it comes to Frazetta books, or is there a comparable substitute already available (even if it's in several volumes) for the budget minded enthusiast?

First world problems .. what a shame

That's the design of the book

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Got this book it’s fantastic 😮

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Fantastic book 😮

Excellent advice, you've saved me from my fomo. Thank you.

All was great with the Essentials but the later ones are not Black & White, they are colored in gray tones 🤨

Between this and the essentials, I'll take the regular color comic

Marvel Essentials and DC Showcase Presents b&w volumes are by far my favorite comic series that were put out in the last 20 years. Really wish they kept them going. I also prefer getting all this great art in b&w. Even as a kid in the 70's, I never thought the coloring was on the same level as the ink work.

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Nice book 😮