Hey! Demented here with my first groovy post. I bring you another sampling of my original fumetti cover art. These are the actual paintings created back in the 70's specifically for the "sexy fumetti" book covers. When it came to gritty, lurid, vibrant entertainment, 1970's Italy delivered. They gave us the neon cinema of Dario Argento. They gave us Lucio Fulci, the only director ever to pit a zombie against a shark. They made American westerns better than any American-made western. We call them "spaghetti westerns". I guess you could call these cover paintings "spaghetti pulp". I've been exploring pulp art for decades and some of the best work I've ever seen came from 1970's Italy. The intense colors, wild imagery and visceral energy are distinctly unique. They are windows to a world of unrestrained fantasy and stunning artistry. And you don't need a blacklight to fully appreciate them!
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Welcome aboard, Demented :-)
Thanks! Very glad to be here.
The bear is ripped off a Frazetta painting.
Good catch. It was common practice to borrow elements from whatever reference they had on hand to complete a cover on schedule. The better artists could usually do justice to the source material. In this case I think the bear was beautifully integrated.
That bear scene is just WOW. By the way, instead of Frazetta, it reminds me of a Gustave Doré work which depicts Little Red Riding Hood with the wolf in her bed. That picture is hideous; Lovecraft was a Doré fan for a reason.
Heh, it is not just 'reminiscent' of Frazetta, it is an almost exact copy. This one:
http://tinyurl.com/6w2ysov
I thought we established this already. Frazetta's bear was used as reference. It's called "artistic license". I find this one far more frightening than Frazetta's piece.
Somebody owns original Fumetti cover art?
How does one come by it?
Who were the artists?
Lord there must be a gazillion of these paintings.
These are great.
Where can you get stuff like this? To say I'm envious would be an understatement.
It's not known how many covers survived. Many were lost or destroyed after the publishers closed shop. Most of what's left are in the hands of European collectors. Getting them to let go of their best pieces takes a lot of translated discussion and a lot more $$$.
Feeling pure envy here.
I would so love to own one of these. Dollars aren't so much a problem, but finding them for sale seems to be impossible.
ah, ah...
please notice the dirty and funny trick with the Sukia's cover.
The title says: "pupazzi di neve molto maschi"... :)
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