Customer Reviews

Frank Cho Women: Selected Drawings And Illustrations

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I love Frank Cho's work. He has a crisp style; his lines flex and curve perfectly. It's hard to think of anyone outside of Dave Stevens who shows as much grace. However...

I dinged it one star for not having any color plates. All of the pages are black and white. An uncensored version of the cover is on the interior flap at a greatly reduced size. Compare this to "The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta" nos. 1 - 5 which not only had color plates but also details/enlargements of the paintings. Same with the three Frank Kelly Freas books: many color plates. The cover painting is so good that I was enormously disappointed when I openned the book and found only black and white sketches and finished drawings.

I dinged it another star for having almost no text to accompany the drawings and the small amount of text was insipid and patronizing. Little fragments like "note the thickness at her ankles. But not too thick," and "nice long calves," and "nice full hips."

The sketches and drawings are all outstanding, but not worth collecting in a hardcover book. It will make a good softcover book.

Length:: 0:11 Mins

The cover for the book might be misleading. It shows fine art painting but in fact Women is collection of black and white line art drawings and sketches on women. It's a paperback book with glossy paper.

Most of the women are illustrated in different fantasy world settings. Since Frank Cho (wiki) is the creator of Liberty Meadows, there are a few drawings on Brandy as well.

There are no captions so it's just art all the way.

For the price, it's quite worth it.

(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

I haven't looked through Frank Cho's comic books enough to really say if I like them or not, but I have seen examples of his work here and there and decided a book focusing on anatomy would be useful to me. (since that is a weak point in my art) I was somewhat disappointed when I received the book to find out that it contained only black and white illustrations. The beautiful cover is the only color throughout the book as well as the only painting. The best part I found were the comparisons between original graphite drawings and more finalized inks of some illustrations, there just were not enough like that.

Basically, it's nice, but I'd like to see more color and more mediums.

I am a new fan of Frank Cho's artwork, and let me begin by saying that it's excellent! I love his portrayal of women and his understanding of female anatomy! This book showcases his drawings and illustrations from cover art, to women-in-the-jungle, and women-in-space. A great book... I definitely recommend it!
Harrison Chua
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This book just have one problem... When you see the picture from the cover, you will wait for this beautiful color inside. But the fact is... just Black and White inside.

Frank Cho is one of my favorite artists. I started reading Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows comic strip and I really enjoyed his unique mix of "cartoony" animals and realistic humans. It reminded me of some of Bill Watterson's Sunday cartoons where he would represent Calvin as a realistically drawn adult.

This book, though, is not exclusively a Liberty Meadows book. It consists of figure studies, some nudes and a number of comic book covers. Most of the art is shown in finished form, but more interesting is where Mr. Cho shows the progression from rough pencil drawing to fully inked drawing. Mr. Cho is a truly talented artist and I look forward to seeing what he produces next.

Frank Cho shows alot of professionalism in his work and that he is dedicated to what he loves to do: Draw! Like the cover suggests, this is a selection of drawings that help us see the type of figures and characters that Frank has learned to apply in his own interpretation. Wonderful to know that he is self-taught and that he lives to draw.

In this book you will see many of Frank Cho's clean line art and pencil illustrations. There is no color, only black and white and some pencil shading. But his style in illustrating women are phenominal. From cartoony to comic book and a few fine art illustrations here and there and alot of pin up art. He is a great example for other artist to aspire to when it comes to drawing women. For me this book is another great addition to my collection.

I received the book a lot faster than i had suspected and it was in very good condition. There is only minor wear on the plastic cover but the inside pages are perfect. I like shopping here and recommend it to anyone.

A nice well printed collection of drawings, some nudity though so stay away if that offends.