The first major collection of the fantasy artist's work in 20 years, this book is filled with classic and previously unseen portrayals of futuristic cities, prehistoric beasts, jungle men, bodacious beauties, and more. Providing a rich overview of Krenkel's work, this book is profusely illustrated with 250 illustrations and photos-from his defining artwork on Tarzan, Conan, and Wizard of Oz, to his collaborations with Frank Frazetta.
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Barry Klugerman is the executor of the Roy G. Krenkel estate. He lives in New York City. J. David Spurlock, an artist-editor, has taught at the Joe Kubert School and the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A short review,
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This review is from: RGK THE ART OF ROY G KRENKEL PB (Paperback)
For those of you looking to find a comprehensive look at Roy Krenkel's art, you will have to wait. Included are lots of blurry prelim paintings, and tons of b&w doodles, but the book is lacking when it comes to full color paintings. Don't get me wrong, there are several nice reproductions, (hence the 3 stars), but those few just point out the problem with this book.
Someone, some day needs to do a thorough job with Krenkel. You can find half a dozen decent books of Frazetta's work, (and yes I understand that Frazetta is much more popular than Krenkel) - but not a single one of Krenkel's work? Give this guy a break!
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A grudging 4 stars,
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The work of master doodler Roy Krenkel deserves master treatment and too often those tasked with representing his career for review have been timid about diving in head first. This volume is at least a colorful, but brief, immersion. There is a lot of promise in this volume but not a lot of commitment. It features a nice, broad array of Roy Krenkel's delightful drawings, sketches, color sketches, paintings, commercial art designs and glorious doodles of everything from cavewomen in various forms, and little or no attire, to science fiction rendering of other worlds. Commentary by Al Williamson and Frank Frazetta are also welcome and revealing as they were both professional peers, but also Roy Krenkel's fast friends and fellow madmen.
The problem is very simple. This book is not enough. The examples used in this volume are like a teasing morsel to a starving person. We know there is treasure trove of phenomenal paintings, drawings, sketches and character studies that are being kept from sight. A three hundred page volume could not contain this man's collection. Perhaps three volumes would go a long way to revealing the genius we're all aware of. This is beautiful hint at the legacy that is the artwork created by Roy Kenkel.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointment for Krenkel admirers,
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This review is from: RGK THE ART OF ROY G KRENKEL PB (Paperback)
This book doesn't work well as a reference work. None of the pictures have information on size or the medium used, most are not titled, and few have details about usage (book cover, comic, book illustration, etc).
In comparison to the books on Frazetta and other artists that are available, I don't think that the editors did Krenkel justice.
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