> In a message dated 11/12/01 7:11:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Just to start a new thread, do you think Frazetta > > really helped bring Howard back in the 60s, 70s and > > 80s with his breath-taking covers? LSDC didn't think > > so, of course he woulda liked to take that credit, but > > if not who do u think did help? Aside from the > > readers that is. > > > > > > You know... I think it was a combination of things..the Frazetta covers > helped...but I think it was a combination fantasy/scifi/adventure boom > spearheaded by Tolkein, Burroughs, and then the other fantasy authors of the > 20's and 30's ...I think Howard took off then because of his own vivid > writing...plus the 60's generation was discovering the fantasy literature > that had been pretty much spurned in the 50's...
But the Burroughs Ace editions also had Krenkel and Frazetta covers don't forget! True, Tolkien and the Tarzan books didn't. Later, MEH
