Boris Vallejo
Author of Mirage
About the Author
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Series
Works by Boris Vallejo
The Worlds of Boris Vallejo 1 copy
Sirens 1 copy
Ladies 1 copy
Boris (Book I) 1 copy
The Savage Sword Of Conan Ad 1 copy
Miraż 1 copy
The Chronicles of Amber Vol. 2 - Sign of the Unicorn - the Hand of Oberon - the Courts of Chaos 1 copy
1978 Tarzan calendar: The lord of the jungle magnificently portrayed by the renowned fantasy artist Boris Vallejo (1977) 1 copy
Mirage 1 copy
Associated Works
Art of the Dragon: The Definitive Collection of Contemporary Dragon Paintings (2012) — Contributor — 8 copies
Monsters Unleashed (1973) #2 — Cover artist — 4 copies
Savage Tales Vol 1 #7 Nov 1974 — Cover artist — 4 copies
Penthouse Comix # 21 — Cover artist — 2 copies
Penthouse Comix # 22 — Cover artist — 2 copies
Penthouse Comix # 23 — Cover artist — 2 copies
Savage Tales Vol 1 #10 May 1975 — Cover artist — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1941-01-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Peru (birth)
- Birthplace
- Lima, Peru
- Places of residence
- Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Occupations
- artist
- Relationships
- Bell, Julie (wife)
- Awards and honors
- British Fantasy Award (Artist, "Amazon Princess and her Pet", 1979)
Chesley Award for Lifetime Achievement (2011)
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Reviews
Despite the atrocious cover art, this slim but oversized collection has some of BV’s greatest illustrations, including: The Victorious (‘84), Mother And Daughter (‘85), The Lavalite World (’77), Heavy Metal (‘85), Alpnu (‘89), Queen Of The Amazons (‘86) (probably his record for most women in one illustration), The Magnificent (‘83), Haesel The Slave (undated), Scarlet Menace (‘81), & Egyptian Warrior (‘86). The large size and perfect printing quality (as with all six BV books I currently own) means these are ready to adorn your dormroom once you travel back to the ‘80s. There’s a 4-page bio by Nigel Suckling at the beginning.… (more)
Not sure why I bought this. I guess I thought I would find it more inspirational than it turned out to be. I already knew that I didn't care for Vallejo's art that much, because he makes all his figures look muscular and posed. This book just continued that. Julie Bell's art didn't inspire me either - she's really hung up on chrome. But even worse, between the two of them, few if any of the pictures seemed to actually tell a story. Too often it seemed like art for art's sake only.
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Statistics
- Works
- 83
- Also by
- 112
- Members
- 1,702
- Popularity
- #15,077
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 15
- ISBNs
- 123
- Languages
- 6
- Favorited
- 5
Vallejo is...Vallejo, the Fabio romance cover artist 'for the lads'. Undeniable skills with a seeming obsession with one perspective on the 'perfect physical form' and a fantasy icon. I don't have a nostalgic connection to him and I am of the feminine persuasion, so perhaps I feel less kindly towards him than others. His talent and imagination are spoiled for me by the lasciviousness of his male gaze and the his focus on masculine fantasy, both in the bodybuilder demigods he models his men after, and the swimsuit models he bases his women on. His scenery, monsters, and sci-fi elements are wonderful, but these are few and far between.
Julie Bell on the other hand has a little of Vallejo's propensity for swimsuit models, but tempers the male gaze with her own vision. You can see her style and portrayal of women evolve and it is beautiful to see. The depth and range of her work is something else with all manner of striking and affecting scenes that, in the same way fantasy stories have evolved, contain so much more than muscle-bound and scantily-clad power fantasies. I am truly glad to have discovered her.
A number of pages were sadly torn from the library edition, so the only collaborative work I can be sure of was a science fantasy floating pyramid piece that was truly spectacular. It says they only worked together on four pieces. I would very much like to see the test and wish they had done more.
A fascinating book, but honestly I could have just done with a book of Bell's art.
This was my first in-library read/ peruse, which makes it a bit special.… (more)