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"Barsoomian" art is something that a lot of the best pulp artists have had a crack at over time. My favorites (after the classic Schoonaver illustrations of the original hardcovers) would probably be Frank Frazetta's, or in his style. Let me see if I can lay my two favorite images in here.
One is the 1970 Frazetta cover for A Princess of Mars: the other is obviously an affectionate pastiche -- an Alan Davis/Paul Neary cover for the X-Men spinoff comic "Excalibur" #16, December 1989. Each links to a larger version of the image. Watch out: the large Excalibur image is about a meg and a half or so. (Oh, and PM: I'd say it was a near-certainty that Cockrum's art was influenced by Frazetta's, Whelan's and others' take on the Dejah Thoris look. Also, since Lucas is a pulp fan, I'd guess he pointed his costume designers in the same direction.)
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Meanwhile, as regards the original Princess of Mars, the incomparable Dejah Thoris, anybody who illustrates her these days for frontcover usage has to fake it at least a little...because Burroughs is very plain about what she's wearing:
"She was as destitute of clothes as the green Martians who accompanied her; indeed, save for her highly wrought ornaments she was entirely naked, nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her perfect and symmetrical figure."
Hence a lot of cover artists spend a lot of time on those Highly Wrought Ornaments...or spend a lot of time finding novel ways in which to hide the beautiful DT's, uh, attributes.
Much more art associated with the Barsoom books can be found here:
http://www.erbzine.com/mag4/0470.html
One is the 1970 Frazetta cover for A Princess of Mars: the other is obviously an affectionate pastiche -- an Alan Davis/Paul Neary cover for the X-Men spinoff comic "Excalibur" #16, December 1989. Each links to a larger version of the image. Watch out: the large Excalibur image is about a meg and a half or so. (Oh, and PM: I'd say it was a near-certainty that Cockrum's art was influenced by Frazetta's, Whelan's and others' take on the Dejah Thoris look. Also, since Lucas is a pulp fan, I'd guess he pointed his costume designers in the same direction.)
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Meanwhile, as regards the original Princess of Mars, the incomparable Dejah Thoris, anybody who illustrates her these days for frontcover usage has to fake it at least a little...because Burroughs is very plain about what she's wearing:
"She was as destitute of clothes as the green Martians who accompanied her; indeed, save for her highly wrought ornaments she was entirely naked, nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her perfect and symmetrical figure."
Hence a lot of cover artists spend a lot of time on those Highly Wrought Ornaments...or spend a lot of time finding novel ways in which to hide the beautiful DT's, uh, attributes.
Much more art associated with the Barsoom books can be found here:
http://www.erbzine.com/mag4/0470.html
I LOVE Dairine both of them- that's really excellent work! I like your style.
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