AMERICAN HERO PRESS ANNOUNCES THE FRAZETTA GALLERY SERIES

Publication of initial wave of four volumes begins this Fall

The Legacy of Frank Frazetta

Frank Frazetta is considered to be one of the most renowned illustrators of the 20th century, primarily for his science fiction and fantasy art that appeared across a variety of mediums including comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, and LP record album covers. His work inspired thousands of artists throughout the world until his passing in 2010. Even today, his influence is as outsized and lasting as his talent and imagination.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth), described Frazetta as nothing less than, “an Olympian artist that defined fantasy art for the 20th century.”

According to Academy Award Nominated Writer (Apocalypse Now) and Director John Milius (Conan The Barbarian) agreed, “I would compare Frazetta to Maxfield Parrish or Frederic Remington. These are the kinds of artists whose work goes forward!”

“Frazetta is to fantasy what Max Ernest is to surrealism (which is fantasy on another psychic and perceptual plane)”, noted Steven Heller, multiple Award-winning graphic designer/art director/author.

The Gallery Series

American Hero Press is launching a new series of curated, themed collector books. The Frazetta Gallery Series, feature Frazetta masterpieces in frameable gallery format. These books are officially licensed productions from the Frank Frazetta Estate and the Frazetta Art Museum in East Stroudsburg, PA. Each book will be designed and printed to the highest available quality from first generation files.

The first four individually released volumes in the series will feature the themes of Terror, Adventure, Warriors, and Sirens.

The Terror volume includes Creepy and Eerie magazine paintings, paperback and hardcover paintings showing your favorite nightmares!
The Adventure volume will present a gallery of some of the finest interpretations of Edgar Rice Burroughs classic adventures.
Warriors immerses you in classic Sword & Sorcery, Heroic and Otherworldly epic imagery.
Sirens presents a collection of Frazetta’s finest good girl and bad girl pin-up art.

Specifications of the books are an overall size of 11″ x 15″. Produced in a softcover, hardcover, and limited, slipcased hardcover editions.

The softcover will run to approximately 56 pages with 21 full color plates along with an additional 14 pages of Frazetta photos, sketches, roughs, and cover reproductions. Appreciations from renowned Frazetta fans, writers and artists will compliment this personalized approach to preserving and enriching the Frazetta legacy.

The hardcover edition will expand the page count to at least 64 and include an additional 3 color plates plus supplementary appreciations, photos and artwork.

The limited, slipcased hardcover edition enhances the hardcover version with a beautiful, foil stamped slipcase. A unique die-stamped and color printed, 3.5” silver medallion, permanently affixed to the slipcase. This limited edition features an exclusive limitation 8”x10” 3D Lenticular Print of one of Frank Frazetta’s classic horror masterpieces. The slipcased edition is limited to 500 numbered copies for sale and 52 Lettered copies for contributors.

The four books of the Frazetta Gallery Series will be individually issued through 2025. The approximate publication schedule is for the Terror book to ship in the Fall of 2024, the Adventure book in the Spring of 2025, Warriors in the Summer of 2025 and the Sirens book in the Fall of 2025. The Kickstarter for the Frazetta Gallery Series – Terror, will begin in August 2024.

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About American Hero Press

American Hero Press is a small-press publishing company located in Kansas City, MO. The Press is dedicated to presenting landmark creations from the most renowned artists and writers of the 20^th Century in strictly limited editions. We go to print or production one time for any project. The number of copies available is limited and when those are gone, no more are produced. The American Hero Press staff, collectively, have more than 100 years of collecting and publishing experience in the fields of comic/sequential art, science fiction/fantasy and horror.

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