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New Frazetta Book

Arnie Fenner

Over the years Ian & Betty Ballantine produced 5 books with their Peacock Press, Cathy & I created 4 with Underwood Books, and Dian Hanson most recently put together her gigantic collection for Taschen—and that's mentioning only a few. Others have published (and continue to publish) books devoted to Frank Frazetta's art, some good, some bad, some authorized, and some not.  At this point you might think that there's nothing new to be seen or…

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Coded: J. C. Leyendecker Documentary

Lauren Panepinto

April 17, 2025 - Some of you might remember the J. C. Leyendecker exhibit at the New York Historical Museum a few years back (if not I wrote a review with lots of pics here) and during that exhibit there was a screening of a new Leyendecker documentary and a panel moderated by fabulous illustrator and MC contributor Marcos Chin. The documentary is called Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C. Leyendecker and at the time I don't think you could see it online, I tried, but now you can. Oddly enough, you can also catch it on domestic Delta flights currently. You can see the trailer here: [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWlBmtAR7TQ[/embed] It's a short film (29min) and it was shortlisted for an Oscar. I definitely learned some things in the video I hadn't known before, and while I knew Rockwell took…

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