I've been doing my best to keep things hot around here this December, so let's turn up the heat a little more with a classic 1977 Warren calendar collection of Vampirella (and other girls) art by the always excellent Spanish master of the painted cover, Enrich Torres! All 12 months are featured, and printed on a nice textured paper which adds another dimension to these luscious, otherworldly women. I particularly love Miss June holding up Tor Johnson's severed head! And now that we have your blood pumping uncontrollably (Vampirella likes the sound of that), you can discover much more about Enric Torres-Prat at his official Facebook page HERE!
October's image of Vampi in classic romance softcover mode is pretty fun, but right now I'm gravitating toward August's rough paint sketch. So werewolfy! Usually my favorite of these images is the one from issue #35, used for March here, but I'm not really warming to way it's been cropped to fit this pinup calendar. So much of that pic is about the creepy sepulchre she's lounging around in. Chopping it down to just the figure unbalances the piece, and really makes that weird foreshortening stand out. Still nice to see a fantasy vampire in everyday undies, though.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Mr. Cavin that the cropping on some of these can throw off the image but these are all great examples of Enrich's art, though I have to disagree and I don't think March is Vampirella the hair isn't right I'd have to pull that issue to read to see if there's anything related.
ReplyDeleteBTW there's a lot of great architectural work here. A gothic castle, some nice interior stone work (that grout is really realistic) and I love the column in December.
I always remember the cover that is used in November because it was always a weird image the sight line of her eyes isn't really facing the bear/dog thing and it looks like it's in a different plane. It was always kind of weird. I guess even the absolute greats can have an off day.
What a wildly great artist Warren had here. I wonder if there's model reference photos for this, or he freehanded it all?
For some reason, the August page made me think of Barbara Steele.
ReplyDeleteI can't recall the last time I had seen a calendar where all the days of the month were all in one long row. It was a clever way to squeeze in a calendar without detracting too much from the artwork.