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Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Burne Hogarth.
Originally published in 1972, by Watson Guptill, and published over here in the UK in 1974 by Pan Books, which was when my dad bought me it, the fully illustrated Tarzan of the Apes marked Burne Hogarth's return to the character after an abscence of over twenty years. I didn't know that at the time, of course. I didn't really know who Burne Hogarth was, then. All I knew was that this was one of the most beautiful books my eagre, hungry nine-year-old eyes had ever seen. Inspired by a recent Hal Foster post on me old bloggy chum Thomas' always fascinating The Pictorial Arts, I took the book down from it's dusty old hiding place on my shelf and read it through for the first time in nearly thirty years. And it is still one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen. Obviously, I'm not going to post the whole thing, on account of A: it being far too long, and B: even I know when taking the piss is taking the piss, but here's a whole bunch of sample pages from this lovely book. From me, to you. Because I love you. But not as much as I love Burne Hogarth.
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One of the most beautiful books ever published. Took me years (YEARS I say) to finally get my paws on a copy. Good'un, Joe!
I bought that book when it first came out. For some reason I remember exactly where, and what the weather was like and such. Somehow I associate special books with details of acquisitions.
ANYway I traded that book off over a decade ago. Nice to see part of it again. And Joe buddy, we ARE bloggy chums, and I appreciate you pointing my direction. I always get a lot of people coming from your blog to mine.
And oh I DO love the pew pew girl! It takes all my effort to tear myself away from watching her for hours.
As you say, it's a beautiful book. Hogarth's design, figure work and use of colour are amazing.
I've still got my 1974 edition. It cost £1.50, which I thought was a king's ransom at the time :-)
And, as well as the graphic novel, the book also contains Maurice Horn's overview of Hogarth's career, with some great sketches and strip art. A classy product all round.
Thanks for posting this. It's beautiful.
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I actually passed on getting this book when it came out, but not because I wasn't a fan of Hogarth's work. Part of my decision was exactly that I was shelling-out at the time for his art instruction books, which cost a fair chunk of change, and which were more of a priority in my eyes.
Two things.
1) I took a class from Mr H many moons ago. A student brought in a copy of this book for a signature. Burne was happy to sign it but confessed that he still had a twinge of pain every time he saw a copy of the book. You see, through a misunderstanding with the publisher he believed that he was providing COLOR GUIDES when he watercolored the xerox copies of the black and white artwork. To his horror the book art was shot directly from these copies that he "just knocked the colors in very quickly one day."
2) The second book, Jungle Tales is EVEN BETTER.
Man, love some Burne Hogarth. That's great. Thanks for that.
I got that book for Christmas when I was like 10 years old. No kidding, Hogarth really should have given Tarzan a loincloth, because all the coy avoidance of the hero's crotch gets pretty weird and affected.
bd, that's a cracking story about the colour guides, and certainly explains a lot!
James, the hiding man-bits can be a bit awkward at times, but I guess the world wasn't quite ready for a nekkid jungle lord back then. gotta love him for trying, at least.
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