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DRAWINGS: Inspired by Life
By Dorian Vallejo (signed).
Our Highest Recommendation
Signed!
Published by Dorian himself and only available from very selected sources, this is a delicious 192-page hardcover. Much of this is devoted to full color portraits and drawings of beautiful women. Whether they are clothed or nude, the work here is exquisite. To force a comparison, in case you haven't seen Dorian's work before, imagine Jeffrey Jones' fine art work for Age of Innocence, or the figure studies of Kent Williams. Man, this is magnificent. It also gets Our Highest Recommendation, which I don't give lightly.
Dorian's father Boris Vallejo provides the introduction but there the two part company. Where Boris is devoted to strictly fantasy work, Dorian has gone in another direction entirely. And we are so pleased he has. This is not to be missed and is actually an excellent value for the size and quality of this impressive hardcover. Each copy is boldly signed in full.

Publisher: Open Palette Press, 2009
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Dimensions: 10.5x13
Pages: 194pg
Color: Full Color throughout
ISBN: #9780984303403

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I opened my first comic store with six partners in 1968, co-owned a chain of seven comic stores from 1972-1988, and distributed comics and specialty items from seven warehouses in four states until I sold that portion of the business to Diamond Comic Distributors in 1988.

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