How'd you like that lovely Beauty & The Beast piece at the top of Maroto's blog page?
You did go look, right?
Okay, you were promised another story, so let's start there. This tale, like the previous trio, comes from Vampirella, because - Blue Monday. Previously we had a tale in the "tradition of Scheherazade" by Bill Dubay & Esteban Maroto. I believe the same team brings us this tale, but the writer goes uncredited, so it's hard to be certain. The other big question: Is this Maroto's colours?
...or until the next writer decided otherwise.
Finally, for today, we have another half-dozen images by our esteemed subject. We'll start with a bit of black & white line work, and climb up the ladder to full paintings:
If i wasn't already an Edgar Rice Burroughs fan, this might get me to buy Tarzan's books:
We've seen Maroto drawing other famous characters, but he also is prone to creating tributes to other artists, such as this piece honoring/homaging Milo Manara:
...and these two paintings in tribute to Jose Segrelles:
This last piece is a little special for a sad reason. The original has been damaged; the canvas scraped and flecked to white in places. Here is a semi-restored version. (No reference of the undamaged version available for full restoration)
*sigh*
A fitting end to this piece.
all art by Maroto. Pages from Vampirella #72 (1978)
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