Superheroes is a collection of awe-inspiring original artwork created by husband and wife team Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell. Along with using a classic sense of style to create and master sensuous full color oil paintings, Boris Vallejo is best known as the visual creator of Conan the Barbarian. Combining strength with sensuality and infusing the human form with incredible power and motion, fantasy artist Julie Bell continues to use her “metal flesh” trademark to produce dramatic works of art. This collection overflows with superhuman characters captured in the act of saving the world, destroying evil protagonists and battling dark beasts. Featuring fantastic figures such as Spiderman, Captain America, and the X-Men, these paintings represent the best of Boris and Julie.
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18 reviews for Superheroes: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell
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Carlos Severino –
With paintings of such high quality it’s really a shame to see so many small and half-page images. This could easily have been a 5 star art book. Anyway, for any comic book fan it’s pretty much indispensable.
SPECIFICS: Page Count: 160 Number of images: 172 Small images: 39 Half page images: 38 Full page images: 88 2-page spreads: 7 BW images: 0
TEXT: 1 page – General introduction 7 pages – Chapter introductions Comments on the paintings and some characters
90% of Julie’s work is stunning. 60% of Boris’s work is stunning. By far, Julie is the better artist. Turn to any page and if there is a beautiful picture on it, chances are Julie did it. If the picture looks odd like the person’s face or body being deformed, chances are Boris did it. They both have their share of throw away paintings. Some of them are down right terrible. But when they get it right it really is a feast for the eyes. One downfall for this book is the information on the comic characters. Why does it say Storm has gray skin? Like time I checked she was African American and they don’t have gray skin. There are a ton of mistakes on the characters but it doesn’t really matter since the paintings are why you’re buying the book.
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Tony Aponte –
Awesome, the drawings are very detailed and lifelike, i recommend this illustration book even if you are not too familiar with comic book characters
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Timothy Monforton –
As a lifelong Marvel Comics fan, as well as an admirer of Boris and Julie’s art, picking this up was a no-brainer. Their paintings are beautifully presented, with accompanying text giving some background on each work. If I had to pick a favorite piece, it would probably be Boris’ rendition of Dazzler from the X-Men. Definitely worth the money if you’re interested.
Carlos Severino –
With paintings of such high quality it’s really a shame to see so many small and half-page images. This could easily have been a 5 star art book.
Anyway, for any comic book fan it’s pretty much indispensable.
SPECIFICS:
Page Count: 160
Number of images: 172
Small images: 39
Half page images: 38
Full page images: 88
2-page spreads: 7
BW images: 0
TEXT:
1 page – General introduction
7 pages – Chapter introductions
Comments on the paintings and some characters
ART:
42 images: 5 stars
81 images: 4 stars
45 images: 3 stars
4 images: 2 stars
0 images: 1 star
Overall: 4 stars
Patrick –
90% of Julie’s work is stunning. 60% of Boris’s work is stunning. By far, Julie is the better artist. Turn to any page and if there is a beautiful picture on it, chances are Julie did it. If the picture looks odd like the person’s face or body being deformed, chances are Boris did it. They both have their share of throw away paintings. Some of them are down right terrible. But when they get it right it really is a feast for the eyes. One downfall for this book is the information on the comic characters. Why does it say Storm has gray skin? Like time I checked she was African American and they don’t have gray skin. There are a ton of mistakes on the characters but it doesn’t really matter since the paintings are why you’re buying the book.
Tony Aponte –
Awesome, the drawings are very detailed and lifelike, i recommend this illustration book even if you are not too familiar with comic book characters
Timothy Monforton –
As a lifelong Marvel Comics fan, as well as an admirer of Boris and Julie’s art, picking this up was a no-brainer. Their paintings are beautifully presented, with accompanying text giving some background on each work. If I had to pick a favorite piece, it would probably be Boris’ rendition of Dazzler from the X-Men. Definitely worth the money if you’re interested.
Jeff Aicrag –
Nice pictures ✌🏼