Russ Meyer's 1973 AVENGERS Film

The other day on Facebook I stated that Russ Meyer's movie, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, is my favorite film, to which Howard Chaykin commented, "And apropos of next to nothing, I felt that Russ Meyer would have done an absolutely fucking great job on a superhero movie." So I thought about it--way harder and longer than I should have--but here's the cast of his 1973 Avengers film.

Masters of the Universe

 

Twin Peaks: (Playful Little) Audrey Horne

 

Twin Peaks: Laura Palmer

 

Bob Peak Copy for a Wedding

The client for this image is getting married, and he wanted a "movie poster" to display at the reception. He asked that I copy the Camelot poster by the illustrious Bob Peak, so I can't take credit for the main images in the center, as I slavishly copied Mr. Peak's original work to the best of my ability.

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN: THE TOMB OF VENDHYA

The latest commission, this one for Mr. Charlie Sullivan my longest-running client (over 20 years now). The woman is Debra Paget, star of Fritz Lang's THE INDIAN TOMB (and Elvis Presley's first female co-star). In Conan mythology, the region that eventually became India is called Vendhya. The top left image of Conan is from an unpublished sketch of Conan by Barry Windsor Smith, which I inked after flipping the head to face the opposite direction. My idea was to make this an alternate universe cover where in 1974 Savage Sword of Conan was not the second Conan comic book, but Conan the Cimmerian was.

DEADSTONE TALES

This commission was created for Jeff LaGreca to illustrate characters in his teleplay, Deadstone Tales. All the character names are copyright 2019 Jeff LaGreca.