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Joe DeVito wrote: "Thank God I ran into an illustrator named Ralph Amatrudi, who was very well disciplined in the Riley method. Riley was a modern-day Howard Pyle and the mentor of many tremendous artists (James Bama, who revolutionized paperback cover art and made Doc Savage famous again, Roger Kastel, who painted Jaws, Bob McGuire, and many others)."
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Unlike Doug Rosa, much is known about Mort Künstler. His career as a historical painter made his name. Künstler painted only a single Doc Savage cover for Bantam -- Brand of the Werewolf. He can boast that novel sold the most copies of any single Bantam Doc Savage paperback.
Hidalgo Trading Company writer, Ron Hill, wrote that Künstler's cover was "too cartoon like."
Künstler's official website does present his Doc Savage cover. The scan, however, isn't from the original art. It's obviously a worn and bent copy of the paperback.
Bama | Pfeiffer | Boris | Larkin DeVito | Rosa | Aviati | Kunstler Richardson | Kastel | Assel...
Editor's note: According to Vincent diFate the artist for those two novels was Doug Rosa. DiFate could find very little about Rosa. He also thought that Bama wasn't available as he was on his honeymoon....
From Joe DeVito's website: "It was while in the city, though, that his life-long love of dinosaurs and fantastic creatures began, with his first viewing of King Kong. A frequent visitor to the Museum of Natural History as a boy, his infatuation with all animals has never left him."
DeVito was responsible for the look of Doc Savage for the Will Murray novels. His Doc was a bit older than Bama's. His well-lined face was often seen in 3/4 profile. DeVito also produced a statue of Doc Savage based on the image from the cover of Python Isle.
From an interview at Papertiger: "DeVito:It was over ten years before I got a chance to sculpt something.
PS: So what happened to open the door in that area?
JD: I was painting the last of the Doc Savage book covers at the time and came in contact with Bob Chapman of Graphitti Design. He was one of the first to tap into the figurine market and was looking to produce a Doc Savage statue. I saw the opportunity and begged him to give me a shot, sight unseen. I convinced him that it would be a good tie-in to have the guy doing the covers sculpt the piece. I had nothing to show, but just knew that, if I had the chance, I could do it. Thankfully, at great risk to himself (if I had failed), he gave me a free hand to do whatever I wanted. The Doc/Python piece was the result. That kind of established me and I've been sculpting steadily ever since. "
All of Devito's Doc Savage covers are featured at DocSavage.Org
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From Joe DeVito's website: "It was while in the city, though, that his life-long love of dinosaurs and fantastic creatures began, with his first viewing of King Kong. A frequent visitor to the Museum of Natural History as a boy, his infatuation with all animals has never left him."
DeVito was responsible for the look of Doc Savage for the Will Murray novels. His Doc was a bit older than Bama's. His well-lined face was often seen in 3/4 profile. DeVito also produced a statue of Doc Savage based on the image from the cover of Python Isle.
From an interview at Papertiger: "DeVito:It was over ten years before I got a chance to sculpt something.
PS: So what happened to open the door in that area?
JD: I was painting the last of the Doc Savage book covers at the time and came in contact with Bob Chapman of Graphitti Design. He was one of the first to tap into the figurine market and was looking to produce a Doc Savage statue. I saw the opportunity and begged him to give me a shot, sight unseen. I convinced him that it would be a good tie-in to have the guy doing the covers sculpt the piece. I had nothing to show, but just knew that, if I had the chance, I could do it. Thankfully, at great risk to himself (if I had failed), he gave me a free hand to do whatever I wanted. The Doc/Python piece was the result. That kind of established me and I've been sculpting steadily ever since. "
All of Devito's Doc Savage covers are featured at DocSavage.Org
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Editor's note: According to Vincent diFate the artist for those two novels was Doug Rosa. DiFate could find very little about Rosa. He also thought that Bama wasn't available as he was on his honeymoon....
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Bama | Pfeiffer | Boris | Larkin DeVito | Rosa | Aviati | Kunstler Richardson | Kastel | Assel...
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Unlike Doug Rosa, much is known about Mort Künstler. His career as a historical painter made his name. Künstler painted only a single Doc Savage cover for Bantam -- Brand of the Werewolf. He can boast that novel sold the most copies of any single Bantam Doc Savage paperback.
Hidalgo Trading Company writer, Ron Hill, wrote that Künstler's cover was "too cartoon like."
Künstler's official website does present his Doc Savage cover. The scan, however, isn't from the original art. It's obviously a worn and bent copy of the paperback.
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Joe DeVito wrote: "Thank God I ran into an illustrator named Ralph Amatrudi, who was very well disciplined in the Riley method. Riley was a modern-day Howard Pyle and the mentor of many tremendous artists (James Bama, who revolutionized paperback cover art and made Doc Savage famous again, Roger Kastel, who painted Jaws, Bob McGuire, and many others)."
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Editor's note: According to Vincent diFate the artist for those two novels was Doug Rosa. DiFate could find very little about Rosa. He also thought that Bama wasn't available as he was on his honeymoon.
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