OK, as penance for not answering comments for the past few weeks, I looked it up and typed it out for you. From "A Princess Of Mars" (Mars book #1), here is Captain John Carter, late of Virginia, describing seeing Dejah Thoris, Princess of fair Helium, for the first time:

"Her face was oval and beautiful in the extreme, her every feature was finely chisled and exquisite, her eyes large and lustrous and her head surmounted by a mass of coal black, waving hair, caught loosely in a strange yet becoming coiffure. Her skin was of a light reddish copper color, against which the crimson of her cheeks and the ruby of her beautifully molded lips shone with a strangely enhancing effect.

She was as destitute of clothes as the green Martians who accompanied her; indeed, save for her highly wrought ornaments she was entirely naked, nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her perfect and symmetrical figure."

Burroughs was full of stuff like that -- well worth digging out of the used bookstore or library and checking out. Even if the copies you read don't have Frazetta on the cover. Heh. You can see how an artist like Frazetta would be drawn to such stuff, though.

-CW

That was a labour of love, indeed ... a fascinating piece! And, the site you cite is excellent, too. It's been added to my favourites for future reference.

I heard "naked"..... then what??? :D

Michale...

Yeah, his passing saddened anyone who has ever seen more of his work than just what appeared on Molly Hatchet covers. His Barsoom paintings, in particular, are simply awesome. This was a good fit for his chosen style, since on ERB's Mars, everyone walked around naked pretty much all of the time, except for a few jewels (for Dejah Thoris and the rest of the Barsoomian women), or "fighting leathers" (whatever they were) for the men.

Anyway, this column was a labor of love, and I apologize that it got posted so late, but I was interrupted by external life on Tuesday for a while, and then it took a LOT longer to review Frazetta's work and decide which ones to pick (there are 28 pages of thumbnails on the site I cited). I heartily encourage everyone to visit this site, and see for yourself some of the spectacular paintings Frazetta created, as it is time well spent. Any fan of Conan, Tarzan, Barsoom, or even Slaine or Middle Earth who has not seen these works really needs to check them out.

-CW

Michale....