J. David Spurlock is an award-winning author, historian, educator, advocate for artists’ rights, documentary filmmaker and associate to star talents Frazetta, Basil Gogos, Neal Adams, Steranko, Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Julius Schwartz, Wally Wood and many more. Spurlock's book How to Draw Chiller Monsters, for Random House, rose as high as #18 on the Bookspan best-seller list. Spurlock's IPPY Award-winning book, Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage, has been universally acclaimed including by MTV and by the Village Voice who proclaimed it one of The Best of 2013. Spurlock's works have been lauded by the Rondo Awards, The New York Times, IPPY Awards, Entertainment Weekly, Eisner Awards, National Public Radio, Time Out New York, Library Journal. Publishers Weekly, the Hugo Awards, The Village Voice, Locus Awards, The Society of Illustrators, and MTV. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
""My bookcase is chock full of J. David Spurlock's Vanguard books. They are ESSENTIAL for any true Frazetta fan and connoisseur. The Sensuous Frazetta book provides a wonderful overview of the role that sensuality and eroticism played in Frazetta's career. Frank drew and painted women in such a unique manner. His women 'Live' on the page. They touch us, affect us, enflame the mind and imagination. I thought I had seen every single image of females drawn and painted by Frank. However, a surprise on page 12 of this volume is a sensational illustration that was brand new to me. What a complete treat! This one illustration justifies any cost...a fresh Frazetta, never before seen. Extraordinary. Spurlock's Sensuous Frazetta is the definitive work on the Frazetta female."" – Dr. David Winiewicz