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Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:57 -0700
by Jet_Jaguar
Sad news...
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/05/10/fr ... zetta-rip/
I especially like his John Carter of Mars artwork (some is a little on the NSFW side, I'll let you seek the other pieces out yourself):
When I read this news, I immediately heard the score for
Conan the Barbarian in my head:
The Funeral Pyre - Conan the Barbarian Theme (Basil Poledouris)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMaK8tBe9SE
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 12:21 -0700
by roel
This is very sad news. Frazetta was and still is one of my idols. He inspired me to become an artist. I'm disappointed that I never got to meet him.
Sad day indeed.
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 12:48 -0700
by Stan Sakai
That is very sad news, indeed. He was an inspiration to me. The National Cartoonists Society had an outing to his farm a few years ago, but I was not able to go because of scheduling conflicts. I never met the man.
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:37 -0700
by Angilasman
A little story about Frazetta's work: my Dad has never been much of a reader. Now that he's getting a little older he's started cracking open a book or two (much to me and my Mom's delight), but as a youngin' and a high school jock he only read The Lord of the Rings and the Conan The Barbarian paperbacks with the Frazetta covers - the later, he told me, he got soley for the awesome paintings on the covers. Those covers were very inspirational to him as he ended up becoming a body builder in his early adulthood.
So a few weeks ago I found this crummy (in a good way) hole-in-the-wall used bookstore in the "hippie" section of town and discovered they had all the Frazetta Conan books. I brought my Dad there the next day and he bought all of them - he was smiling like a kid on Christmas morning! He asked if I wanted anything, and I picked out an old paperback copy of one of George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman books... which also just happened to have an awesome Frazetta cover!
Rest in peace.
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 8:54 -0700
by Colin Solan
I'm bummed I never got to meet Frazetta. His paintings certainly ignited my interest in fantasy novels as a kid.
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 17:40 -0700
by Jet_Jaguar
Someone on another message board I read posted a link to this gallery of comic book covers and movie posters and other stuff by Frank Frazetta:
http://www.americanartarchives.com/frazetta.htm
I had forgotten that Frazetta was briefly a contributor to MAD Magazine. I wonder if Sergio ever met him.