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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:14 pm 
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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
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That's from the first Conan paperback, right?

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:24 pm 
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that was the second Lancer Conan cover,published in 1967

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
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this is his first cover

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
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RIP. A shame.

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:39 pm 
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Mine must be from a later series or something because it's clearly the first book in a series and it does have this artwork. I bought it in the eighties.

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:35 pm 
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Frank Frazetta, Fantasy Illustrator, Dies at 82

Frank Frazetta, an illustrator whose vivid colors and striking brushstrokes conjured up fantastic worlds of musclebound heroes fighting with broad swords and battle axes to defend helpless women from horrible beasts, died on Monday in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 82.

The death, caused by a stroke, was confirmed by Rob Pistella and Steve Ferzoco, his business managers. In a telephone interview, Mr. Pistella said that Mr. Frazetta, who had a history of strokes, had returned from a Mother’s Day dinner with his family on Sunday night and complained of feeling ill. Emergency medical services were called and Mr. Frazetta was rushed to the hospital, where he died.

After working on daily comic strips like “Buck Rogers,” “Flash Gordon” and “Li’l Abner,” Mr. Frazetta moved onto comic books in the 1950s. He drew the movie poster for “What’s New Pussycat?” in 1964, and hit his stride executing detailed illustrations of pulp heroes like Conan the Barbarian and John Carter of Mars for their comic magazines and books. His realistic renderings of otherwordly scenarios (and barely clad women) made him the ideal candidate to illustrate the album covers for popular heavy metal albums like Molly Hatchet’s “Flirtin’ With Disaster” and Nazareth’s “Expect No Mercy.”

In November, Wired.com reported, Mr. Frazetta’s cover artwork for the paperback reissue of “Conan the Conqueror” by Robert E. Howard sold to an unnamed collector for $1 million.

An obituary article will follow at nytimes.com.


http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/ ... ies-at-82/

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:50 pm 
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I thought I broke the news at IMWAN but apparently Gerry beat me by fifteen minutes.

Since there's no point in duplicate threads, will a mod please delete this?

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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:50 pm 
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I combined the two threads and kept (T)Eddy's title.

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:55 pm 
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Thanks. There's no reason to fight over this, since the point should be remembering one of
the truly great illustrators.

Also, from what little I've read about his son, I hope Frank, Jr. does not get control of his estate.


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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 3:59 pm 
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Gerry wrote:
this is his first cover

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I'm betting that if that was a Conan cover, it was the cover to a paperback
and a SMALL one at that. Don't think he could get away with the explicit female
nudity if it was the size of a coffee table book.


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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:04 pm 
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This, from what I understand, is Frazetta's most famous painting, entitled The Death Dealer.
When PAD came back on the Hulk book, one of the covers showed the Hulk on a horse based
on this painting. Was this an original idea by Frazetta, or was it the cover to a paperback?

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
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whoever changed the thread title, theres no N in Frazetta . . .

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
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Gerry wrote:
whoever changed the thread title, theres no N in Frazetta . . .


I was going to tell that to Judge WAN----I typed up my post in a hurry, sorry! :oops:


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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:06 pm 
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Gerry wrote:
whoever changed the thread title, theres no N in Frazetta . . .

I wanted to merge the two threads. It kept Ed's title and put your post at top.

I corrected the spelling.

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
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that was the cover to a Sword and Sorcery anthology from 1973 called Flashing Swords

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:12 pm 
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For me, the man had no rival in the world of fantasy art. RIP.


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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:14 pm 
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Apparently, there's a new series of comic books based on these series of paintings:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=24333

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:15 pm 
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RIP to one of the true masters. I recently purchased Telling Stories: The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta... this would be a great day to check it out.

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 4:31 pm 
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I thought Frazetta had already died for some reason. At any rate, a true loss and a major talent. His work was eye-cathing and always had a great dramatic flair for it.

I wonder how many people bought Molly Hatchet LPs just because of the cool cover artwork.

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 Post subject: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:05 pm 
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For me, the man had no rival in the world of fantasy art. RIP.


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