RIP Frank Frazetta

Dude was 82. I know he was no Roger Dean, but c'mon:

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...ly-hatchet.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QvSi3BrEMB...hetflirtin.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QvSi3BrEMB...chetbeatin.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kkCHUk87bY...t+No+Mercy.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QvSi3BrEMB...wolfmother.jpg
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/D/dust_hardF.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FKL9meybEl...d+all+wars.JPG

A true icon of my adolescent world, which included a pretty steady diet of pulp sci-fi and fantasy novels.

~Rae

I wondered if that Wolfmother cover was inspired by Frazetta, but I didn't know he did it.

I've never heard of him. But I always thought that Wolfmother cover was pretty cool.

RIP Frank.

Frazetta was a genius. His brilliance lies in the fact that he never used photo reference for his paintings like virtually every other 20th century pulp illustrator. He painted his minds eye, a true master.

http://designshed.com/temporary/vampirella.jpg

I had one of his books when I was a teenager into that kind of fantasy art, along with Roger Dean, and the Hilderbrandt brothers. Now that I think about it, other than Roger Dean, they may have been fantasy art calenders or Lord Of The Rings related art.

If you're into dragons, check out a guy named Ciruelo.

I love this one: http://fantasygalleryart.com/library...andAngusHS.jpg

Is Boris (Vallejo) still with us?