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General Category => Comic Related Discussion => Topic started by: JonTheScanner on May 10, 2010, 12:01:44 PM
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More info at
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-rip/
I never met the man, but his artwork will be missed.
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A very, very sad day.
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It's hard to be surprised at this; he was not young and his health problems were well documented. And it's not like he's done comics in decades; or anything that I'm aware of in years.
That doesn't stop this from hitting hard for somebody I've never met. His paintings are so classic and defining that I literally cannot imagine what the world would be like if Frazetta hadn't existed: He influenced everybody who came afterword.
I'm going to grab some of his books and enjoy them tonight and remember a great artist; I suggest you do to. We have a fair number of books he did on the site. If you haven't seen them; I would immodestly suggest the books from JVJ and myself: Happy Comics 33 and Personal Love 24-25-27 contain some truly exceptional art even by the master's standards.
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That's a great suggestion Eric.
:)
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Rest in peace, Frank
(http://i39.tinypic.com/25anr5l.jpg)
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It's hard to be surprised at this; he was not young and his health problems were well documented. And it's not like he's done comics in decades; or anything that I'm aware of in years.
That doesn't stop this from hitting hard for somebody I've never met. His paintings are so classic and defining that I literally cannot imagine what the world would be like if Frazetta hadn't existed: He influenced everybody who came afterword. ...
I think you summed up my sentiments exactly Eric.
Although my comic collecting days began in the mid 70s... perhaps a little more than a decade removed from Frazetta's most prolific and greatest artistic flourish (and certainly a generation or two removed from his comic book work)... I still feel a great sense of loss after hearing of the passing of this unique and major talent.
But I guess it's unavoidable. His work, in one way or another, inspired (and to a great extent infused) a whole generation of artists from that period, leaving an indelible stylistic impression on them, the fantasy genre in particular and indirectly, the whole of comic-dom... even to this day. It wouldn't be an overstatement IMO to consider him the da Vinci of his day (at least within the confines of the fantasy sub genre).
RIP Frank.
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I just updated my Frank Frazetta biography that I wrote, GASP, 13 years ago. If anyone is interested:
http://www.bpib.com/frazetta.htm (http://www.bpib.com/frazetta.htm)
He was an original.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
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Tom Spurgeon has links to a whole bunch of tributes and art sites up at The Comics Reporter. http://www.comicsreporter.com/ (http://www.comicsreporter.com/)
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Thanks for the links Jim and K.
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I still think of Frazetta as THE Shining Knight artist.
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I think most people who think of the Shining Knight at all think of Frazetta as THE Shining Knight artist. I would dearly love DC to do a decent reprint of those stories. The relatively recent (20-30 years ago!) reprints didn't do the work any justice at all; and finding the two I'm missing the originals printings on just got harder...