Frank Frazetta and his Women ! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx6ztvGztu4#)
frank frazetta artwork (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlYjQA-VLTU#ws)
Before the internet we had to rely on the printed page to view Frazetta excellence. Here are all five of the Frank Frazetta art books published from 1975 through the '80s. I couldn't afford these back in the day but I remember looking through them longingly in various bookstores. I picked these up in one eBay auction a couple of years ago. The books are too wide for my scanner which failed to capture the extreme right edges, and caused much worse than normal scanner shadows. Images on the web are great, but will never equal experiencing a real book in your hands.
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/FFB1_zpsd65b64ff.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/FFB2_zpsaf8feff2.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/FFB3_zpsb92e1e3a.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/FFB4_zps54e42b96.jpg)
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/FFB5_zpscfe0a4d7.jpg)
More Frazetta art at:
http://frankfrazetta.net/ (http://frankfrazetta.net/)
http://www.americanartarchives.com/frazetta.htm (http://www.americanartarchives.com/frazetta.htm)
http://www.galleryofillustration.com/acatalog/Frank_Frazetta_Archive.html (http://www.galleryofillustration.com/acatalog/Frank_Frazetta_Archive.html)
http://frankfrazetta.org/ (http://frankfrazetta.org/)
Frazetta Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta)
Frank Frazetta HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW56jrMQb5Y#ws)
The real Frank Frazetta Tribute (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaL4kD6z7H0#ws)
Frazetta Museum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0oUwNwdGGI#)
It's really hard to pick a favorite Frazetta painting. My favorite is Sea Witch. He leaves a lot to the imagination with this one. My mind reels at the horrors being called up from that malevolent maelstrom. Very Lovecraftian.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0UVJqXdLr_k/TWHVLFJkSII/AAAAAAAAAVs/Wi-FrtoY_Ss/s1600/Frazetta_Frank_-_The_Sea_Witch.jpg)
Post your favorite.
What first brought Frank Frazetta to the attention of many monster kids including myself was the iconic covers he painted for the early Creepy and Eerie magazines:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Creepy2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Creepy3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Creepy4.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Creepy5.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Creepy6.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Creepy7.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Eerie2.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Eerie3.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Eerie5.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Eerie7.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Eerie8.jpg)
While I love Frazetta's landscapes and the mood he captures in his paintings, I just don't like the way he drew women.
:-\
Remembering Frank Frazetta, John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs~
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carole-mallory/post_3119_b_1343025.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carole-mallory/post_3119_b_1343025.html)
Fire and Ice trailer~
Fire and Ice trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if4WhCzQzyU#ws)
(http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130412173418/marvel_dc/images/4/4c/Frank_Frazetta.jpg)
http://io9.com/frank-frazetta-like-youve-never-seen-him-before-1453504280 (http://io9.com/frank-frazetta-like-youve-never-seen-him-before-1453504280)
I normally don't collect romance comics, but I made an exception for this little gem. This is Personal Love #32 from 1955. It has the Frazetta classic story Untamed Love. I usually don't scan interiors because of the stress it places on the spine, but this copy is only in FAIR (1.0) condition so I'm not too concerned about it lowering the grade :laugh:. I'm just happy to have an original comic with such an iconic Frazetta story regardless of grade.
(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b552/horrorhunter/PL32a_zpsd8121042.jpg)
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Quote from: horrorhunter on February 09, 2014, 06:04:55 PM
Before the internet we had to rely on the printed page to view Frazetta excellence. Here are all five of the Frank Frazetta art books published from 1975 through the '80s. I couldn't afford these back in the day but I remember looking through them longingly in various bookstores.
Thank you for the memories. I remember those art books well and other publications of those times, including Heavy Metal magazine. Good times!
MassiveFantastic.com Interview: Frank Frazetta: The Artist (Frank Frazetta Jr. / William Frazetta) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6MnSNE9Ne0#)
MassiveFantastic.com: Frank Frazetta: Museum Reopening (Frank Frazetta Jr. / William Frazetta) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8e8be2Jihs#)
MassiveFantastic.com: Frank Frazetta: New Book (Frank Frazetta Jr. / William Frazetta) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9z9iTFVYo#)
I picked up a hardcover copy of Icon by Frank Frazetta a few years ago at Haslam's Books in St. Petersburg, Florida. It even had the clear plastic cover that protects the dust jacket. Fantastic book!
http://www.amazon.com/Icon-Retrospective-Grand-Master-Fantastic/dp/1887424717 (http://www.amazon.com/Icon-Retrospective-Grand-Master-Fantastic/dp/1887424717)
(https://d3hgnfpzeohxco.cloudfront.net/images/bau/97818874/9781887424417/0/0/plain/icon-a-retrospective-by-the-grand-master-of-fantastic-art-frank-frazetta.jpg)
Legacy is another awesome book in the vein of Icon. I purchased my copy of Legacy from Bud Plant a few years ago. It's the signed and numbered slipcase edition. Mine is #2067 of 2500 copies and the signature is stamped in since Frank was having trouble signing at this point in his life. Beautiful book.
http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Paintings-Drawings-Frank-Frazetta/dp/1599290189 (http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Paintings-Drawings-Frank-Frazetta/dp/1599290189)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3523/4032839905_16991f3c16_z.jpg?zz=1)
Testament is the third in the Fenner's Frazetta trilogy of art books after Icon and Legacy. I ordered my hardcover copy from Bud Plant many moons ago. As gorgeous as the first two books.
http://www.amazon.com/Testament-The-Life-Frank-Frazetta/dp/1599290197 (http://www.amazon.com/Testament-The-Life-Frank-Frazetta/dp/1599290197)
(http://images.betterworldbooks.com/188/Testament-9781887424622.jpg)
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/frazetta.htm (http://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/frazetta.htm)
(http://www.lambiek.net/artists/image/f/frazetta/frazetta_werewolf.jpg)
http://www.comicvine.com/frank-frazetta/4040-5649/issues-cover/ (http://www.comicvine.com/frank-frazetta/4040-5649/issues-cover/)
(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/2/28071/1164011-kbs_frazetta_primitivebeauty_lg.jpg)
I was lucky enough to some of his originals at wizard world in chicago last year, I learned a lot just by seeing them
Hero Worship: Frank Frazetta's Art I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx6_s_4iPok#)
Hero Worship: Frank Frazetta's Women II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k-IAuk2E2I#)
Hero Worship: Frank Frazetta's Covers III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxckawWXJfQ#)
What can you say? The most influential fantasy artist of our age.
My dad and I attended the opening of the first Frazetta Museum in their building in East Stroudsburg, PA back in 1985
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/ChrisWhiteStudio/Chris_Fraz_1.jpg)
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/ChrisWhiteStudio/Dad_Fraz_1.jpg)
Interesting story, after talking with him at length that afternoon he invited us to the dinner they were having that night to celebrate the opening of the museum. This was on the Saturday before Easter and we already had plans with family, so reluctantly we declined.
Since then I twice visited the Museum they built on their property. Ellie was there and was most gracious.
That is awesome, ChrisW! I envy you having met the great man.
Here's the art for a movie poster that Frank Frazetta did for Mad Monster Party:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/mad-monster-party-146044_zps61efbe79.jpg)
I don't know if the poster was ever produced for release to theatres though. Here as well is the promo one sheet Frazetta did for the movie:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/madmmp_zpsaf9b852a.jpg)
cl:)
Frazetta's classic Molly Hatchet album cover featuring Death Dealer.
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f2/f7/e3/f2f7e350903a8cdd48dfa62aca2b68a8.jpg)
More Frazetta album covers.
(http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/album-flirtin-with-disaster.jpg)
(http://i2.listal.com/image/1732506/400full.jpg)
(http://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/getting_axed_01.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QvSi3BrEMBA/SQ5E0COrYxI/AAAAAAAAEbw/3EPhgY2NNB4/s400/frazetta_wolfmother.jpg)
(http://www.wolfmother.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mammoths.jpg)
I'm not sure if those Wolfmother covers were ever released, or if those are just mock-ups. Killer either way.
Surprisingly enough, the first and last story that Frank Frazetta drew for Warren was a five page gem in Creepy 1. Here are scans of the first and last pages:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/010_zpsf9b2bae0.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/011_zps0ab4dc66.jpg)
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The last few posts, especially the Mad Monster Party are great!
Frank Frazetta ghosted for Al Capp on the Li'l Abner newspaper comic strip between 1954 and 1961. Kitchen Sink Press has collected and issued the Li'l Abner strips in these beautiful yearly volumes:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%203/FrankFrazetta_zpsc1c5ebec.jpg)
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Hepcat, I often wondered about that story Frazetta did for Warren. The skeletal host begs the question was this done for another publication, or before Uncle Creepy was conceptualized?
If you ever want to learn about the seamier side of comic strip art, read about the feud between Al Capp and Joe Palooka creator Ham Fisher.
Quote from: ChrisW on February 25, 2014, 10:12:24 PMHepcat, I often wondered about that story Frazetta did for Warren. The skeletal host begs the question was this done for another publication, or before Uncle Creepy was conceptualized?
If you look back at the old EC titles from the early fifties, different horror hosts introduced each story within the same issue. When
Creepy 1 was published, I think Jim Warren was thinking along the lines of copying the same EC model. But the runaway success of
Creepy soon had Jim Warren thinking of a companion magazine with a separate host, and so Cousin Eerie made his debut after seven issues of
Creepy.
:-\