# RIP Frank Frazetta **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947 "2010-05-10T18:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/1 "2010-05-10T18:41:41Z")
[http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-rip/](http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-rip/) 82, stroke. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/2 "2010-05-10T18:55:25Z")
Another great one passes. I used to have his “Snow Warrior” painted on my van in high school. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/3 "2010-05-10T18:57:50Z")
Damn. Loved his stuff back in the '80s. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/4 "2010-05-10T20:20:34Z")
Man, Frank had an imagination! Scantily clad beautiful women-surrounded by monsters! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/5 "2010-05-10T20:28:04Z")
The picture of him in February with his family looks like he was well-loved. His artwork inspired an entire generation, and anyone who worked on Little Annie Fanny is all right in my book. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/6 "2010-05-10T20:36:04Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > …and anyone who worked on Little Annie Fanny is all right in my book. …and anyone who goes by \*\*Gagundathar \*\*and supports Frazetta probably knows what they are talking about. 😉 I was a huge fan as a teen - he took comic book/fantasy art to an extreme in the 70’s. I had a book of his paintings/posters and also had the Snow Warrior on my wall… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/7 "2010-05-10T20:40:51Z")
Just over a month ago in the thread [Show Us Your (Monitor) Wallpaper](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557161) I mentioned Frank in [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12267945&postcount=57) and I’m going to find one of his pictures for my wallpaper out of true respect for his gifts. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/8 "2010-05-10T21:23:15Z")
Interesting comment from the NY Times blog: > [@](#): > > After viewing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel a few years ago, I realized that comics and fantasy art are the last gasps of classicism. Craft and draughting were discarded by “high” art decades ago, leaving these skills to the practitioners of the so-called “low” arts. Frazetta was a giant among these pioneers of a new medium, and his influence resonates through his many stylistic heirs. Had he lived centuries ago, he would have been on his back high up on a scaffolding, illustrating the greater glory of the church. I for one appreciated his skills applied to scenes of testosterone-laced fantasy. Thanks, Frank. We’ll miss you. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/9 "2010-05-10T21:54:07Z")
I loved his stuff. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/10 "2010-05-10T21:54:07Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Man, Frank had an imagination! [No](http://www.excellentvirtu.com/frank-frazetta-egyptian_queen.jpg) [kidding](http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/price/12/frazetta/frazetta009.jpg)! > [@Gagundathar](#): > > The picture of him in February with his family looks like he was well-loved. Yeah, but they don’t get along with each other. Even before Frank died, his kids were apparently already squabbling over his assets: [Frank Frazetta’s son breaks into father’s museum using backhoe, attempts to take $20 million in paintings](http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/12/10/frank-frazettas-son-breaks-into-fathers-museum-using-backhoe-attempts-to-take-20-million-in-paintings/) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/11 "2010-05-10T21:58:46Z")
Anyone remember the moment in [The Jerk](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/), when we are getting a visual tour of Steve Martin’s monumentally tasteless mansion…and we see a Frazetta painting on the wall? Poor Frank. No respect. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/12 "2010-05-10T22:00:58Z")
Will he have a Viking funeral? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/13 "2010-05-10T22:22:12Z")
Wherever he is, I hope he’s surrounded by buxum, broad-hipped women. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/14 "2010-05-10T22:35:27Z")
well this sucks :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/15 "2010-05-10T22:38:16Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Wherever he is, I hope he’s surrounded by buxum, broad-hipped women. And as few monsters as possible. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/16 "2010-05-10T22:48:42Z")
I never had any Frazetta posters or anything, but his was the kind of art that an SF/Fantasy fan of the '70s and '80s just **knew,** and could recognize even if he couldn’t name the artist. A style. Seemed like just a natural part of the 'zines-and-paperback-covers environment. And you didn’t consider at the time that it was a style somebody had to **invent.** ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/17 "2010-05-10T22:51:43Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Man, Frank had an imagination! Scantily clad beautiful women-surrounded by monsters! National Lampoon in the 70s described the genre as “Tits & Lizards”. RIP, Frank. Loved your stuff. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/18 "2010-05-10T23:09:48Z")
He contributed a Tarzan gag to Mad magazine, too. And did illustration of _Battlestar Galactica_ (the original) that showed up in TV guide. Loved his stuff. Even though his warrior driving a car with polar bears didn’t actually have any reins. If you’re driving polar bears, you should _need_ reins. And I loved **Fire and Ice**. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/19 "2010-05-11T00:21:23Z")
A Frazetta Warrior does not need reins. He simply reigns, in place, and the bears drive themselves forwards. For he has innate nobility, cruelty, and masculinity etched into his very brow. God, that was gorgeous, lush, unforgiving art. Every brushstroke, every line had a place. It’s sad he’s dead, but he will not be forgotten, as long as Conan can raise his sword, and as long as metal can raise an axe. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947/20 "2010-05-11T01:07:47Z")
My teen-aged boner salutes him and his body (heh) of work. Farewell! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-frazetta/538947.md?page=2)