Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)

[greygirlbeast]

Got the news of Frank Frazetta's death early today. Very few illustrators had as much of a formative influence on me as a fantasist. In the latter half of the seventies, I was obsessed with Edgar Rice Burroughs, when Ace and Ballentine were re-releasing all his books, many with gorgeous Frazetta covers. These paintings helped teach me how to see others worlds. They were passports. There are a few of my favorites behind the cut:

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[monstermustdie.livejournal.com]

A lot of the reading material from my misspent (wellspent?) youth was Frazetta wrapped. Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Burroughs, Howard...the list goes on and on. R.I.P. Frank Frazetta.