Frank Frazetta is often referred to as the "Godfather of fantasy art", and one of the most renowned illustrators of the 20th century.
25 Facts About Frank Frazetta
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Frank Frazetta was the subject of a 2003 documentary Painting with Fire.
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At age eight, Frank Frazetta attended the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts, a small art school run by instructor Michel Falanga.
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In 1944, at age 16, Frank Frazetta, who had "always had this urge to be doing comic books", began working in comics artist Bernard Baily's studio doing pencil clean-ups.
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For Dell's subsidiary company, Famous Funnies, Frank Frazetta did war and human interest stories for Heroic Comics, as well as one pagers extolling the virtues of prayer and the evils of drug abuse.
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Frank Frazetta married Massachusetts native Eleanor Kelly in New York City in November 1956.
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In 1961, after nine years with Al Capp, Frank Frazetta returned to comic books.
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Frank Frazetta helped Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder on three stories of the bawdy parody strip Little Annie Fanny in Playboy magazine.
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In 1964, Frank Frazetta's painting of Beatle Ringo Starr for a Mad magazine ad parody caught the eye of United Artists studios.
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Frank Frazetta produced paintings for mass market paperback editions of adventure books.
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Frank Frazetta's paintings have been used by a number of recording artists as cover art for their albums.
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From 1998 to 1999, Quantum Cat Entertainment published the magazine Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated, with cover art and some illustrations by Frazetta.
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Frank Frazetta taught himself to paint and draw with his left hand.
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Frank Frazetta was the subject of the 2003 feature film documentary Frank Frazetta: Painting With Fire.
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On July 17,2009, his wife and business partner, Eleanor "Ellie" Frank Frazetta, died after a year-long battle with cancer.
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Frank Frazetta then hired Rob Pistella and Steve Ferzoco to handle his business affairs.
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Frank Frazetta died of a stroke on May 10,2010, in a hospital near his residence in Florida.
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Frank Frazetta was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1995, the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999.
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In 2023, Frank Frazetta was inducted into the Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame.
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Frank Frazetta has influenced many artists within the genres of fantasy and science fiction.
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Frank Frazetta somehow created a second narrative layer for every book he ever illustrated.
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Chris Perna, art director at Epic Games, stated in an interview in 2011 that Frank Frazetta was one of his influences.
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Frank Frazetta co-founded Frazetta Girls alongside daughter Sara Frazetta in 2014.
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Since 2014, Frank Frazetta Girls has collaborated with modern influential brands such as Primitive Skateboarding, Kid Robot, HUF Worldwide, and Mezco Toyz.
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In March 2020, Holly Frank Frazetta announced the reopening of the Frank Frazetta Art Museum location in Boca Grande, Florida by appointment only, featuring original Conan the Barbarian and Death Dealer works.