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@PLUGO
12-17-2009, 04:18 PM
You may or may not know that, Frank Frazetta Jr., son of the art legend Frank Sr. was arrested last week. The charges? He and two other men broke into their father’s museum with a backhoe and were in the process of removing $20 million worth of art.
but the story (http://www.examiner.com/x-13081-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m12d13-Fantasy-artists-son-involved-in-20-Mil-art-heist)get's even stranger (http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS/912170320). . .
GeneChing
12-17-2009, 04:21 PM
Anyone still here from when we went to the Frazetta museum at the Zhang San Feng Festival (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30555)? Dale? Were you with us that year?
LOL... local news in my neck of the woods. http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS/912170320
:D
Boston Bagua
12-17-2009, 05:15 PM
I was not there with you guys, Shifu Painter was there with some of the other students.
Wish I was there though....
once in 8th grade we took a field trip there and i bought a can of **** spray, which my mom took to liking so much that she sprayed me in the face with it when i acted up one day. :D
it's like 5 miles from my house... a local pocono attraction... funny, we made the national/international news twice in one week... sanofi is 4 miles up the road from my house, which is the place that made all those swine flu vaccinations that were just recalled - apparently they were "too safe" for people to use. :)
David Jamieson
12-18-2009, 08:07 AM
I hope frank jr. secures the paintings.
Frazetta is one of my own personal art-heroes.
I suppose he is that for a lot of people.
I hope frank jr. secures the paintings.
Frazetta is one of my own personal art-heroes.
I suppose he is that for a lot of people.frazetta is da sh!t mon!!!
Lucas
12-22-2009, 02:51 PM
ya frazetta ftw. one cool thing to notice about his art, look at every painting/drawing of his heros/characters, one limb is always covered/blocked/phased/shaded out of the picture on the center point character.
boris vallejo and frank frazetta are art GODS!
TenTigers
12-23-2009, 12:30 AM
Frazetta, Bernie Wrightson, Richard Corbin, and of course Robert Crumb, were my faves.
Frazetta, Bernie Wrightson, Richard Corbin, and of course Robert Crumb, were my faves.larry elmore, jeff easley, and brom.
Dragonzbane76
12-23-2009, 05:57 AM
frazetta was the pioneer in conan art. Hell he was the pioneer in sword and sorcery art work period.
I always liked his death dealer series. I remember being young and my sister had a molly hatch album and the cover was one of Frazetta's and i remember thinking that was the most awesome picture ever.
TenTigers
12-23-2009, 09:08 AM
I remember being young and my sister had a molly hatchett album and the cover was one of Frazetta's and i remember thinking that was the most awesome picture ever.
you, and everyone with a van in the seventies.;)
TenTigers
12-23-2009, 09:09 AM
larry elmore, jeff easley, and brom.
jeff jones...
Dragonzbane76
12-23-2009, 09:26 AM
you, and everyone with a van in the seventies.
haha yeah down by the river. :)
Lucas
12-23-2009, 10:21 AM
dont forget vallejo for the conan art, me thinks he did more covers than frazetta did
http://homepage.mac.com/antallan/images/vallejo/sorceress.jpg
Lucas
12-23-2009, 11:26 AM
I always liked his death dealer series.
one of the best comic characters ever.
http://images.byrnerobotics.com/forum/uploads/ScottDaggett/2008-02-26_185322_Frazetta~Death~Dealer.jpg
Xiao3 Meng4
12-23-2009, 12:13 PM
Don't forget Luis Royo!
Lucas
12-23-2009, 01:50 PM
Don't forget Luis Royo!
so many great ones out there.
another Luis Royo
http://www.metallicachu.net/data/media/52/Luis_Royo_-_The_Wait.jpg
larry elmore, jeff easley, and brom.
and that my friends is a good example of a generation gap.
not a slur...all of the above mentioned are good...it just struck me as such.
anyone ever actually read the Death Dealer books?
they were ok...kind of a rip on Howard, but still ok.
Lucas
01-08-2010, 02:18 PM
i havnt but i totally should, by howard you mean robert e.? (you mean novelas right?)
yea, a rip on the conan...maybe not intentional...just that there wasn't much new or inspiring about the stories...i guess i probably read them 20+ years ago...they are no longer in the permanent collection ;)
Lucas
01-08-2010, 04:55 PM
ahh. ya i would probably like and hate that at the same time. big howard fan myself, i own most of his work. his stuff inspired me to write in the first place. the first story i ever wrote was a conan story.
just thought i'd update this thread, being that it is local news for me. :D
The Frazetta family feud is over.
World-renowned fantasy artist Frank Frazetta Sr. of Marshalls Creek, who has been embroiled in a legal battle with his son, Alfonso Frank Frazetta Jr., agreed to drop a trademark infringement lawsuit against Frank Jr. The suit alleged Frank Jr. appropriated the Frazetta trademark and artwork without the permission of its owner.
In a statement, family said "all the litigation surrounding his family and his art has been resolved. All of Frank's children will now be working together as a team to promote his remarkable collection of images that has inspired people for decades."
Last year, Frank Sr. turned day-to-day management responsibilities for his artwork over to Frazetta Properties LLC, which he wholly owns. The company is managed by his two daughters and son Bill, who is also owner of Frazetta Fantasy Costumes in East Stroudsburg. They will continue to oversee his collection and trademarks.
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100424/NEWS/4240327
Dragonzbane76
04-25-2010, 06:20 AM
he's still alive? He must be pretty old if so.
Dragonzbane76
04-25-2010, 06:24 AM
one of the most ICONic paintings of conan.
always loved his work.
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/conan4.jpg
GeneChing
04-26-2010, 09:35 AM
Dragonzbane76, see post 2 of this thread. :cool:
Dragonzbane76
04-26-2010, 10:09 AM
what about it? didn't see anything telling?
GeneChing
04-27-2010, 02:49 PM
...A bunch of us went to visit Frazetta. That was a few years ago at the Zhang San Feng Festival. We even got his pic in the mag. :cool:
Dragonzbane76
04-27-2010, 04:38 PM
Oh...have my dense moments. sorry didn't really look to see the date. I saw a documentary on him awhile back and he was getting up in the year when I saw it. didn't figure he was still kicking. :)
@PLUGO
05-10-2010, 10:39 AM
RIP: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010
confirm via Frazetta’s agent Robert Pistella that the artist passed away this afternoon in a hopital near his home. The cause of death was a stroke. (http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-rip/)
****... design sifu beat me... :(
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100510/NEWS/100519986/-1/rss01
@PLUGO
05-11-2010, 04:18 PM
it's bummer news indeed. In light of this occurrence, perhaps we should change the name of this thread.
@PLUGO
05-13-2010, 10:59 AM
Frank Frazetta wasn't the most prolific comic book artist (http://techland.com/2010/05/10/r-i-p-frank-frazetta/)
Jimbo
05-17-2010, 02:32 PM
I was sad to hear of his passing. My first exposure to Frazetta's art was his work on the covers of the old Creepy and Eerie magazines back in the 1960s. Those comic magazines were among the first things I ever learned to read as a child, as well as my childhood interest in art; and those great covers were a big part of inspiring that interest in me (we can forget the question of whether those books were appropriate for a 4-year-old kid).
RIP, Frank Frazetta.
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