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Frank Frazetta Passes Away at Age 82

Frank Frazetta - 1928 - 2010
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Legendary fantasy and comic book artist Frank Frazetta died on Monday after suffering a stroke. He was 82 years old. Frazetta began working in comics in the 1940s, eventually coming to renowned comic publisher EC Comics in the early 1950s. He worked on newspaper strips such as Li’l Abner and Flash Gordon and his own strip Johnny Comet.

Frazetta became a superstar when he painted the covers for Conan paperback books of the 1960s, virtually defining the look of Robert E. Howard’s pulp swords and sorcery hero. He also did covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan and John Carter of Mars novels. Later, Frazetta became associated with Warren Publications providing many memorable covers for magazines such as Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella. Several of Frazetta’s paintings were used for album covers such “Death Dealer” and “Dark Kingdom” for two 1970s albums by MollyHatchet.

So talented was Frazetta that when he suffered a stroke in 2001 that debilitated his right side, he taught himself to draw and paint with his left hand. Frazetta opened a small museum on his estate in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania to display his works. While Frazetta had long refused to sell any of his Conan paintings, in 2009 he sold his painting of "Conan the Conqueror" to a private collector for $1 million dollars.

Frazetta earned numerous awards in his lifetime including the Hugo Award and Spectrum Grand Master Award. He was a member of the Will Eisner and Jack Kirby Halls of Fame. He is survived by his four children.