Frank Frazetta's Work: A Sequel

       Frank Frezetta's work inspires my work and has a lasting effect on me as an individual. And I believe that he had a lasting effect upon society with media and in the art world. He was a pioneer for his time and created many works.    
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Frank Frezetta's work

Introduction to his work             

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Frank Frezetta

Frank Frezetta: Self Portrait. 

Born February 8th, 1928 and died May 10th 2010. Within his grand long lifespan he was a pioneer for fantasy, science fiction artist. At age 8, he attended Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts. By the age of 15, he was a pencil clean up.
His first comic-book work was inking the eight-page story "Snowman", penciled by John Giunta, It was not standard practice in comic books during this period to provide complete credits, so a comprehensive listing of Frazetta's work is difficult to ascertain. His next confirmed comic works are two signed penciled-and-inked pieces in Prize Comics. In a 1991 interview in The Comics Journal, Frazetta credited Graham Ingels as the first one in the comic book industry to recognize his talent, and to give him jobs at Standard Comics in 1947.
      Frazetta was soon drawing comic books in many genres such as Westerns, fantasy, mystery, and historical drama appealing to many audiences around the country.  Some of his earliest work was in funny animal comics; whom he signed as "Fritz" For Dell's subsidiary company, Famous Funnies, Frazetta did war and human interest stories for Heroic Comics, as well as short one page comics that describes the virtues of prayer and the evils of drug abuse. In comics like Personal Love and Movie Love, he did romance and celebrity stories, including a biography of Burt Lancaster.  He was at the forefront in Hollywood and popular book covers. 

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