Frank Frazetta was one of the great artists of the second half of the twentieth century. He started work in comic books but found his greatest fame doing covers for paperbacks. His covers for the Conan the Barbarian books are legendary and are credited with taking that fifty year old character and revitilizing him for a brand new generation. His art influenced almost everyone who came after him in the fantasy/science fiction field. In his later years Frazetta suffered a series of strokes that impared his dexterity with his right (painting) hand, so he switched to drawing with his left hand. He was the subject of a wonderful documentary, Frazetta: Painting with Fire, which I recommend for everyone. He died of a stroke on May 10, 2010. He was eighty two.
Goodbye, Frank. You will be missed, and your art will be remembered.
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