Blazing Combat #1

More Frazetta goodness - October 1965. What an awesome cover.

R.I.P. Frank Frazetta

Sad news - I found out today that Frank Frazetta passed away. I just wrote about Frank last week - he was truly one of the most inspirational artists of all time, influencing thousands or aspiring artists with his beautiful paintings and comics work. He're's to Frank Frazetta, his work will live on forever.

I can't tell you how many times I've looked at the painting below, staring at it for who knows how long. The word masterpiece comes to mind...

Frazetta's Warrior with Ball and Chain

This gorgeous piece of art by Frank Frazetta just popped up for auction at heritage auctions. Got a spare 120,000? If so it could be yours - That's the next bid price.

I was always a fan of Frazetta - he has such an other worldly quality to his work. I think it is in the colors he uses and the way he lays them on the canvas. When I was an early teenager my uncle took me to a record store for my birthday and told me to pick any album I wanted and he would buy it for me. So I chose Molly Hatchet's "Flirtin' with Disaster." I'd never heard them before, I just picked it solely for the cover art. At that time I didn't know Frank Frazetta from Frank Zappa, but I did know that was some kick ass art on that cover.

I took it home and listened to the album and really dug the band too. Score! It was only after staring at the thing for a very long time that I realized the dude's ball is hanging out. Too funny!