FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 11: 1973 by Paul Vespignani   WINTER OF THE COUP(1973)(oil painting)/WINTER OF THE COUP(date unknown)(oil repainting) WINTER OF THE COUP(date unknown)(oil repainting)    Since WINTER...

San Diego Comic Con 2024 Recap And that's a wrap! Oh, what a fantastic time it was returning to San Diego for Comic-Con. Our weekend started with the Edgar Rice...

We are coming back to San Diego Comic Con this year for another epic panel! Conan the Barbarian was always a badass, but it took the visionary art of Frank...

Recycled Frazetta by S.C. Ringgenberg Greetings, Frankophiles and welcome to another installment of the Frazetta Girls Blog Page. This time out, let’s consider the various ramifications of the term “Recycled...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 10: 1972(Part 2)   by Paul Vespignani LAND OF TERROR(1972)(oil painting)/LAND OF TERROR(aka MONSTER OUT OF TIME)(date unknown)(oil repainting)(copyright date 1972)  For the repainting of...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 9: 1972(Part 1) by Paul Vespignani     MIDSUMMER CENTURY(1972)(oil painting)/MIDSUMMER CENTURY(aka BIRDMAN)(date unknown)(oil repainting)(copyright date 1972) MIDSUMMER CENTURY(1972)(oil painting)    MIDSUMMER CENTURY(aka BIRDMAN)(date unknown)(oil...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 8: 1971 by Paul Vespignani    Black Emperor(1971)(oil painting)/Black Emperor(1998) (oil repainting) Black Emperor (1971) Comparing the 2 versions of BLACK EMPEROR, the 1971 book...

  FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 7: 1970 by Paul Vespignani    A PRINCESS OF MARS (1)(1970)(oil painting)/A PRINCESS OF MARS (2)(1970) (oil repainting) (copyright date 1970)  A PRINCESS OF...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 6: 1969 by Paul Vespignani        OUTLAW WORLD(1969)(oil painting)/OUTLAW WORLD(aka WHITE GORILLAS)(date unknown)(oil repainting)   This is Frank's most minimal repainting: the tiny...

Frazetta the Abstract by Steven C. Ringgenberg    Few fans of Frank Frazetta would characterize him as an abstract artist, but on rare occasions, Frazetta did veer into the realm...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 5: 1967/1968 by Paul Vespignani  CREEPY 16 (1967)(oil painting)/Creepy 16 (aka CAT GIRL) (date unknown) (oil repainting) (copyright date 1984)  CREEPY 16 COVER (1967)(oil painting)/Creepy...

  Keeping The Legacy Of Fire And Ice Burning by Sara Frazetta     Animation of Darkwolf from Fire and Ice (1983) One of my earliest memories revolves around the time...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 4: 1966 by Paul Vespignani     EERIE 3(1966)(oil painting)/EERIE 3(aka SEA MONSTER)(date unknown)(oil repainting)(copyright date 1966)  EERIE 3(1966)(oil painting) Frank's repainting of SEA MONSTER...

Frazetta’s Use of Alignment and Intersection Written by Joe Vicas  I’ve been a Frazetta fan since the 60’s and whenever I read an article about hiscompositions, they were usually diagramed...

Frank Frazetta: A Howard Artist for the Ages By S.C. Ringgenberg        Despite the fact that dozens of excellent artists have assayed their versions of Howard’s glowering Cimmerian barbarian,...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 3: 1965/1966 by Paul Vespignani If anyone thinks I have skipped over Frank's repaintings for 1965, this is not the case. As it turns out,...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 2: 1964 by Paul Vespignani  THE MAD KING(1963 or 1964)(watercolor painting)/THE MAD KING(1964)(watercolor repainting) The 2 different versions of THE MAD KING have provided a...

FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT Chapter 1: 1962/1963 by Paul Vespignani  FRAZETTA: KING OF PAINT is designed to be the first fully comprehensive and in-depth academic examination of all the paintings that...

Love That Buster! Written by Steven Ringgenberg  Why Buster Crabbe? Why now? He was a pop culture icon in the ‘30s and ‘40s as an Olympic gold medalist and star...

Frazetta's Sea Witch (1966)  Frazetta’s working relationship with Jim Warren began in 1964, only two years prior to the birth of Sea Witch. “Jim Warren is a great guy. Very amiable...

Frazetta & The Gauntlet by Arnie Fenner By 1977 Frank Frazetta was, arguably, at the peak of his commercial art career. His first book published by the Peacock Press in...

Came The Dawn by Frank Frazetta   The “Came the Dawn” story first appeared in EC comics’ ShockSuspense Stories #9 (1953), where it was illustrated by the legendary artist Wally...

White Indian/White Wolf By Steven Ringgenberg This article written by Steve Ringgenberg was published almost 30 years ago and has never been reprinted. It focuses on a White Indian story from...

Frazetta’s First Death Dealer Comics: An Interview - Part II  The interview with Frank Frazetta you are about to read was conducted by phone in 1994. It was done to...

Frazetta’s First Death Dealer Comics: An Interview The interview with Frank Frazetta you are about to read was conducted by phone in 1994. It was done to provide quotes for an...

Fritz & Vampi by Arnie Fenner             Frank Frazetta’s relationship with publisher James Warren began in 1964 and was both rewarding and, near its end, tempestuous,...

  The Return of the Frazetta Art Gallery! By Steve Ringgenberg     February 2022 brought a welcome event, the triumphant reopening of the Frazetta Art Gallery in Boca Grande, Florida,...

Frazetta's Portrait of Ringo Starr  The caricature of Ringo Starr for Mad Magazine was a momentous commission for Frank Frazetta. Mad Magazine has a long history of running a wide...

The Sensuous Frazetta "A woman can be sensuous and erotic in typical, mundane movements, and I try to capture that precise motion or pose when she is at her most...

In the cover feature for the May, 1976 issue of American Artist, “Frazetta At the Bat” written by his friend Nick Meglin, Frank is quoted as saying, “I rely on...

The story of Frank Frazetta's "Self Portrait" (1962)

Frank Frazetta's Weird Science - Fantasy #29

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frazetta  Post-war, in the early 1950s, extravagant weddings were reborn as the economy began to blossom once again. Frank Frazetta and Eleanor Doris Kelly marked their...

Frazetta Falling in Love  In 1952, the warm summer nights brought groups of teens together at their usual hang-out: the Empire Roller Skating Center in Crown Heights in Brooklyn, New York.  With hit songs...

Frazetta's "Famous Funnies" written by Sara Frazetta   Frank Frazetta illustrated 27 comic book covers, most solo, some collaborative, during the golden age era of comics. The first comic cover...

Roy Krenkel: Friend and Mentor written by Sara Frazetta    Roy G. Krenkel (July 11, 1918 - February 24 1983) born in The Bronx, was an American illustrator who specialized in...

Frank Frazetta Takes on Playboy's Little Annie Fanny with Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder



Sydney Jackson's sensual photographs fuse fantasy with fashion

Meet Sylvia Chao, Frazetta’s Muse for "Battlestar Galactica - Scramble."  In the 1970s, Frazetta painted four oil paintings for a spotlight appearance in TV Guide promoting the original Battlestar Galactica...

The Revision and Recreation of Green Death Wolfshead is the title of a 1926 novelette about lycanthropy by Robert E. Howard as well as the title of a posthumously-published collection of seven novelettes by...

Frank Frazetta Goes to Dogpatch, USA, A Ghost Story  Written By Steven Ringgenberg     ​If you know anything about syndicated newspaper strips, then you understand that the punishing deadlines of...

Eleanor Frazetta June 15 1935 - July 17 2009       Eleanor “Ellie” Doris Kelly was born in Massachusetts, June 15th 1935 and moved to New York where she later...

Attack of the Fleagle Gang! Written by Steve Ringgenberg   While the artists, collectively known as “the Fleagle's” or “The Fleagle Gang” accomplished some amazing things in their time, their...

Johnny Comet  On January 28th,1952, twenty-four-year-old, Frank Frazetta, secured a job working on the action-packed newspaper comic strip, Johnny Comet.  Peter De Paolo, a racecar driver who won the Indy 500 in...

Frazetta In Comics (1944 - 1950) In 1944 Bailey Comics hired a young high school student to be John Giunta's art assistant. This new apprentice was sixteen-year-old Frank Frazetta. Frazetta...

The Artist as Athlete The Early Years 1940s-1950s Frank Frazetta could have been a professional athlete. He came of age playing baseball, participating in pick-up games in his neighborhood in...

Frazetta Learns Anatomy Once Michele Falanga understood the potential Frank Frazetta had as a professional artist, Falanga took full initiative to mentor the young boy.    Falanga started Frazetta in...

Frazetta Girls Logo Design by Frank Frazetta  After a few attempts to design a company logo we put the task off for a bit until the timing felt right.  As...

  Frazetta Enrolls in The Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts With great reassurance from Frank’s grandmother and his school teachers, Mary and Alfred realized their son indeed had a God-given...

Frank Frazetta: A Brooklyn Boy in the 1930s Frank Frazetta was born when the nation fell into the worst economic condition ever faced, the Great Depression. Frank’s father, Alfred, immigrated...