{{infobox magazine| title	ImagineFX | image_file | image_size 200px | image_caption ''Issue 10 cover (November 2006).'' | editor Claire Howlett | frequency Monthly | category :Category:Magazines| company Future Publishing | firstdate January 2006 | finaldate | finalnumber | country United Kingdom | website ImagineFX | }}

ImagineFX is a digital art magazine that features workshops and interviews with artists from the science fiction, fantasy, manga, anime, game and comic disciplines.

Published in Bath, UK by Future Publishing since January 2006, its main focus is the workshops featured in the second half of the magazine. Artists such as Ryan Church, Jonny Duddle, Martin Bland and Henning Ludvigsen contribute to the magazine. The magazine comes with a DVD that includes workshop files that relate to the tutorials in the magazine as well as reader artwork, program demos, free fonts, textures, images and photoshop brushes.

Each month the magazine features an interview with artists such as Alan Lee, Larry Elmore, Frank Frazetta and Jim Burns. For up-coming artists there is a Rising Star feature, Artist Porfolios and a 12-page gallery of reader work.

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name	Frank Frazetta
birth name	Frank Frazzetta
birth date	February 09, 1928
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
death date	May 10, 2010
death place	Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
nationality	American
field	Illustration, painting, sculpting
training	Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts
awards	Chesley Award (1988, 1995, 1997)Hugo Award (1966)Spectrum Grand Master of Fantastic Art Award (1995)
influenced	}}

Frank Frazetta (February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for work in comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media. He was the subject of a 2003 documentary.

Frazetta was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999.

Biography

Early life and career

Born Frank Frazzetta in Brooklyn, New York City, he removed one "z" from his last name early in his career to make his name seem less "clumsy". The only boy among four children, he spent much time with his grandmother, who began encouraging him in art when he was two years old. He recalled in 2010, a month before his death,

At age eight, Frazetta attended the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts, a small art school run by instructor Michael Falanga. "[H]e didn't teach me anything, really," Frazetta said in 1994. "He'd come and see where I was working, and he might say, 'Very nice, very nice. But perhaps if you did this or that.' But that's about it. We never had any great conversations. He spoke very broken English. He kind of left you on your own. I learned more from my friends there."

In 1944, at age 15, Frazetta, who had "always had this urge to be doing comic books", began working in comics artist Bernard Baily's studio doing pencil clean-ups. His first comic-book work was inking the eight-page story "Snowman", penciled by John Giunta, in the one-shot ''Tally-Ho Comics'' (Dec. 1944), published by Swappers Quarterly and Almanac/Baily Publishing Company. 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 comics work are two signed penciled-and-inked pieces in Prize Comics' ''Treasure Comics'' #7 (July 1946): the four-page "To William Penn founder of Philadelphia..." and the single page "Ahoy! Enemy Ship!", featuring his character Capt. Kidd Jr.

Frazetta was soon drawing comic books in many genres, including Westerns, fantasy, mystery, and historical drama. Some of his earliest work was in funny animal comics, which he signed as "Fritz". In the early 1950s, he worked for EC Comics, National Comics, (including the superhero feature "Shining Knight"), Avon Comics, and several other comic book companies. Much of his work in comic books was done in collaboration with friend Al Williamson and mentor Roy Krenkel.

Noticed because of his work on the Buck Rogers covers for ''Famous Funnies'', Frazetta started working with Al Capp on Capp's comic strip ''Li'l Abner''. Frazetta was also producing his own strip, ''Johnny Comet'' at this time, as well as assisting Dan Barry on the ''Flash Gordon'' daily strip.

He married Massachusetts native Eleanor Kelly in New York City in November 1956. The two would have four children: Frank Jr., Billy, Holly and Heidi.

In 1961, after nine years with Capp, Frazetta returned to comic books. He also helped Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder on two or three stories of the bawdy parody strip ''Little Annie Fanny'' in ''Playboy'' magazine.

Hollywood and book covers

In 1964, Frazetta's painting of Beatle Ringo Starr for a ''Mad'' magazine ad parody caught the eye of United Artists studios. He was approached to do the movie poster for ''What's New Pussycat?,'' and earned the equivalent of his yearly salary in one afternoon. He did several other movie posters.

Frazetta also produced paintings for paperback editions of adventure books. His interpretation of Conan visually redefined the genre of sword and sorcery, and had an enormous influence on succeeding generations of artists. From this point on, Frazetta's work was in great demand. His covers were used for other paperback editions of classic Edgar Rice Burroughs books, such as those from the Tarzan and Barsoom (John Carter of Mars) series. He also did several pen and ink illustrations for many of these books. His cover art only coincidentally matched the storylines inside the books, as Frazetta once explained: "I didn't read any of it... I drew him my way. It was really rugged. And it caught on. I didn't care about what people thought. People who bought the books never complained about it. They probably didn't read them."

After this time, most of Frazetta's work was commercial in nature, including paintings and illustrations for movie posters, book jackets, and calendars. Primarily, these were in oil, but he also worked with watercolor, ink, and pencil alone. Frazetta's work in comics during this time were cover paintings and a few comic stories for the Warren Publishing horror magazines ''Creepy'', ''Eerie'', and ''Vampirella''.

Once Frazetta secured a reputation, movie studios lured him to work on animated movies. Most, however, would give him participation in name only, with creative control held by others. An advertisement based on his work was animated by Richard Williams in grease pencil and paint and shown in 1978. In the early 1980s, Frazetta worked with producer Ralph Bakshi on the feature ''Fire and Ice'', released in 1983. The realism of the animation and design replicated Frazetta's artwork. Bakshi and Frazetta were heavily involved in the production of the live-action sequences used for the film's rotoscoped animation, from casting sessions to the final shoot. Following the release of the film, Frazetta returned to his roots in painting and pen-and-ink illustrations. Frazetta's paintings have been used by a number of recording artists as cover art for their albums. Molly Hatchet's first three albums feature "The Death Dealer", "Dark Kingdom", and "Berserker", respectively. Dust's second album, ''Hard Attack'', features "Snow Giants". Nazareth used "The Brain" for its 1977 album ''Expect No Mercy''. Frazetta also created new cover artwork for ''Buddy Bought the Farm'', the second CD of the surf horror band "The Dead Elvi". The U.S. Army III Corps adopted "The Death Dealer" as its mascot.

Frazetta retained the original Conan paintings, and long refused to part with them. Many were displayed at the Frazetta Museum in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. In 2009, Frazetta's "Conan the Conqueror" painting, the first to be offered for sale, was purchased for $1 million.

Later life and career

In the early 1980s, Frazetta created a gallery, Frazetta's Fantasy Corner, on the upper floors of a former Masonic building at the corner of South Courtland and Washington streets in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The building also housed a Frazetta art museum that displayed both his own work and, in a separate gallery, that of other artists. In his later life, Frazetta was plagued by a variety of health problems, including a thyroid condition that went untreated for many years. In the 2000s, a series of strokes impaired Frazetta's manual dexterity to a degree that he switched to drawing and painting with his left hand. He was the subject of the 2003 feature documentary ''Frank Frazetta: Painting With Fire''.

By 2009, Frazetta was living on a estate in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, with a small museum that is open to the public. On July 17, 2009, his wife and business partner, Eleanor "Ellie" Frazetta, died after a year-long battle with cancer. He then hired Rob Pistella and Steve Ferzoco to handle his business affairs.

On December 9, 2009, Frazetta's son, Alfonso Frank Frazetta, 52, known as Frank Jr., was arrested for attempting to steal approximately 90 paintings from the Frazetta museum. He was accompanied by Frank Bush, 49, and Kevin Clement, 54. His wife, Lori Frazetta, told state police that Frank Jr. and Ellie had run the family business until Ellie's death, when infighting over the paintings began. The son maintains he was trying to prevent the paintings from being sold, per the wishes of his father, who he says had given him power of attorney over his estate. After siblings Billy Frazetta, Holly Frazetta Taylor, and Heidi Grabin filed a lawsuit against Frank Jr. in March 2010, claiming misappropriation of their father's work, which they said the artist had transferred to a company controlled by those three, the family issued a statement on April 23, 2010, that said, "all of the litigation surrounding his family and his art has been resolved. All of Frank's children will now be working together as a team to promote his ... collection of images...." The Monroe County district attorney later that day said he would drop theft and burglary charges against Frazetta Jr. at the request of family members.

Frazetta died of a stroke on May 10, 2010, in a hospital near his residence in Florida.

Influence

Frazetta has influenced many artists within the genres of fantasy and science fiction. Yusuke Nakano, a lead artist for Nintendo's ''Legend of Zelda'' series, cites Frazetta as an influence. Fantasy artist and musician Joseph Vargo cites Frazetta as a primary influence, and his art calendars since 1998 mark Frazetta's birthday.

List of works

Selected paintings

Year and date painted

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Carson of Venus - 1963

Lost City - 1964

Land of Terror - 1964

Reassembled Man - 1964

Wolfman - 1965

Conan the Barbarian - 1966

Conan the Adventurer - 1966

King Kong - 1966

Sea Monster - 1966

Spider Man - 1966

The Sorcerer - 1966

Swords of Mars - 1966

Winged Terror - 1966

The Brain - 1967

Bran Mak Morn - 1967

Cat Girl - 1967

Conan the Conqueror - 1967

Conan the Usurper - 1967

Night Winds - 1967

Sea Witch - 1967

Snow Giants - 1967

Conan the Avenger - 1968

Rogue Roman - 1968

Swamp Ogre - 1968

Egyptian Queen - 1969

Mongol Tyrant - 1969

Primitive Beauty / La of Opar - 1969

Savage World / Young World - 1969

Vampirella - 1969

A Princess of Mars - 1970

Downward to the Earth - 1970

Eternal Champion - 1970

The Godmakers - 1970

Nightstalker - 1970

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Pony Tail - 1970

The Return of Jongor - 1970

Sun Goddess - 1970

Tyrannosaurus Rex - 1970

Woman with a Scythe - 1970

Conan the Destroyer - 1971

Desperation - 1971

John Carter and the Savage Apes of Mars - 1971

At the Earth's Core - 1972

Birdman - 1972

Creatures of the Night - 1972

The Silver Warrior - 1972

Thuvia, Maid of Mars - 1972

A Fighting Man of Mars - 1973

Atlantis - 1973

Black Emperor - 1973

Black Panther - 1973

Black Star - 1973

Conan of Aquilonia - 1973

The Death Dealer I - 1973

Flash for Freedom - 1973

Flying Reptiles - 1973

Ghoul Queen - 1973

Gollum - 1973

The Mammoth - 1973

Monster Out of Time - 1973

The Moon Maid - 1973

Serpent - 1973

Tanar of Pellucidar - 1973

Tarzan and the Ant Men - 1973

Tree of Death - 1973

Flashman on the Charge - 1974

Madame Derringer - 1974

The Mucker - 1974

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Paradox - 1975

Dark Kingdom - 1976

Bloodstone - 1975

Darkness at Times Edge - 1976

The Eighth Wonder / King Kong and Snake - 1976

Queen Kong - 1976

Invaders - 1977

Fire Demon - 1977

Golden Girl - 1977

Castle of Sin / Arthur Rex- 1978

The Cave Demon - 1978

Kane on the Golden Sea - 1978

Sound - 1979

Witherwing - 1979

Las Vegas - 1980

Seven Romans - 1980

Fire and Ice - 1982

Geisha - 1983

The Disagreement - 1986

Victorious - 1986

Predators - 1987

The Death Dealer II - 1987

The Death Dealer III - 1987

The Death Dealer IV - 1987

The Death Dealer V - 1989

Cat Girl II - 1990

The Countess and the Greenman - 1991

Dawn Attack - 1991

The Moons Rapture / Catwalk - 1994

Beauty and the Beast - 1995

Shi - 1995

The Sorceress - 1995

The Death Dealer VI - 1996

From Dusk till Dawn - 1996

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Album covers

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Herman's Hermits - ''Both Sides of Herman's Hermits'' (1966) Front cover watercolor painting, back cover pen-and-ink drawing. Name is misspelled "Frizzeta" in liner notes.

Dust - ''Hard Attack'' (1972)

Nazareth - ''Expect No Mercy'' (1977)

Molly Hatchet - ''Molly Hatchet'' (1978)

Molly Hatchet - ''Flirtin' with Disaster'' (1979)

Molly Hatchet - ''Beatin' the Odds'' (1980)

Yngwie Malmsteen - ''War to End All Wars'' (2001)

Wolfmother - ''Wolfmother'' (2006)

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Movie posters

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''What's New Pussycat?'' (1965)

''The Secret of My Success'' (1965)

''After the Fox'' (1966)

''Hotel Paradiso'' (1966)

''The Busy Body'' (1967)

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''The Fearless Vampire Killers'' (1967)

''Who's Minding The Mint'' (1967)

''Yours, Mine and Ours'' (1968)

''Mad Monster Party'' (1969)

''The Night They Raided Minsky's'' (1969)

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''Mrs._Pollifax-Spy'' (1971)

''Luana'' (1973)

''The Gauntlet'' (1977)

''Fire and Ice'' (1983)

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See also

Boris Vallejo

Gerald Brom

Jeff Jones

Ken Kelly

References

Sources

Book ''Testament: The Life and Art of Frank Frazetta'', ISBN 1-887424-62-8

Movie ''Frank Frazetta: Painting With Fire''

Magazine article "Mr. Fantasy", Circus, November 14, 1978

External links

Unofficial Frank Frazetta Fantasy Art Gallery

Frank Frazetta gallery at American Art Archives (fan site)

Frank Frazetta gallery at Museum Syndicate

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