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Bill Gabel
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From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 05-13-2010 04:04 PM

Frank Frazetta the American illustrator of movie posters and comics has died. Frazetta died Monday from complications from a stroke. He was 82 years old.
A few of the movie posters he did:

"What's New Pussycat"
"After the Fox"
"The Fearless Vampire Killers....."
"Who's Minding the Mint"
"Mad Monster Party"
"The Gauntlet"
"Fire and Ice"

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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 05-13-2010 10:30 PM

Frank Frazetta was arguably one of the most influential illustrators of the 20th century. He pioneered much of the sword and sorcery genre of illustration. Frank may be gone, but his images will live on (and be imitated) for many years to come.

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