Brooklyn NY born artist, Frank Frazetta is one of the most
prolifically creative and well-known illustrators of the 20th century. Not only
due to the fact that his art spanned many media formats, (comics, album covers, books, movie posters..etc), but also due to
his iconic illustrative style. His males
were stone-carved muscular, females hauntingly beautiful, and his creatures dreadfully
mystical. Besides being credited as co-designing the extremely sexy and dominant
Vampirella,
his interpretation of Conan visually
redefined the genre of sword and sorcery, and his body of creative work has
inspired a myriad of people which helped spawn his collaboration with film
director Ralph Bakshi for the 1983 animated adventure-fantasy film Fire and Ice. Acclaimed director
Robert Rodriguez has since acquired the rights to reproduce a live action
version ; a bold undertaking that he is sure to do cinematic justice to. As a
person whose love for fantasy can deeply be rooted in Frazetta's work, I must admit I can't wait to see this classic
reinterpreted.
Images Courtesy of [Frank Frazetta]