Well, Looka Here!

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The No-Hound, Happy Comics #32.  July, 1949.   Frank Frazetta, Artist.  21 years old.

Cover by Vince Fago


We all know and love Frank Frazetta, who did such wonderful things for book covers and young men's incredibly boring lives.  I mean just look at this, the very core of action and adventure.  And yes, that ape with the sword makes this anthropomorphic.  Frank has influenced many fantastic artists today-
 
 
But were you aware he did this?
 

Dodger, a Brooklyn based squirrel.  Signed "Fritz" at the top right.

And this-


And this-


And this.  Frank Frazetta?


Yep.  The very man.


When I think of Frazetta and talking animals, this is what I see.  The tiger is also well drawn.


A child prodigy.


Frank was always too much, baby!


None of your Walt Kelly higher meaning here.


Hard to believe.


Frank turned pro artist at the age of 16, he was in his early twenties when he drew this.


You better believe the industry noticed Frank.


What we furries lost when Frank discovered erotic violence.

 
Perhaps it's all for the best.


Beyond fluid.


Frank Frazetta could do no wrong.


No wrong at all.


None.


Frank Frazetta.  February 9, 1928 - May 10, 2010


Came The Dawn, Shock Illustrated #4, 1956, never published due to distribution problems.

Frazetta began drawing at the age of three.  When he went to kindergarden his teachers were astonished that a five-year-old child was drawing better then ten-year-olds. At the age of 8 Frazetta's parents were encouraged and convinced by his school teachers to enroll him in the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts. He attended the academy for eight years under the tutelage of Michael Falanga, an award-winning Italian fine artist. When the two first met Falanga sat the boy down with pencil and paper and asked him to copy a picture of a group of ducks. 30 minutes later he returned to check on Frazetta's progress, took one look at the drawing, grabbed it and leaped into the air shouting: "Mama Mia, Mama Mia! We have a genius here!"

Indeed.  Here is a picture of Frank hanging out with some guy-


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