A Final Note Or Two On Frazetta

Most of the first rush of Frank Frazetta obituaries have arrived on-line. I'll continue to update this site's Collective Memory for as long as I run across or am sent entries. Unlike some cartoonists or people with a comics past, Frazetta should see a slew of magazine obituaries that may have an on-line expression, just not for a few weeks yet. For instance, Steve Ringgenberg mentioned he's working on one for Heavy Metal.

If you're late to the news or just want a quick way to check out some material on his passing, you could do worse than run a gauntlet that included our obituary, Jesse Hamm's analysis, William Stout's personal reminiscence, the Frazetta posts at Golden Age Comic Book Stories and then wash it all down with Gary Groth's 1994 interview with the late artist.

One interesting thing about that interview and one that might increase your admiration for Groth's interviewing skills is that the original Frazetta tapes were lost. Gary coaxed an entirely new interview from Frazetta when given some time for follow-up questions. So there's not a whole lot there in terms of tracking Frazetta's career to its specifics, but there's a career's worth of his thoughts on various phases of his life and things like film icons. It's one of my favorite interviews with a comics person ever.
 
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