Comments on: Frank Frazetta was a paperback book cover model http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 22:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089025 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089025 I can see why you buried this in your backyard :P I can see why you buried this in your backyard :P

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089297 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089297 LMAO LMAO

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089311 Snig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089311 Does the UFO lass have a crocheted raygun? Does the UFO lass have a crocheted raygun?

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089315 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089315 Doing art costs money. You go, Frank. Doing art costs money. You go, Frank.

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089844 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089844 The image on the left seems to be his Bob Crane phase. Middle-age can be a bitch. The linked photo you provide shows him in a male hustler moment. Did he also do vaguely ambiguous photo shoots in the 50s in gyms and other manly places? The image on the left seems to be his Bob Crane phase. Middle-age can be a bitch. The linked photo you provide shows him in a male hustler moment. Did he also do vaguely ambiguous photo shoots in the 50s in gyms and other manly places?

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089336 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089336 Yes, indeed: http://d.pr/eduz Yes, indeed: http://d.pr/eduz

]]> By: DeeZed http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089115 DeeZed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089115 I think this article deserves the Surprised Cat overlay. I think this article deserves the Surprised Cat overlay.

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089382 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089382 I'm sure he didn't approve of the photographers flat lighting and boring composition on the left image. He looks better in <a href="http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/artists/693.jpg">this</a> photo. I’m sure he didn’t approve of the photographers flat lighting and boring composition on the left image. He looks better in
this photo.

]]> By: Vanwall http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089388 Vanwall Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089388 Pictures of young Frank with his Harley are effing awesome - he was often the thinly-disgused - if at all - male model in his own paintings and illos anyway; he was a lot of of the amazing Conan, Tarzan, and Buck Rogers pieces, how do beat that? Pictures of young Frank with his Harley are effing awesome – he was often the thinly-disgused – if at all – male model in his own paintings and illos anyway; he was a lot of of the amazing Conan, Tarzan, and Buck Rogers pieces, how do beat that?

]]> By: Patrick Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1096844 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096844 Author "F. W. Paul" was in fact multi-genre journeyman Paul W. Fairman, notable in science fiction for having ghostwritten the YA novel <em>The Runaway Robot</em> for Lester del Rey. And for having been the first editor of <em>If</em>. Author “F. W. Paul” was in fact multi-genre journeyman Paul W. Fairman, notable in science fiction for having ghostwritten the YA novel The Runaway Robot for Lester del Rey. And for having been the first editor of If.

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089195 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089195 I do hope that all the books in the series use the words "snatched" and "snatching" and other variants on the cover, if only for consistency. I do hope that all the books in the series use the words “snatched” and “snatching” and other variants on the cover, if only for consistency.

]]> By: ManOutOfTime http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089199 ManOutOfTime Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089199 If you can't afford my fee to do your cover, I'll pose for free if I can do the girl on your cover ... at least, that's how I like to imagine negotiations going. If you can’t afford my fee to do your cover, I’ll pose for free if I can do the girl on your cover … at least, that’s how I like to imagine negotiations going.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089230 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089230 It's hard to find images of him because there are so many images by him, but when he was younger, he looked like a Beat poet/underwear model. It’s hard to find images of him because there are so many images by him, but when he was younger, he looked like a Beat poet/underwear model.

]]> By: Jellybit http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1088985 Jellybit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088985 What's the correct link supposed to be? The one provided is a bit of nonsense. What’s the correct link supposed to be? The one provided is a bit of nonsense.

]]> By: jmullan http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1088999 jmullan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1088999 There, I fixed it for you: http://cartoonretro.blogspot.com/2011/04/frazetta-as-model.html There, I fixed it for you:
http://cartoonretro.blogspot.com/2011/04/frazetta-as-model.html

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089000 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089000 :O :D :O

:D

]]> By: RevelryByNight http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089008 RevelryByNight Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089008 The Planned Planethood Caper?! FTW? That just made my morning. The Planned Planethood Caper?! FTW? That just made my morning.

]]> By: Lauren O http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089269 Lauren O Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089269 What's this one on the right about, stealing condoms and birth control pills in some sort of crazy heist? ...Oh. Guess I should read more carefully. What’s this one on the right about, stealing condoms and birth control pills in some sort of crazy heist? …Oh. Guess I should read more carefully.

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089014 Sekino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089014 I'll bite: Do all 109 UFO chicks sport such fetching mustaches? I’ll bite: Do all 109 UFO chicks sport such fetching mustaches?

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089020 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089020 109? Dude, that would take me all week. 109? Dude, that would take me all week.

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/frank-frazetta-was-a.html#comment-1089276 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1089276 There's sort of a karmic balance between the usual subject matter of Frazetta's (mind-blowing) artwork and the subject matter of these covers. It's right that he should be on both the giving and the receiving ends. Happily so in both cases, it seems. There’s sort of a karmic balance between the usual subject matter of Frazetta’s (mind-blowing) artwork and the subject matter of these covers. It’s right that he should be on both the giving and the receiving ends. Happily so in both cases, it seems.

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