On Monday, we lost one of - if not the - world's premere fantasy artists due to a stroke at age 82. February 8, 1928 - May 10, 2010. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-me-frank-frazetta-20100511,0,7760969.story His images of sinewy warriors and lush vixens graced paperback novels, album covers and comic books for decades and created a style often imitated but never equalled. Gonna miss you Frank.
Ah, damn. Gotta break out from lurking. Wasn't really expecting to see this here but I can't say I'm surprised to see it. I always checked if I saw something which looked like his work, though I generally went for the darker ones most. Quite a loss, at any rate. Boris Vallejo's still kicking, at least.
We also got Paul Bonner but I don't know how famous he actually is. Really like his Nordic-inspired works for Riotminds (no surpirse there).