CLASSIC FRAZETTA COMIC BOOK COVERS AND HIS ANTI-SMOKING COMIC STRIP FROM WARREN |

CLASSIC FRAZETTA COMIC BOOK COVERS AND HIS ANTI-SMOKING COMIC STRIP FROM WARREN

From the late 40’s to early 60’s Frank Frazetta worked in the comic book field mostly doing well detailed and rendered covers. He had gained a sort of apprenticeship from working alongside Al Williamson and Roy Krenkle and later Al Capp. The style we see now as Frazetta developed after the mid-60’s when he began doing movie posters and working for Warren Magazines and finally the immortal Lancer and Ace paperback book covers that changed the way fantasy art was interpreted forever. I am presenting here a few of his early comic book covers, all but one from Famous Funnies, as well as an anti-smoking ad that used to run in the back of the Warren magazines. I have never smoked in my life and I am sure it is simply because of the influence of this one advertisement. Okay, I am exaggerating. The covers and his occasional interior work shows a unique style that is proof Frazetta, even during his comic book period, was marching to the beat of a different drummer. There is simply the element of genius in these works that is seldom seen even in modern comic book design and artwork.

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