Master of Ceremonies Neil Gaiman to Induct George Lucas, Anne McCaffrey, Frank Herbert and Frank Kelly Freas into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame Mar 14, 2006
George Lucas, Frank Herbert, Anne McCaffrey, and Frank Kelly Freas will be honored during SFM's annual induction ceremony at the museum this June 17th, 2006 ... With a career spanning more than fifty years, Frank Kelly Freas (deceased) shall forever remain the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists." Having painted hundreds of book covers through the latter half of the 20th Century, this ten-time Hugo-award winner (the first to achieve that number) also contributed illustrations for NASA missions,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Will Eisner's legacy Jan 5, 2005
Eisner died less than two weeks after heart surgery and two days after the death of another comic book influential, MAD cover artist Frank Kelly Freas. Born in Brooklyn and the son of Jewish immigrants, Eisner worked alongside creators of Batman and Captain America in the fabled comic shops of the '30s and '40s. (USA Today -- Life)
Illustrator, Hornell native Freas dies Jan 5, 2005
Born on Aug. 27, 1922, in Hornell Frank Kelly Freas demonstrated artistic talent at an early age. In the late 1930s, he attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he received a Doctor of Arts in 2003. (Corning Leader, NY)
Mad Magazine Illustrator Freas Dies at 82 Jan 4, 2005
Freas (pronounced "freeze") also created the cover of Queen's 1977 album "News of the World," and a picture of a werewolf that appeared in the movie "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Born on Aug. 27, 1922, in Hornell, N.Y., Frank Kelly Freas demonstrated artistic talent at an early age. In the late 1930s, he attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he received a Doctor of Arts in 2003. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Searching for a Great Holiday Gift Idea? Oct 30, 2003
"Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Sundays 1954-55" by Frank Frazetta and Denis Kitchen (Dark Horse Comics, $18. Before legendary artist Frank Frazetta became famous for his lush paintings, he was drawing muscular hillbillies and sparsely clad women for the comic strip Li' Abner, which boasted 60 million readers a day (Market Wire (press release)
Book Review: 'Mad Art - A Visual Celebration of the Art of MAD ... Sep 26, 2003
His evolution as a cover model, presidential candidate and general knucklehead resulted from collaborative efforts by such artists as Bob Clarke, Frank Kelly Freas and, more recently, James Warhola. Similarly, the development of Mort Drucker's film caricatures, the birth of Antonio Prohias's "Spy vs. Spy," the evolution of Dave Berg's series "The Lighter Side of '" are all well accounted for and illustrated here (International Herald Tribune, France)
