Mourning the loss of my Father-in-Law made me appreciate the NOW.
So I made a new friend today. I met with Frank Frazetta and we chatted over coffee.
We talked about painting, drawing , pen & ink, water color. We watched some of "Painting With Fire" and he embellished the stories with extra tidbits of information. I quizzed him by asking if he knew certain artists from back in the day. He knew Wally Wood but not Basil Wolverton. He knew Alex Raymond but not Milton Caniff. He never met Crumb and worked for Capp. He even critiqued some artwork that I brought. I received mostly favorable reviews and then I suggested we swap drawing for drawing. He politely declined.
The details are already starting to fade . We talked about Heinrich Kley. Brushwork for his comic work. I admired his full shelf of art books. And we took some pictures. Because if we didn't I would have as much believability as that guy who picked up Howard Hughes in the desert.
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