Becoming Frazetta: The Early Years of a Fantasy Art Master – Kickstarter Exclusive Cover

The definitive hardcover on Frazetta’s early years! Full color! Hundreds of pages of art, including 70+ pages of unseen work! Featuring the Kickstarter-Exclusive Black Cover!

Presenting Becoming Frazetta by comic historian, publisher, and writer Michael Finn (The Liberty Brigade) with an introduction by Sara Frazetta (of Frazetta Girls), art analysis by Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales), and a foreword by Joe Mannarino of Heritage Auctions.

Before he was a legend, he was just Frank Frazzetta—a Brooklyn kid with a pencil and a dream. Becoming Frazetta is the first book to uncover how he grew into the iconic fantasy painter we revere today.

Created in collaboration with Frazetta Girls and Sara Frazetta, and with unprecedented access to the Frazetta family and the archives of Bernard Baily’s publishing company, this biography reveals dozens of unpublished pages Frank drew as a teen—including more than 50 pages of art for what would have been Frank’s first published solo stories had the company not gone bankrupt.

We’re thrilled to share Frank’s never-before-seen childhood story, Grey Dawn, alongside rare art by his teacher, Professor Michele Falanga, and his early mentor, John Giunta. Rich with discoveries, this is the untold story of how Frazetta became Frazetta.  

380-pages, 9×12 hardcover
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