By the time I was a teenager, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I was a born draftsman and liked all forms of art, so I just knew that's what I wanted to do.

[citation needed] From this point on Frazetta's work was in great demand. "[H]e didn't teach me anything really" Frazetta said in 1994. Frazetta died of a stroke on May 10 2010 in a hospital near his residence in Florida.

Frazetta was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999. Frank Frazetta (February 9 1928 – May 10 2010) was an American fantasy and science fiction artist noted for work in comic books paperback book covers paintings posters LP record album covers and other media.