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January 03, 2005

Freas frame

Kelly Freas, who I knew as the artist responsible for some of MAD's best early covers, died in his sleep at age 82. Among his accomplishments, according to the AP:

For many years, was the main cover artist for MAD

Designed the official NASA patch for Skylab I

In WWII, he was stationed in the Pacific and in his spare time drew pictures of beautiful women on the noses of bombers. (So he was the guy!)

"Received 11 Hugo awards for his achievements in science fiction, five of them awarded in consecutive years"

And here I thought he was just the guy who made Alfred E. Neuman famously dopey.

Posted by D. Weinberger at January 3, 2005 04:29 PM

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You may want to read Jerry Pournelle's rememberance of Kelly Freas at:
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/view/view342.html#Kelly

Gives a little more personal view of the man.

Posted by: Ewan Grantham | January 3, 2005 09:37 PM

Also dead, Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit.

Posted by: The One True b!X | January 4, 2005 05:24 PM

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