Posts Tagged ‘art’

Frank Frazetta attempts to steal paintings by Frank Frazetta

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

It’s not every day you read about an attempted $20 million art heist, much less from the museum dedicated to the works of famous fantasy artist Frank Frazetta. However, the real kicker is that the perp (or, technically speaking, “alleged” perp) is Frank Frazetta’s own son.

The main tool of theft seems to be a backhoe rather than a broadsword.

(Hat tip: John DeNardo of SF Signal.)

If you happen to run a Worldcon…

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

…maybe you should consider, oh, I don’t know, actually paying artists the money you owe them? (I know, radical idea. That’s me, clumsily stepping all over fannish tradition…) Because artists, much like writers, really like getting paid the money you owe them. In a timely manner, even.

Just a crazy thought…