Freas frame
Posted on:: January 3rd, 2005
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.
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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.
Kelly Freas, RIP
Joho notes that Mad Magazine illustrator Kelly Freas died today at age 82. He was responsible for many of the greatest early Mad Magazine covers. I grew up on these. Joho lists many of Freas’ other accomplishments, including designing the official NASA…
Also dead, Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit.