Damn.

Just the other night, I picked up an old (okay, 1970's) sci-fi / fantasy art book, sat back, and enjoyed the hell out of it. Mr. Frazetta was well represented, as was a cavalcade of artists of that era - most of the works were from book and magazine covers, but many more were made just for the hell of it.

While yeah, this little corner of the world tends to try to pay homage to the genre (and, sorry, often fails miserably), the whole explosion of art back then is something that I miss terribly, and wish would come back. This news just makes that loss just a little more real. :(