Daily Archives: 11 May 2010

Back in the Days: Guru and Gang Starr in Copenhagen

hype & linkage, journal, musicBy Matthias Wivel 11 May 2010

For those of you who read Danish, my piece on Guru is now up in translated form over at Rapspot. Also, I wanted to plug my man Frederik Høyer-Christenen’s photos — we both attended some of Gang Starr’s great shows in Copenhagen in the early 90s. Unfortunately, Frederik didn’t bring his camera to their first…

Frank Frazetta RIP

comics and cartooning, commentary and criticism, pictorial artsBy Matthias Wivel 11 May 2010

The great fantasy artist Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) died yesterday at the age of 82. Surely the most influential artists within his genre and a significant comics illustrator and cartoonist too, his legacy is apparent everywhere. Basically, fantasy illustration as we know it would be much different if it weren’t for him. His pen and ink…