Danny Frolich (a/k/a Dany Frolich) is an American
art
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ist from
. He designed many
Mardi Gras floats, scrolls, Mardi Gras dubloons, and cups.
He was active in
science fiction fanzines
A science-fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science-fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day. They were one of the earliest forms of fanzine, within one of which the term "''fanzine''" wa ...
of the early 1970s, and in the short-lived New Orleans
underground comix
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, ...
scene of that era, primarily as a contributor to the underground publications of
Big Muddy Comics. His work appeared in (among others) ''Swamp Fever'' and ''Cosmic Capers'', and Big Muddy published one issue of Frolich's own ''Trivial Annoyances'' in 1972. He has worked as an illustrator (he did the cover and interior illustrations for ''Left of Africa'' by
Hal Clement
Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under ...
, ''The Magic Talisman'' by
John Blaine, ''
Comics Revue
''Comics Revue'' is a bi-monthly small press comic book published by Manuscript Press and edited by Rick Norwood. Don Markstein edited the publication from 1984 to 1987 and 1992 to 1996.
As of 2020, it has published more than 350 issues, making ...
'' magazine, the 2001 release of ''
Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder
''Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder'' is a collection of short stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, edited by Patrick H. Adkins and illustrated by Danny Frolich. It was first published in hardcover in 2001 by Guidry & Adkins, a publishing partner ...
'' by
Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the 2016
Tullus comic book.
As of 1999, he was living and working in
Destin,
Florida
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.
Frolich has been an active
science fiction
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fan. His art appeared in fanzines and journals such as ''
Orcrist
The Weapons and armour of Middle-earth are all those mentioned J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings, such as ''The Hobbit'', ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Silmarillion''.
Tolkien modelled his fictional warfare on the Ancient a ...
''.
Table of contents for ''Orcrist'' no. 5 /''Tolkien Journal'' v. 4, no. 3, whole no. 14 (1971)
West, Richard C. ed., Rogers, Ivor A. art editor
References
External links
Lambiek Comiclopedia listingposters by Frolich
American cartoonists
Living people
Artists from New Orleans
Year of birth missing (living people)
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