(27 August 1922 – 2 January 2005)
Frank Kelly Freas was one of the major SF artists of the post-war period, active from the early 50s to the late 90s. He was married to Poly Freas
His major markets included Astounding Science Fiction, Mad Magazine, many book publishers including the entire Laser line. Freas was the first person to receive ten Hugo awards and was nominated 20 times.
Awards:
Best Professional Artist in 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976.
Skylark Award, 1981
Phoenix Award, 1982
Los Angeles Science Fiction Society Service Award, 1983
Chesley Awards 1989 (with Laura Freas); 1993 (Artistic Achievement); 2000 (Artistic Achievement)
He was GoH at DeepSouthCon 10, Lunacon 32, DeepSouthCon 14, DeepSouthCon 16, DeepSouthCon 20, and DeepSouthCon 26.
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