Family feud: Ugly spat over artist father's work

Fantasy artist Frank Frazetta should be ashamed of his four children.

April 24, 2010 at 6:46PM
Fantasy Artist Frank Frazetta in 1994
Fantasy Artist Frank Frazetta in 1994 (AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Frazetta above left, in 1994. And one of his Dark Horse covers from 1965. Both photos, AP.

Pioneering fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, 82, should be enjoying his golden years. Instead, he's at the center of a nasty family feud over his amazing body of work.

Apparently, things got really nasty in December when son Frank Frazetta Jr. was caught using a backhoe to break into his father's museum in the Poconos. Police say he was trying to remove 90 paintings insured for $20 million. Frankie Jr. said he was trying to keep the work safe from his scheming siblings.

The siblings have been fighting over an estate estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars, with lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Florida. Pretty ugly. Read the full story here.

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