Frank Kelly Freas was an American artist known for his work in science fiction and fantasy, with a career spanning more than 50 years. He was known as the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists" and he was
Freas on his 82nd birthday (2004)
The Piper, illustrating Wakefield's "The Third Shadow" for Weird Tales, was Freas's first magazine cover, November 1950
Astounding Science Fiction cover, October 1953
Some of Kelly Freas's awards (2004)
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue was dated Janu
Kelly Freas
…of tools and techniques. Over the next five decades, he created covers for hundreds of books and magazines (and much more interior artwork), notably Astounding Science Fiction, both before and after its title change to Analog, from 1953 to 2003. He started at Mad magazine in February 1957 and by July 1958 was the magazine's…
First issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, dated January 1930. The cover art is by Hans Waldemar Wessolowski.
The changes in layout during 1960, showing the January, February, September and October title layouts
The cover of the March 1933 Astounding, by Wesso, originally painted to illustrate E.E. Smith's Triplanetary
A sketch of John W. Campbell from 1932