Danny Frolich (a/k/a Dany Frolich) is an American

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ist from

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

. He designed many

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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''" w ...

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 Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * ''Big'', a 2023 Taiwanese children's film starring Van Fan and Chie Tanaka * ''Big!'', a Discovery ...

. 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 people, American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented ...

, ''The Magic Talisman'' by John Blaine, ''

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'' magazine, the 2001 release of '' Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder'' by

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan (who appeared in ...

, and the 2016 Tullus comic book. As of 1999, he was living and working in Destin,

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. Frolich has been an active

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fan. His art appeared in fanzines and journals such as '' Orcrist''.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 Danny & his wife Lorrie Ricard Frolich have been living in Destin FL since 2008. He is still working, freelance.

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Lambiek Comiclopedia listingposters by Frolich
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