It's funny how sometimes going back to stuff that happened a long while ago can be at once uncomfortable AND cathartic.
In the bright light of a new day I find myself feeling a whole bunch of things I didn't expect. I feel slightly silly for ever taking comparisons with Frazetta as anything other than a compliment - despite what was written in Icon. That's my own insecurity talking there! I also feel that maybe I was a bit harsh on the old man. We're none of us perfect!
And, y' know - I still bloody love his work. Always will. He's not on the same pedestal I had him on for a long long time, but that's no bad thing. We can be too dazzled by our influences, too prostrate in their shadows.
I checked out an old wound, and you know what? It's heeled pretty good it seems. From now on if ever I get the same comparison again I'll take it with grace, and be thankful.
Hey, and you know - maybe he WOULD have been a little bit proud that his legacy can be traced through my work.
The important thing is how you feel about it. For my part, your work never stopped being awesome, Liam.
Very best,
L.