What is Ken Kelly (artist)?
'''Ken W. Kelly''' (May 19, 1946 &ndash; June 3, 2022)<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.kenkellyart.com/bio.html|title=Ken Kelly's Biography at his webpage|website=Kenkellyart.com|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref> was an American [[fantasy]] artist.<ref>{{cite news |author=Carol Jeffares Hedman |title=Zephyrhills |work=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |page=2 |date=1995-10-04}}</ref> In the early 1970s he did a couple of cover paintings for ''[[Castle of Frankenstein]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://midnightfiction.ecrater.com/p/1288012/castle-of-frankenstein-18-fine-ken-kelly |title=Castle of Frankenstein #18 Fine Ken Kelly, Boris Karloff, Alexandro Jodorowsky, John Caradine 1972 |access-date=2013-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911061318/http://midnightfiction.ecrater.com/p/1288012/castle-of-frankenstein-18-fine-ken-kelly |archive-date=2013-09-11 }}</ref> Throughout the 1970s he was one of the foremost cover artists on [[Warren Publishing]]'s'' [[Creepy (magazine)|Creepy]] ''and'' [[Eerie]]'' magazines. He also designed album covers for [[Kiss (band)|KISS]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Mark|last=Voger |title=Criss eager to meet television idol Zacherley |work=[[Asbury Park Press]] |page=6E |date=2006-10-22}}</ref> [[Manowar]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Manowar truck to make its debut in Austria this weekend |work=Austria Today |date=2006-09-08}}</ref> Sleepy Hollow, [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]], and [[Ace Frehley]]. Kelly died on June 3, 2022, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ken-kelly-artist-kiss-destroyer-love-gun-covers-dead-obit-1363197/ | title = Ken Kelly, Artist Who Created Kiss' 'Destroyer' and 'Love Gun' Covers, Dead at 76 | first = Daniel | last =Kreps | date = June 5, 2022 | accessdate = June 5, 2022 | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Ken}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:American artists]] {{US-bio-stub}}