John Belushi Skylab is falling

With the NASA satellite UARS about to crash to Earth, John Belushi reminds us that it's happened before. This is comedy from the 70's kids, long before there was a "The Daily Show." By the way, Kelly Freas, who we talked about last week, designed the original mission patch for Skylab featured here.

(Thanks to Mike Schley and David Johnson who bird-dogged this clip.)

Frank Kelly Freas

This video features a good look at some of the work of the late artist Frank Kelly Freas.

Signed copies of his two folio books sit on the shelf next to my desk in the studio.

I met him on several occasions in the late 70s and early 80s when I was just starting out as an illustrator, and he offered this pushy kid great encouragement, and a good number of painting tips.  I was first introduced when he had a retrospective at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk Va. An amazing talent and a really nice guy. The Dean of Science Fiction Illustrators.