Odd how things work. I decided to push my planned subject back a week due to the amount of work required to try to cover things a tad more than her costume. So i pulled some pages that were in the pile and decided this would be good. And then things started spiraling...
In the end, i suspect it would have been less effort to go with my original plan. The only way this is going to work is if we make this a multi-part
You see, my plan was just to run a few ... sort of fairy tale interpretations, illustrated by Esteban Maroto. But then there was that fourth colour tale. And when digging for a few biographical notes, all these damn beautiful pictures kept getting in the way. So, forget it. I'm not going to agonize over what to not use, i'm just going to spread things out into 3 posts over the day.
Anybody who was a fan of Warren's main magazines back in the 70s and 80s knows who Esteban Maroto is. But, while he produced a goodly amount of work in this country (over 100 stories for Warren alone), he only worked with DC and Marvel briefly, usually on a mini-series here and there. So many fans may not be familiar with his beautifully rendered work. Which isn't to say he didn't leave lasting marks while briefly passing through. For example, he designed her iconic outfit-
Like it or love it, it's hard to deny the impact her chainmail bikini had on designs in the decades to follow.
But we'll talk more extensively about Señor Maroto later in the day. For now, let's start with those first three tales to which i referred previously. Two tales written by Bill Dubay, and a third by Timothy Moriarity.
First up, a tale in the tradition of Scheherazade, of a bold adventurer by the name of Ali Addan...
From Arabian tales, we travel to the classic Greek myths, and Perseus-
Continuing on, we travel to the Danish coast and the story of a Little Mermaid-
All three of these tales appeared in Her magazine-
Here are the covers for those who enjoy them, or want a visual reference for hunting down the issues:
Join us later today for a colour tale, and more about the man and his lovely artwork. After all, you wouldn't want to bypass a man who still remembers Rima, The Jungle Girl, would you?
I know i wouldn't.
In the end, i suspect it would have been less effort to go with my original plan. The only way this is going to work is if we make this a multi-part
You see, my plan was just to run a few ... sort of fairy tale interpretations, illustrated by Esteban Maroto. But then there was that fourth colour tale. And when digging for a few biographical notes, all these damn beautiful pictures kept getting in the way. So, forget it. I'm not going to agonize over what to not use, i'm just going to spread things out into 3 posts over the day.
Anybody who was a fan of Warren's main magazines back in the 70s and 80s knows who Esteban Maroto is. But, while he produced a goodly amount of work in this country (over 100 stories for Warren alone), he only worked with DC and Marvel briefly, usually on a mini-series here and there. So many fans may not be familiar with his beautifully rendered work. Which isn't to say he didn't leave lasting marks while briefly passing through. For example, he designed her iconic outfit-
NOTE: Most of the images for this post contain nudity and have been moved to our back room for adult content. The text remains that you may make a fair guess as to whether or not you wish to look at the pics.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.
Like it or love it, it's hard to deny the impact her chainmail bikini had on designs in the decades to follow.
But we'll talk more extensively about Señor Maroto later in the day. For now, let's start with those first three tales to which i referred previously. Two tales written by Bill Dubay, and a third by Timothy Moriarity.
First up, a tale in the tradition of Scheherazade, of a bold adventurer by the name of Ali Addan...
From Arabian tales, we travel to the classic Greek myths, and Perseus-
Continuing on, we travel to the Danish coast and the story of a Little Mermaid-
All three of these tales appeared in Her magazine-
Here are the covers for those who enjoy them, or want a visual reference for hunting down the issues:
Join us later today for a colour tale, and more about the man and his lovely artwork. After all, you wouldn't want to bypass a man who still remembers Rima, The Jungle Girl, would you?
I know i wouldn't.
all art by Esteban Maroto, story pages for Vampirella #s 60, 68, & 102 (1977, 1978, 1982)
There's not really a lot of 'costume' in that costume design, but it'll do for me. Great artist.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, when I clicked on Vampirella #60 to enlarge it, #68 showed instead.
ReplyDeleteMy comment about trying to "cover things a tad more than her costume" was actually referring to our bumped feature that we'll be seeing next week. She wears arguably less than the Red Sonja outfit depicted above.
ReplyDeleteThanks Very Much for pointing out that image discrepancy. The embedded links are auto-generated, and apparently when two images are consolidated on a single line like that, it combines the link. I'll have to stop doing that, and maybe even spend some time going back and correcting. Maybe. That seems like a lot of work - how often have i done that in the past?
Eek!