There is a rite of passage that happens for all Doc Savage fans…the first time you were seduced by one of the series’ long, long array of spectacular covers. It might have been on a Bantam paperback, a comic book or magazine, or even an original pulp. The artist names included in that gallery ofContinue reading “Your first Doc Savage cover?”
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James Bama photo models
James Bama’s series of paintings for the Bantam Doc Savage paperbacks has become iconic, and has certainly been discussed in articles and interviews far more comprehensive than this one will be. But as a fan of Bama, I have enjoyed learning more about his process, and particularly his use of models. In an interview forContinue reading “James Bama photo models”
The Thousand-Headed Man (almost) on film
Much has certainly been written about the Doc Savage film that never was. In brief, the story was that producers Mark Goodson & Bill Todman, interested in capitalizing on the success of the James Bond films, acquired the rights to Doc Savage from Conde Nast in 1966, and went into pre-production on a film, toContinue reading “The Thousand-Headed Man (almost) on film”
Visually conceptualizing Doc in canon and pastiche
In working to portray or extrapolate on an iconic character, one of the most powerful tools is visual presentation. Written descriptions have great power, but a superb visual can have profound impact. If one considers core Doc Savage canon to be the run of pulp magazines from 1933-1949, the visual presentation of Doc is thatContinue reading “Visually conceptualizing Doc in canon and pastiche”
James Bama and Jason Bell
Aside from the rather remarkable synchronicity of both initials and letter-counts in their names, American artists James Bama and Jason Bell (AKA Iason Bellerophon) would appear to be polar opposites. Bama, a photorealistic painter…Bell, a visionary abstract painter. And yet both have formidable reputations both in fine art and in popular genre art. Neither isContinue reading “James Bama and Jason Bell”
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