If you read comics in the 80's
or read your parents comics in the 80's.
This is probably what introduced you to Betty Paige:
The Rocketeer
The most delicious comic book series you ever ran across. One of those brilliant mixes of independent that combined beautiful artwork with great characters, that was totally out of left field in relation to what other comics, even other independents, were doing.
Was wonderful human level fantasies.
No, I don't mean fantasy fiction---I mean, the wonderful human level stories that run through your head that in your teens and twenties make you fantasize "Yeah, I bet that could ALMOST be me, if...". Like early Batman. Like The Spirit.
Sorry to report, Creator Extraordinaire Dave Stevens passed away from lukemia.
Good obit in the LA Times
And a damned nice pic of of Betty (same name in comic?) with the Rocketeer form one of the panels at io9.com
This is probably what introduced you to Betty Paige:
The Rocketeer
The most delicious comic book series you ever ran across. One of those brilliant mixes of independent that combined beautiful artwork with great characters, that was totally out of left field in relation to what other comics, even other independents, were doing.
Was wonderful human level fantasies.
No, I don't mean fantasy fiction---I mean, the wonderful human level stories that run through your head that in your teens and twenties make you fantasize "Yeah, I bet that could ALMOST be me, if...". Like early Batman. Like The Spirit.
Sorry to report, Creator Extraordinaire Dave Stevens passed away from lukemia.
Good obit in the LA Times
And a damned nice pic of of Betty (same name in comic?) with the Rocketeer form one of the panels at io9.com