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[RodimusBen]

Hey everyone,

What an amazing resource this website is. The folks who maintain it should be very proud. It's an amazing historical timepiece with so many treasures that would be forever lost were it not for the passion of people like you.

While developing my most recent comic book project, I found myself drifting more and more toward the styles and trappings of old, eventually deciding that I want to make future-time story with a retro visual style. As I began my research, I found this site pretty quickly.

In particular, I have a female protagonist and was fascinated to learn of the diverse, strong, and risque roles that existed for women in comics BEFORE Seduction of the Innocent. It's largely a lost period of comic book history, at least to the mainstream. My curiosity was piqued by an episode of "616," the Disney+ documentary series about Marvel comics, specifically episode 2, "Higher, Further, Faster." Several women comic writers reminisce about the heroes they grew up reading, such as Miss Fury and the Blonde Phantom.

I have a lot of work to do before I can come up with anything that lives up to the legacy of these classic stories, but this site will do a lot to help me learn. Thanks again for the wonderful resource.

I have an Instagram for the concept art for my comic, https://www.instagram.com/antegrade_comic/, please feel free to check it out or follow along.

[The Australian Panther]

RodimusBen, Welcome!

I have found this site a revelation re not only the portrayal of Females in the Golden age, but the number of women who were artists, writers, editors, creators back then. I am now convinced, many more than in the Silver Age.
I checked out your Instagram, I'm not clear on it, is that all your art, or is some of it at least reference material to inspire your own work? There are several different styles here, which is why I ask.
Would I be right in assuming that you are an anime and manga fan?

  I found myself drifting more and more toward the styles and trappings of old, eventually deciding that I want to make future-time story with a retro visual style. 

In that case,check out Ingenuity studios site and its sister site, Vintage Inkwell academy.
Started by a member of CB+ 
https://ingenuityserials.com/

Please enjoy, join in, contribute. 

Cheers!
     

[Captain Audio]

Hey everyone,

What an amazing resource this website is. The folks who maintain it should be very proud. It's an amazing historical timepiece with so many treasures that would be forever lost were it not for the passion of people like you.

While developing my most recent comic book project, I found myself drifting more and more toward the styles and trappings of old, eventually deciding that I want to make future-time story with a retro visual style. As I began my research, I found this site pretty quickly.

In particular, I have a female protagonist and was fascinated to learn of the diverse, strong, and risque roles that existed for women in comics BEFORE Seduction of the Innocent. It's largely a lost period of comic book history, at least to the mainstream. My curiosity was piqued by an episode of "616," the Disney+ documentary series about Marvel comics, specifically episode 2, "Higher, Further, Faster." Several women comic writers reminisce about the heroes they grew up reading, such as Miss Fury and the Blonde Phantom.

I have a lot of work to do before I can come up with anything that lives up to the legacy of these classic stories, but this site will do a lot to help me learn. Thanks again for the wonderful resource.

I have an Instagram for the concept art for my comic, https://www.instagram.com/antegrade_comic/, please feel free to check it out or follow along.

Phantom Lady and Futura are my favorites among female heroes. Both were constantly a split second from a major wardrobe malfunction.

For true retro visual styles study the aircraft and more uncommon automobiles of the 30's through 50's.  Look up the 1935 Bugatti Aerolithe and you'll see what I mean. The body was cast of magnesium in two sections that bolted together down the centerline with a huge fin in back, a perfect candidate for the Batmobile. The Hamilton Aircar was another striking vehicle. Not really intended as a flying car as such it was designed for a competition to create an aircraft so safe and easy to fly it would become as common as the automobile. The Hamilton was flown by a ten year old Gore Vidal who landed it on the street in front of the White House.

[paw broon]

Hello RodimusBen and welcome to CB+ Good to have you here and thank you for the kind words. Later than Seduction, British comics featured a few strong female characters.  Best imo was Lesley Shane.  Some of us on the site are big fans and you can find her stories in Super Detective Library here:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=3364
In the late '40's Italy had La Dama Di Picche:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2889
Mistero had a masked, costumed female partner, Arcana:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=2581
And the great Ace Hart had a costumed partner for a while, Val Vemture. You'll find her somewhere in this compilation:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=72082