tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post5262430524790027853..comments2024-02-12T15:32:07.208-05:00Comments on The Comic Book Catacombs: 1980's Flashback: The RocketeerChuck Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-58270807151030771282019-03-06T00:22:23.377-05:002019-03-06T00:22:23.377-05:00Likewise, I also have a copy of Star Slayer #1 and...Likewise, I also have a copy of Star Slayer #1 and was stunned at his meticulous artwork that left me craving for more of Dave. What a shame of a talent lost. It is also very interesting that not long after the the Rocketeer came to light, he also got a movie! How quick is that?! I think Stevens was also instrumental in making Betty Page a once again iconic personality of sexuality, long forgotten by the generation of the day.Arte de Ácherrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316661105566659189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-89062243745043367392015-12-03T01:42:20.273-05:002015-12-03T01:42:20.273-05:00I am now 56, and bought StarSlayer #1, expecting a...I am now 56, and bought StarSlayer #1, expecting another so-so Mike Grell art job (sorry if your a fan of Mr. G.) and was flabbergasted by the back up strip (you know the one I mean). It was the same artistic ass-kick I got reading the first issue of Love and Rockets, around this same time. <br />I never met Dave Stevens, though, being mostly an animation storyboard artist out here in Los Angeles, I know people who worked with him at Filmation Studios in the late 70's/early 80's. He was infamous, even at that time, for being extremely slow, painstaking.Brad Raderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119422120716419763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-31400177175354030112015-11-30T20:26:32.367-05:002015-11-30T20:26:32.367-05:00He died far too young. I'm glad I have his Roc...He died far too young. I'm glad I have his Rocketeer series as a testament to his talent.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com