BB-Gun Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Finally...after searching for over a year and a half...I have a copy Some of these romance comics are so difficult to find. I know there are some collectors out there who have been trying to put together some of these runs for many many years. This was tops on my list and it's nice to finally get it. It's got a really cool Baker story in the interior. I think I have a copy of that one but I never searched for Romance comics. I just took whatever I could find that looked like a Baker cover. I sold several before I started collecting seriously. I think the later Teenage Romance comics are suprisingly difficult to find. I had never seen most of those issues before your posting on this thread. The giant size issues always temp me but the price is a little high. bb I had to go back into the romance box and see if I really had a copy. Yep, it was there. I think I like 3, 10 and 14 a little more but still looking for those later issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 A friend of mine pointed out the uncanny likeness of the model on Pictorial Romances #2. She looks like many of the faces that turn up in Baker's artwork. Here's a graphic I made that shows the comparison. (Note how the left eyebrow hooks around.) I think I'm on to something here. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Interesting observation. I for sure see the similarities. The eyebrows do have the same characteristics. I know for a fact that Baker looked to photo images for his source work. So, maybe he looked to this cover. The only thing that is a bit different is the shape of the eye lids. I posted this one a while back in the thread... to me Baker used this My Life for source material on the GCE15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Interesting observation. I for sure see the similarities. The eyebrows do have the same characteristics. I know for a fact that Baker looked to photo images for his source work. So, maybe he looked to this cover. The only thing that is a bit different is the shape of the eye lids. I posted this one a while back in the thread... to me Baker used this My Life for source material on the GCE15. I thought the model may have been Linda Darnell (a blonde version). bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Interesting observation. I for sure see the similarities. The eyebrows do have the same characteristics. I know for a fact that Baker looked to photo images for his source work. So, maybe he looked to this cover. The only thing that is a bit different is the shape of the eye lids. I posted this one a while back in the thread... to me Baker used this My Life for source material on the GCE15. I thought the model may have been Linda Darnell (a blonde version). bb I've never heard of Linda Darnell but the way she is posing reminds me more of CL25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Interesting observation. I for sure see the similarities. The eyebrows do have the same characteristics. I know for a fact that Baker looked to photo images for his source work. So, maybe he looked to this cover. The only thing that is a bit different is the shape of the eye lids. I posted this one a while back in the thread... to me Baker used this My Life for source material on the GCE15. I thought the model may have been Linda Darnell (a blonde version). bb I've never heard of Linda Darnell but the way she is posing reminds me more of CL25 She played Lolita in "The Mark of Zorro" (1940). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 She fits right in I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I've always thought that the inspiration for the girl on the cover of My Life was Rita Hayworth - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShadowKnows Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Also, I hope GACollectibles post his Baker purchase from the Chicago con WOW.that is uber sweet.Are these near impossible to find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seank Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Also, I hope GACollectibles post his Baker purchase from the Chicago con WOW.that is uber sweet.Are these near impossible to find? They pop up on Heritage every once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACollectibles Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Not Baker, but I picked this up with the Baker piece. Thornton art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACollectibles Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 And this one as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Also, I hope GACollectibles post his Baker purchase from the Chicago con WOW.that is uber sweet.Are these near impossible to find? They pop up on Heritage every once in a while. There are two guys that I know that own these. Both are in Canada. One of the guys lists them in Heritage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACollectibles Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I probably sold some Baker strips/pages to one of them years ago, I had some nice stuff come through in 2003-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageComics Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I probably sold some Baker strips/pages to one of them years ago, I had some nice stuff come through in 2003-4. Got any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACollectibles Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I probably sold some Baker strips/pages to one of them years ago, I had some nice stuff come through in 2003-4. Got any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 These are from Heritage I think. I did a little photoshop to clean them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 I'd love to have a nice Baker original art ...one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvR11 Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 http://schulzlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/congrats-matt-baker/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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