Popular Post OtherEric Posted February 24 Popular Post Share Posted February 24 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-book-creator-ramona-fradon-has-died-aged-97/ One of the greats, who was doing amazing work right up to last year: Norrin_Radd, comicjack, silverseeker and 11 others 6 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Design Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Godspeed to a stellar artist goldust40 and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 She was an amazing person and had a great long life.RIP you have earned it silverseeker, OtherEric, Jayman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaluglydudes Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Wonderful artist and person. She will be missed. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taro90 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 Mark Evanier has posted a brief memorial: https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/02/24/ramona-fradon-r-i-p/ Robot Man, silverseeker and royaluglydudes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post miraclemet Posted February 25 Popular Post Share Posted February 25 A great ambassador of comics. Great with fans and a delight at cons right up till the end. I hope she had as much fun in comics as we had enjoying her work. royaluglydudes, RockMyAmadeus, OtherEric and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry JSA Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 RIP to a legend! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Thank you for SO much, Ramona! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverseeker Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 RIP...I had the chance to meet her at SDCC in 2006, and got a cool Wonder Woman sketch. She was a pleasure to speak with and very gracious. namisgr and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JollyComics Posted February 25 Popular Post Share Posted February 25 (edited) As my childhood, I enjoyed her artworks on Brenda Starr comic strips on Chicago Tribune everyday and every Sunday Comic Edition (color prints) from 1980 to 1995 - 25 years. Edited February 25 by JollyComics OtherEric, namisgr, lizards2 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Wow, lost another one of the greats. I too met her at SDCC. I found her so friendly, and gracious. You could just tell how much she loved her job. A great talent and ambassador to the medium. RIP Ramona namisgr, jimjum12, OtherEric and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I met her in NY a decade ago and was very impressed. RIP to the legend. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibou Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 She was one of my favorite artists that I got to interact with at a show. Very saddened by this news. OtherEric and RockMyAmadeus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 It's a shame she only worked for the Distinguished Competition. Stan would have made her a Superstar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 On 2/25/2024 at 11:35 AM, shadroch said: It's a shame she only worked for the Distinguished Competition. Stan would have made her a Superstar. Agreed but she won many, many, many hearts of us. Hibou and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Nice lady. Met her and Marie Severin together at a convention. Sad news. Robot Man and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpideyFein Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 May she rest in peace. She was always sweet, and always willing to talk about her art and the hobby. She was also great artist, and spoke to the period she came up in. She’ll be missed! silverseeker, OtherEric, royaluglydudes and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Hepcat Posted February 27 Popular Post Share Posted February 27 (edited) Here's a tribute I've posted on a couple of non-comic forums: Ramona Fradon passed away a couple of days ago only weeks after announcing her retirement on 5 January 2024 from a long career illustrating comic magazines and comic strips. She got her start in comics shortly after graduating from the Parsons School of Design in Greenwich Village, New York when she started landing assignments at DC Comics in 1949 illustrating the occasional backup story in Gangbusters and Mr. District Attorney plus a couple of "Shining Knight" stories in Adventure Comics. It wasn't until 1951 though when she got the regular assignment of illustrating "Aquaman" stories in Adventure Comics for which she's probably still best known. Her run on these "Aquaman" stories lasted from Adventure Comics 167 cover dated August 1951 to Adventure Comics 282 cover dated March 1961. Along the way she illustrated the story in Adventure Comics 260 which came to serve as Aquaman's Silver Age origin: She was also the co-creator of Aqualad in Adventure Comics 269: Aqualad of course immediately became Aquaman's regular sidekick. Here's a great splash page from Adventure Comics 270: She also did the interior artwork for Showcase 30 cover dated February 1961 which was the first comic with Aquaman as the title character: She then took a few months of maternity leave for the birth of her daughter before returning to illustrate another run of "Aquaman" stories in World's Finest Comics from issue #127 cover dated August 1962 to issue #139 cover dated February 1964 when the "Aquaman" series ended. In 1965 she finally got to do her first cover for Brave and the Bold 55: Shortly thereafter she and writer Bob Haney fleshed out editor George Kashdan's idea for a new superhero, Metamorpho, in Brave and the Bold 57 cover dated January 1965. Here's her cover: She illustrated one more Metamorpho feature appearance in Brave and the Bold and then the first four issues of Metamorpho's own title covers and all: Evidently Ramona Fradon really enjoyed illustrating "Metamorpho" stories because Haney's scripts were in her own words "goofy" which allowed her to use her imagination and give full flower to her exaggerated style. But I personally had very mixed feelings about Metamorpho at the time since I was serious about my superheroes and didn't like the campy way in which Metamorpho was portrayed. That actually proved to be the beginning of the end of my two and a half year fascination with DC superhero comics. I migrated to Mad, Drag Cartoons, Creepy and Eerie magazines shortly thereafter. After taking seven years off to look after her daughter, she returned to comics by illustrating Fantastic Four 133 for Marvel in 1973: But she'd gotten used to working from a detailed script at DC and found it difficult to work from the brief one paragraph story outline Marvel had given her. She was back at DC in short order where she worked on titles such as House of Secrets, House of Mystery and even Star Spangled War Stories! She then illustrated these runs: Plastic Man from #11(March 1976) to #20(November 1977) Freedom Fighters from #3(August 1976) to #6(February 1977) Super Friends almost all from #3(February 1977) to #41(February 1981) Though I wasn't buying those comics then, her style was actually very well suited to the Plastic Man and Super Friends titles. Here are a couple of the covers (not mine): n 1980 she moved over to drawing the Brenda Starr, Reporter newspaper strip when Dale Messick retired and continued with the strip until 1995. More money for less work may have been her motivation. Once again, Ramona Fradon's style is fully reflected in Brenda Starr's appearance: Here's a book on her artwork: Plus she was also the cover story feature of AlterEgo 69: I met Ramona Fradon at a Toronto comic con in 2007 or so. She was a pioneer in her field and she'll be missed by her many fans. Edited February 27 by Hepcat mrwoogieman, CentaurMan, Robot Man and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...