Dave Stevens, Rest in Peace

I really hated to hear this, but Dave Stevens passed away March 10th, losing his battle with Leukemia. Who was Dave Stevens you ask? He was my absolute favorite comic book artist of all time. He’s very easy to collect since he was a perfectionist and would work all day on one panel of one page of the comic he was working. Drawing, then redrawing, changing it, and always thinking it could be better.

He was most famous for creating the Rocketeer, a pulp fiction type of comic book which Harlan Ellison said “are hip-deep in the right kind of nostalgia . . . adventure and affection, melded in just the right way. . . .”. It was later made into an excellent movie, one I have watched on demand about ten times this year. He was also known for the good girl art, including making the heroine of the Rocketeer look like Betty Page, and pinup girl from the 50’s, I believe. I bought the print below years ago, I should get it framed.

Posted by Jimmy Daniels Posted in: Comic Books, Dave Stevens No Comments » March 2008