tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post2251640849029764918..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1175: “It was undervalued then and now it's overvalued.” — Lily Renée, 2010Pappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-13186763766443468312012-06-17T07:47:53.856-07:002012-06-17T07:47:53.856-07:00Insightful post. Didn't know about Lily Renee....Insightful post. Didn't know about Lily Renee. Thanks, Pappy!HEHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329418761741982984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-77335606394107527752012-06-15T20:12:44.326-07:002012-06-15T20:12:44.326-07:00Thanks for the comments, guys. I find Renée's ...Thanks for the comments, guys. I find Renée's story very interesting and have featured her work before. I've also featured her along with Fran Hopper, another female artist who gave up on comics after a time in <a href="http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2010/08/number-784-science-fiction-week-three.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Pappy's #784</b></a>.<br /><br />I think with most industries where women filled in while the men were at war, when those GIs got back home the women were sent packing. Too bad, and a waste of talent. Renée also did issues of <i>Abbott and Costello</i> for St. John.<br /><br />Gumba, a couple of women who wrote for comics were Toni Blum, who wrote for the Iger Studio, and Patricia Highsmith, who went on to write the novels <i>Strangers On a Train</i> and <i>The Talented Mr. Ripley</i>, among others. Highsmith rarely talked about her comic book days. Like Lily Renée I think she thought that work beneath her, or immaterial to what she did after comics.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-20139315737784138102012-06-15T10:56:36.457-07:002012-06-15T10:56:36.457-07:00Lily Renée could draw sexy, leggy women as well as...Lily Renée could draw sexy, leggy women as well as any male artist, but the picture I find really striking (if not particularly sexy) is the fifth panel on the fourth page, the one where the guy's eye is enlarged by the magnifying glass. Cool!<br /><br />Renée's story is certainly a fascinating one. You never know who'll end up working in comic books.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-11503601600433094612012-06-15T10:33:56.344-07:002012-06-15T10:33:56.344-07:00Just gorgeous. There isn't much else to be sa...Just gorgeous. There isn't much else to be said about the art, but being Fiction House you can't say the same for the story which is paced badly and confusing.<br /><br />Notice the the natives aren't depicted in an overtly racist manner.<br /><br />As far as I know, there were supposedly a number of woman who wrote for these companies anonymously, and only a couple that were ever famous (like colorist Marie Severin at EC.)<br /><br />I feel bad about commenting how sexy Rio is, after you read about Lily's time at Fiction House, and an extra thanks for that article, it's a great story.<br /><br />Though I will have to comment that her "get decent" outfit seems, well, less decent!<br /><br />You're on a roll, Pappy!Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-7024048506340274472012-06-15T09:33:49.070-07:002012-06-15T09:33:49.070-07:00Great background story, Pappy. Few women in comic...Great background story, Pappy. Few women in comics there, nice to hear about them.Unca Jeffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292248615715408243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-47369000709051763812012-06-15T05:28:27.574-07:002012-06-15T05:28:27.574-07:00Lily Renée is a terrific subject for a post. Her l...Lily Renée is a terrific subject for a post. Her life experience is fascinating and her golden age artwork was "aces".Chuck Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-3871408591191624552012-06-15T04:41:00.594-07:002012-06-15T04:41:00.594-07:00Great stuff!
BrianGreat stuff!<br /><br />BrianWeird WWIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808434475629751337noreply@blogger.com