JAMES BAMA PASSES AWAY - R.I.P. ...

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James Bama, an artist whose work anyone who ever had an Aurora monster kit in the '60s and '70s or read a Doc Savage book would be familiar with, has sadly passed away just a few days short of his 94th birthday.  I first saw his art on the square version of the Frankenstein kit (below), which was a slightly altered version of how it first appeared (above).  He's known for much more of course (and was a tremendous influence on, and inspiration for, many other artists), but that's what I'll remember him for.  Another slice of childhood gone, alas, though his name and work will endure for many long years to come.   

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