Comments on: Underappreciated Artist Spotlight - Ramona Fradon

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[...] Frank Miller, George Perez, Jack Kirby, Neal Adams,Â EC’s Johnny Craig, Steve Gerber, the under-appreciated Ramona Fradon, Alex Toth, Joe Kubert, Howard Chaykin, J. M. Dematties, Kieth Giffen, Gil Kane, Law and [...]

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:29:51 +0000

Man, Ramona Fradon's the awesomest. Lots of *stuff* going on, but absolutely no wasted lines.

By: Matthew Allison

Matthew Allison — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:34:37 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. I discovered Fradon earlier this year after starting to collect Metamorpho comics and am now a huge fan. Beautiful work indeed.

By: Mike Lynch

Mike Lynch — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:42:34 +0000

Brian, those are great originals. Thanks for this. I have a number of her comic books since I was the right age to be collecting stuff like the PLASTIC MAN revival.

One more factoid: her husband, Dana Fradon, is a New Yorker cartoonist.

By: John Platt

John Platt — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:28:55 +0000

Oh wow, you own the manatee picture! I saw that on the site that takes her commissions and thought it was incredible!

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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:17:57 +0000

[...] Brian Cronin introduces us to the work of classic DC Comics artist Ramona [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:13:41 +0000

It's too bad she retired so early,as well as not doing much more work for marvel.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:05:39 +0000

John Severin

Does John Severin count as under appreciated?

He's got some very vocal fans, and he's still taking jobs these days (like the Punisher MAX one-shot he did. That was some great stuff).

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:04:17 +0000

That Aquaman piece you brought is superb!

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:58:22 +0000

I love her lush line and fully-realized settings. She could do really bizarre stuff, but make it so endearing.

Suggestions for under-appreciated artists or writers of the Silver & Bronze ages:

Alfredo Alacala
Arnold Drake
John Severin
Marie Severin
Nick Cardy
Pablo Marcos
Jeffrey Jones
Frank Robbins

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:49:57 +0000

She's one of my all-time favorite artists. Those pencil drawings are gorgeous.

By: SwanShadow

SwanShadow — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:47:25 +0000

Ramona Fradon is a tremendously talented artist -- a great visual storyteller. Based solely upon the one time I met her, she's a fascinating person also.

Kudos for bringing her some well-deserved recognition!

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:12:42 +0000

I really love that manatee! The level of detail is awesome!

Weirdly reminds me of a Brian Bolland piece...

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:13:38 +0000

One of my all-time favorite comic book stories is Metamorpho's debut appearance in the Brave and the Bold. Fradon's art was wonderful. I believe she was inked by Charles Paris. A great origin.

The Aquaman Archives features some great work by her.

By: brian lockhart

brian lockhart — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:12:45 +0000

I too had the pleasure of meeting Ramona a few years back at a convention in New York. I had actually gone to track down one or two other Silver Age artists, not at the time thinking much about her or her work. But I have since come to appreciate her style.

By: Vincent Paul Bartilucci

Vincent Paul Bartilucci — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:46:38 +0000

Ms. Fradon is indeed a great artist with which to begin this column. The Aquaman Archives should be on every comic fans shelf.

Hey DC, how about a Showcase Presents the Superfriends?

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:03:16 +0000

That is some nice work. Similar in style to JRsr.

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:52:19 +0000

Well there's two things then. I also love Ramona's work - well the stuff I've seen which is mainly Metamorpho and my wife and I saw manatee in Belize on honeymoon.

By: Sijo

Sijo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:51:56 +0000

I also discovered Fradon's art on Super Friends back in the 70s; it was my first American comic book series. While the art style in general imitated the cartoon's, the designs of various original heroes and villains- including the Global Guardians, whom everybody forgets were created in THAT series- were wonderfully creative. Another now-forgotten superhero team, the Elementals, was also created (I assume) by Fradon in the SF series; they got TWO different sets of costumes, in fact, since in the story the character's first ones proved impractical for their powers. Too bad the team was never used again.