Ramona Fradon
| Ramona Fradon | |
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 Fradon at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 9, 2010. |
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| Born | 1926 (age 85–86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist |
| Notable works | Aquaman Metamorpho Super Friends Brenda Starr |
| Awards | Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame, 1999 Comic Book Hall of Fame, 2006 |
Ramona Fradon (born 1926)[1] is an American comic book and comic strip artist, known for her work illustrating Aquaman and Brenda Starr, and co-creating the superhero Metamorpho. Her career began in 1950, when it was even more unusual for women to illustrate superhero comics.
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[edit] Career
Fradon entered cartooning just after graduating from the Parsons School of Design.[2] Comic-book letterer George Ward, a friend of her husband (New Yorker cartoonist Dana Fradon),[2] asked her for samples of her artwork to pitch for job openings. She landed her first assignment on the DC Comics feature Shining Knight. Her first regular assignment was illustrating an Adventure Comics backup feature starring Aquaman, for which she co-created the sidekick Aqualad.[3]
Following her time with Aquaman, and taking a break to have her daughter, Fradon returned to co-create Metamorpho,[3] drawing four issues of the series. She returned briefly to design a few covers for the title.
From 1965 to 1972, Fradon left comics to raise her daughter.[citation needed] In 1972, she returned to DC, with assignments drawing Superman, Batman, and Plastic Man. Her other work includes Marvel's The Cat and Fantastic Four; and DC's Freedom Fighters and Super Friends (which she penciled for almost its entire run).
In 1980, Dale Messick retired from drawing the newspaper strip Brenda Starr, and Fradon became the artist for it, until her own retirement in 1995.[2][3]
Fradon was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006.[4]
In 2010, she contributed pencils to the Graphic Novel "The Adventures of Unemployed Man".
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Horn, Maurice, editor. 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics: an Illustrated Encyclopedia (Grammercy Books, U.S.A. (January 1, 1996), p. 64.
- ^ a b c Fradon profile, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999.
- ^ a b c Katherine Keller. "The Real Ramona: Ramona Fradon," Sequential Tart (May 2000).
- ^ "Alan Moore Back on Top for 2006 Eisner Awards," San Diego Comic-Con International. Accessed January 29, 2010.
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Career Retrospective, Gold & Silver: Overstreet's Comic Book Quarterly #6 (December 1994). p. 114. Overstreet Publications.
- Interview, Comics Forum #20 (Autumn 1999), pp. 17–22. Comics Creators Guild.
[edit] External links
- Ramona Fradon at the Comic Book DB
| Preceded by Ric Estrada |
Super Friends artist 1976–1981 |
Succeeded by Romeo Tanghal |
