(BOND) BABE Of The DAY - CATERINA MURINO...

Here's all the relevant info you

need to know about CATERINA

MURINO, Italian actress who was

in BOND film CASINO ROYALE

 - she's a complete BABE!!!

HULK ARTIST HERB TRIMPE PASSES AWAY...

HERB TRIMPE, former penciller of THE INCREDIBLE HULK and MARVEL comicbook artist extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 75.  Herb was also the original artist on CAPTAIN BRITAIN and illustrated a number of other iconic characters during his career, being the first artist to draw WOLVERINE (though it was LEN WEIN and JOHN ROMITA who came up with the idea and design for the X-MEN's most popular member). 

Who can forget Herb's wonderful artistic collaborations on the Hulk with JOHN SEVERIN, one of the chief delights of comicbook publishing back in the 1970s?   Herb was a giant of a man and a giant of an artist.  Considering his stature and where he surely is now, he's probably thinking at this very moment that "Heaven is a very small place!"  Rest in peace, Herb.

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HERB TRIMPE -

Born:  May 26th 1939 - Died:  April 13th, 2015.

BETTIE PAGE COMICS...

Images copyright DARK HORSE COMICS

The ol' memory may be going, I'm afraid.  I thought I'd already featured this comic in a previous post, but I can't find it on the blog.  So, just to be on the safe side, I thought I'd better do it again (or the first time, if I haven't already done it).

I'm not sure whether the above art by the late DAVE STEVENS was originally drawn as an imaginary comic cover then turned into a real comic by DARK HORSE, or was simply a pin-up (sans masthead) utilised fifteen years later when the comic was published, though for some reason I have the impression it was the former scenario.  This is the only ish in my collection, but I think there were at least another two issues.

BETTIE PAGE, as every fully paid-up perv will know, was a '50s pin-up model who had the uncanny ability of being nude without appearing to be naked (if you know what I mean), so natural and unselfconscious was she in her 'birthday suit'.  In later life she suffered from psychiatric problems and tried to stab three people, for which she spent some time in a mental institution.  Before all that, however, she had been PLAYBOY's 'playmate of the month' in the January 1955 issue.

Unfortunately, the tremendously talented Dave Stevens died at the ridiculously young age of 52 on March 11th, 2008, and Bettie Page herself passed away nine months later on December 11th, aged 85.  If you're a fan of Bettie (or Dave), this is one you might want to consider tracking down on eBay.  Shouldn't be too expensive.