I was very saddened to hear the news that the legendary artist, James Bama, passed away on April 24th. To us Monster Kids, Mr. Bama was instrumental in fueling our monster fantasies with his unforgettable paintings for the box art on the early Aurora monster model kit boxes. His many covers for the Doc Savage series of Bantam paperbacks were also notable for their images evoking those strange stories by Kenneth Robeson.
Bama began his career illustrating for men's adventure magazines. He was also revered as an accomplished painter of American Western Art.
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Born April 28, 1926, he died just a few short days before his 96th birthday.
Farewell, James Bama. Your artwork will live on.
I've come to know his Aurora model boxes, but for me Bama was THE Doc Savage artist, producing covers that made even the lamest Doc Savage pulp adventure seem magnificent.
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