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The Rocketeer was created by Dave Stevens and, while the character debuted in the early ’80s, the concept was firmly rooted in the ’30s. Not only was the Art Deco style growing in popularity ...
Dave Stevens, an artist best known for creating “The Rocketeer” comic book, which reflected a fascination with Bettie Page that brought the 1950s pin-up queen renewed attention, has died.
And the art… To quote a famous Rocketeer page…’WOW!’” The Rocketeer one-shot will be available in comic book stores in May, and as you can expect with any event book like this ...
to the South Seas Club and Sinclair’s house is just as attractive. The Rocketeer himself event sports an art deco helmet that looks like a hood ornament from a Ray Bradbury fever dream.
The story, set six years after the original, will follow a young African-American pilot who takes up the mantle of the Rocketeer to protect ... all the way down to the Art Deco typography used ...
It has been over 25 years since the release of The Rocketeer, Disney’s 1991 attempt ... for fans hungry for more of Stevens’ striking art. But Stevens always had cinematic ambitions for ...
There’s a scene in “The Rocketeer,” Disney’s big budget would ... and a pre-“Shawshank Redemption” Frank Darabont, who was an art director years before on Bilson and DeMeo’s cult ...
Last year marked the 30th anniversary of The Rocketeer. A film which, as we have discussed, deserved so much better. The Disney film from director Joe Johnston debuted in 1991. Set in the late ...