Matt Baker’s Sky Girl in Fiction House’s Jumbo Comics, Up for Auction

Jumbo Comics #69 is broadly thought of as containing the primary printed comedian guide art work from legendary artist Matt Baker.  An artist whose identify has grow to be synonymous with stunning girls in comedian guide artwork, this problem would comprise two tales that Baker contributed to, Sheena and Sky Girl.  While Baker’s contributions to the long-lasting jungle woman Sheena can be transient, Sky Girl, whose adventures had began the prior problem in Jumbo Comics #68, can be a personality that he would shortly make his personal.  Baker would draw 60 Sky Girl tales for Jumbo Comics 1944-1948, and the characteristic is important to understanding the evolution of the artist’s fashion in his early years.  Sky Girl incorporates a number of the most evident comedian guide cheesecake artwork of the Golden Age over that interval, and there are a number of examples of comics that includes Matt Baker’s work on the character which ranges from Jumbo Comics #69 to #130 up for public sale in the 2022 October 13 The Fiction House Showcase Auction #40199 at Heritage Auctions.

As famous in the important Baker reference Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour, “Ginger’s legs have been the true plus in these tales. Baker drew them from each conceivable angle, in positions that have been usually ungainly. Deliberately so. In reality, Baker was the primary comedian artist who had the braveness to attract a good looking pair of legs in an unaesthetic if pure approach to enhance the final humorous impact. Needless to say, he was vastly profitable. Baker’s final ‘Sky Girl’ story appeared in the August 1948 problem of Jumbo.

Matt Baker contributed to over 150 tales for Fiction House in response to present GCD, and his work on Sky Girl helped put him on the map early in his profession.  The characteristic actually helped present the comedian guide trade what Baker was able to, and there are a number of examples of comics that includes Matt Baker’s work on Sky Girl which ranges from Jumbo Comics #69 to #130 up for public sale in the 2022 October 13 The Fiction House Showcase Auction #40199 at Heritage Auctions. In addition to the gadgets listed in this submit, you’ll be able to take a look at Fiction House titles reminiscent of Planet Comics, Jumbo Comics, Jungle Comics, Fight Comics, Rangers Comics, Wings Comics and rather more. New to accumulating Fiction House or wish to be taught extra?  Bleeding Cool is doing an ongoing deep dive into the historical past behind Fiction House in the run-up to this public sale. If you have by no means bid at Heritage Auctions earlier than, you may get additional data, you’ll be able to take a look at their FAQ on the bidding course of and associated issues.

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