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Brush With Passion: The Art and Life of Dave Stevens
Brush with Passion charts the career of Dave Stevens, one of the most beloved and influential of all comic illustrators. He discusses his beginnings as a comic artist, the struggle to bring The Rocketeer to the big screen, his work as a storyboard artist for Raiders of the Lost Ark and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video, and other career highlights. Equally renowned as a pin-up artist, Stevens also recounts his friendship with reclusive model Bettie Page. Along with a wealth of iconic paintings and previously unpublished artwork, the book features commentary by comic book greats Todd Schorr, Richard Hescox, Michael William Kaluta, and William Stout.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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August 4, 2015
Introduction by James Steranko.
Dave Steven's work is fantastic. This book gives us more than pictures and drawings he as created. It gives insight into his thought process and why he dose what he dose and why he paints and draws.
To say that Mr. Stevens was too focused on Bettie Page is to radically underrate him. You can see in his work in "Rocketeer" how much he cared for her beauty and ability to add that "femme noir" to the page. And any lover of "good girl" art can not help but be captivated by his renditions. Stevens and Page became friends and he helped ensure that she was finally compensated for the use of her likeness in merchandising and in the media, and she would credit Stevens in interviews for all he’d done in service of her legacy.
The Rocketeer first appeared in 1982 as a backup feature in Starslayer #2 published by Pacific Comics.
A victim of leukemia, Dave Stevens died in 2008. He was only 52 years old. He is greatly missed.
Highly Recommended.
Dave Steven's work is fantastic. This book gives us more than pictures and drawings he as created. It gives insight into his thought process and why he dose what he dose and why he paints and draws.
To say that Mr. Stevens was too focused on Bettie Page is to radically underrate him. You can see in his work in "Rocketeer" how much he cared for her beauty and ability to add that "femme noir" to the page. And any lover of "good girl" art can not help but be captivated by his renditions. Stevens and Page became friends and he helped ensure that she was finally compensated for the use of her likeness in merchandising and in the media, and she would credit Stevens in interviews for all he’d done in service of her legacy.
The Rocketeer first appeared in 1982 as a backup feature in Starslayer #2 published by Pacific Comics.
A victim of leukemia, Dave Stevens died in 2008. He was only 52 years old. He is greatly missed.
Highly Recommended.
May 9, 2011
This book made me what to create like nothing before. I have never read a book where I understood everything he was talking about when it came to passion and love of creation. I need to buy this book!
December 20, 2008
Spent the whole snowed-in day digging through this, appreciating Dave telling his own story and marveling at his many masterpieces. You are missed, sir.
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