{"id":29513,"date":"2022-04-25T14:15:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29513"},"modified":"2022-04-25T14:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:15:28","slug":"rip-james-bama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=29513","title":{"rendered":"RIP: James Bama"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last night word began leaking that James Bama had died.\u00a0 I wanted to wait for a verified source.\u00a0 Sadly, it is true.\u00a0 James Bama died yesterday, just 4 days short of his 94th birthday.<\/p>\n

James Bama grew up wanting to be a cartoonist.\u00a0 He had his first professional sale, a drawing of Yankee Stadium, at the age of 15.\u00a0 After a stint in the service, Mr. Bama began his career as a commercial illustrator.\u00a0 He created art for paperback covers, movie posters, and magazine illustrations.\u00a0 James Bama is perhaps most widely known for the 62 paperback covers he did for the Doc Savage<\/em> series.\u00a0 Later in his career Mr. Bama became known for his many western paintings.<\/p>\n

James Bama was inducted into the Illustrator\u2019s Hall of Fame<\/em> on June 28, 2000.\u00a0 He was inducted into the Monster Kid Hall Of Fame<\/em> at The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards<\/em> in 2005.<\/p>\n

I first became aware of Mr. Bama’s art with his beautiful renditions of the Universal Monsters<\/em> on the Aurora Monster Model Boxes.\u00a0 I can remember how much my buddy and I loved the art, often more than the models.\u00a0 It wasn’t until I was older that I learned Mr. Bama’s name as I saw more and more of his art.\u00a0 What a wonderful and varied career he had.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and prayers go out to James Bama’s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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