Discredited art
I’m a fan of the work of the late artist Mike Sekowsky, whose career in comics spanned the 1940’s through the 1970’s, including such notable DC comics as Justice League of America, Metal Men, Wonder Woman, Brave and the Bold, and assorted science fiction comics. If you read DC comics at all in those years, it was practically impossible to miss his work — moreso because his style was so recognizable.
Except, it seems, by DC Comics. Because when you go to this page, you’ll discover that DC is attributing all his work to “Josephine” Sekowsky.
Sekowsky had a reputation for being difficult. But I don’t believe he had a reputation for gender confusion. (And perhaps the opposite; see the above image — which also helps to reveal why so many of us remember his drawings of Wonder Woman and Black Canary.) So it looks like DC has accidentally misattributed all of his work, which is a terrible shame. Especially toward someone who put such an indelible stamp on so much of their history.
(The above images are also not by Josephine Sekowsky.)
October 28th, 2013 at 2:01 pm
Sekowsky was often underrated. I initially had trouble appreciating him, probably because he didn’t reflect the more common ‘hard edged’ style. Over at Marvel, the same problem existed with Don Heck. I’ve read that MS got the JLA job because he was one of the few who could handle drawing so many costumed characters in one book.
October 30th, 2013 at 8:16 am
I can remember Scott Shaw! stating something about putting good breasts on the cover of a funny book, all of the above seem to have some great racks going on.