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And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Matt Baker, one of the great 'good girl' artists of the Golden Age of Comic Books.
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a notable one was matt baker a brilliant golden age artist who was so talented at drawing beautiful women that no less than frederick warvern targeted his art as over sexualizing them
“it was in crown comics number three september 1945 that matt baker probably created or at least co-created the first black superhero in voodah a tarzan-like hero who at least appeared black in the interior art though he was colored white on the cover”
“this would be a prime target for frederick wolvern the author of the seduction the innocent book in 1954 which blamed comics for juvenile delinquency even reproducing matt baker's memorable cover of the phantom lady number 17 april 1948 in it with the caption sexual stimulation by combining the headlights with sadistic sadist dreams of tying up a woman”
“most significantly matt baker contributed to one of the earliest graphic novels with it rhymes with lust in 1950”
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