Remember James Bama – From Art To Horror
When I was a kid, I visited my local comic shop where I first laid eyes on the Aurora model kits for Godzilla and King Kong. These kits were bright and colorful and really captured my eyes. However, on a small allowance of $5 in 1990, these were not something I could afford, so I begrudgingly stuck to my monthly issues of Amazing Spider-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Years later, when I was attending my first convention, I saw more and more of these model kits based on the likes of Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man and other various Universal monsters. I came to learn they all bore the artwork of James Bama, a man I would eventually learn more and more about. It turned out, I had seen his art at various points while growing up – from the Man of Bronze, Doc Savage to his depictions of Native Americans and Cowboys and other styles of western art.
