#794 - Prison for Women-Eneg The Contessa's Revenge-Jim Captives of the Scientists-Mario
Prison for Women
Eneg / Gene Bilbrew
originally published by Irving Klaw
1952
re-published by Bélier Press, Inc., in 1977
in Bizarre Comix, Volume 8
optimized
The Contessa's Revenge
Jim
originally published by Irving Klaw
1955
re-published by Bélier Press, Inc., in 1978
in Bizarre Comix, Volume 10
optimized
Captives of the Scientists
Mario
originally published by Irving Klaw
1956
re-published by Bélier Press, Inc., in 1976
in Bizarre Comix, Volume 6
optimized
Prison for Women
At Hadesgate Prison, the head wardeness and the captain of the guards argue about their differences of opinion. An undercover state agent investigates allegations. Women get into fights.
Fortunately, they all wear stockings and exotic footwear with tall, slender heels. Mr. Bilbrew's willowy damsels have wonderful curves delineated with thin, graceful lines. The 30-episode comic story is told through the images and the descriptions at the top of each panel.
The horizontal orientation of most this comic's panels make it ideal for ebook optimization. The ebook optimizes the lovely ink illustrations by maximizing available space on the monitor screen with wide ebook pages. Many panels are repeated without the narrative text at the top to allow enlargement of the characters on the page.
The Contessa's Revenge
An industrial draftsman, Jim's fluid lines depict flawless females in corsets, stockings and extremely high-heeled footwear, including pumps, sandals, mules, and assorted exotic boots. The palatial setting is allegedly 17th century France and Jim reveals his European background by staging a conflict among royalty. A master of line, Jim's depiction of imperious femmes present regal arrogance from tiara to toe.
Most of the 20 episodes consist of two or three panels. For this comic, a block of narrative text occupies the first page of each episode. Most of the panels are vertical and optimization consists of placing an un-edited panel at the right end of the page with enlargements of characters and other details positioned to the left or on subsequent pages. In other words, the ebook uses the illustrations to maximum advantage.
Captives of the Scientists
In 16 episodes, Mary Lou delivers a first-person account of her stressful experiences with a clique of physicians. After a difficult ordeal, she and her friend Jane turn the tables on Dr. Snow and Dr. Rain.
Mario does a good job of inking pictures of shapely women in stockings, heels and tight-fitting leather garments. Many of his characters wear ballet-toe boots. Here, he is more of an illustrator than comic artist, and his care with details discloses professional competence. His fetish divas show the smiles and hair styles of movie actresses of the fifties.
For this comic, a block of narrative text occupies the first wide ebook page of each episode. The panels are various shapes and proportions. Optimization consists of placing an un-edited panel at the right end of the page with enlargements of characters and other details positioned to the left or on subsequent pages.
If you like Klaw comic serials, and even if you own paper versions of these works, you will find the ebook versions the best way to enjoy them.
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