James Bama
Born in Manhattan,New York in 1926. He had a 22 year career of producing paperback book covers, movie posters, and other illustrations. He moved on to painting western contemporary art.
Name:
James Bama
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Birth date:
April 28th, 1926
Death date:
April 24th, 2022
Home town:
Unknown
Country:
Unknown
Starting in 1964 he created a set of 62 covers for the Doc Savage books series. He used model and actor Steve Holland(star of TV's Flash Gordon 1954-55)to create many of his Doc covers. In 1968 he quit his illustrating career and moved to a Wyoming ranch. There he started his painting career of western contemporary art. He was inducted into the Illustrator's Hall of Fame in June of 2000.
