Dynamite Entertainment will release a work documenting the life and art of Ramona Fradon, an important figure in American comics and comic strips, in April.  The Art of Ramona Fradon, a 144-page, 12” x 9” hardcover, will cover the career of a woman who began working in comics in 1950, at a time when the artists were almost exclusively male.  She worked for both DC and Marvel, and finished her career with a run on the Brenda Starr newspaper strip that began when Dale Messick retired in 1980 and concluded in 1995. 

The volume will include an interview by Howard Chaykin and a forward by Walt Simonson.  Chaykin described Fradon.  “An original, not to say eccentric talent, whose approach to comics was so idiosyncratic as to make her stand out from her peers, men and women alike—and it should be noted that her work, as influential as it’s been over these many years, remains personal, individual, and inimitable,” he said.

“I have known Ramona and loved her work forever,” Simonson said of Fradon.  “Ramona’s art wasn’t like anybody else’s work back then.”