DETAILS: Original first printing of Fighting Fem Comics, Eneg (Gene Bilbrew) and Bill Ward, HCI Publishing. Feature comics created by African American Fetish comic artist Gene Bilbrew.
Eugene "Gene" Bilbrew (June 29, 1923 – May 1974)[2] was an American vocal group singer, cartoonist, and "bizarre art" pioneer. As noted in the biography, GENE BILBREW REVEALED: The Unsung Legacy of a Fetish Art Pioneer, he was "the first black career fetish artist in history."[1]: 4 Starting in the mid-1950s, he was among the most prolific illustrators of fetish-oriented pulp book covers.[3] In addition to signing his work under his own name, he produced art under a range of pseudonyms, including ENEG ("Gene" spelled backwards), Van Rod, and Bondy.[1]: 80
Eugene "Gene" Bilbrew (June 29, 1923 – May 1974)[2] was an American vocal group singer, cartoonist, and "bizarre art" pioneer. As noted in the biography, GENE BILBREW REVEALED: The Unsung Legacy of a Fetish Art Pioneer, he was "the first black career fetish artist in history."[1]: 4 Starting in the mid-1950s, he was among the most prolific illustrators of fetish-oriented pulp book covers.[3] In addition to signing his work under his own name, he produced art under a range of pseudonyms, including ENEG ("Gene" spelled backwards), Van Rod, and Bondy.[1]: 80
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Established 1987
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