October 13, 2022 by Elliot James
PriceCharting.com, a price guide for comic books, trading cards and video games, studied how the breast size of females on comic book covers changed from the 1940s to now. Their extensive study concluded that the average female is depicted with twice as much cleavage today and their breasts take up 300% more of the cover. They picked ten random comics from each decade, choosing Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, and Red Sonja.
Their take-aways:
Breasts take up more than triple the cover space today.
The amount of cleavage shown has more than doubled.
Breast to waist ratio has remained the same.
Hips to waist ratio declined 15%, meaning waists are not as slim and hips are not as wide as they were in older comics.
I wonder what famed SCORE artist Otis Sweat thinks of this study if he knows about it.
The Rocket Girls series by Otis Sweat was published in SCORE from the October 2005 issue to July 2007.
July 16, 2012 by Elliot James
Rocket Girls #1 from October ’05 SCORE magazine.
Running from October ’05 to July ’07, Otis Sweat’s Rocket Girls series alternated every other month in SCORE magazine with Duncan Gutteridge’s revived Fantasy SCORE series.
A follow-up in some ways to Duncan’s World War II-inspired Bomber Girls series, Rocket Girls was Dave’s concept.
Otis was the perfect artist for Rocket Girls. He understands the appeal of the sci-fi and fantasy art that paperback and comic book publishers commissioned during the 1930s, ’40s, ’50s and ’60s and brought his own matchless style to the genre. He perfectly captured the warp-drive energy and point-of-impact power of these super-stacked, super-shapely space queens in their skin-tight suits.
I’ve always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy and horror cover art and the masters of this kind of good-girl art such as Wally Wood, Alex Raymond and Al Williamson, so I enjoy the look and style of Rocket Girls. On TV, there was Wilma Deering played by Erin Gray on Buck Rogers, the several-dozen space hotties Captain Kirk was always hugging on Star Trek, the purple-wigged moon babes from the British series UFO and Marta Kristen from Lost In Space. In the movies, Caroline Munro in Star Crash. Princess Leia from Star Wars? Not shapely enough to fit the bill, in my opinion.
I would love to see Otis bring his artistic genius to the barbarian girls that artists Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo became famous for. Maybe one day.
February 23, 2011 by Elliot James
The last "Fantasy SCORE."
Beshine. A human "Fantasy SCORE."
“Fantasy SCORE” has a history in SCORE magazine that goes back to the August 1992 edition (Volume 1, Issue 2 with Letha Weapons as the covergirl). British artist Duncan Gutteridge’s ongoing monthly assignment was to take a celebrity and paint her with impossibly huge tits along the lines of Chelsea Charms and Beshine…years before Chelsea and Beshine became Chelsea and Beshine. Duncan’s first run ended in the Holiday ’99 issue.
Beginning with the December ’04 SCORE, “Fantasy SCORE” was revived as a semi-regular feature, often alternating with the “Rocket Girls” series painted by the great Otis Sweat until Duncan’s final “Fantasy SCORE” illustration in the February ’09 issue. Many of the paintings from the first series and all of them from the second series are preserved in SCORELAND‘s Art Gallery section along with “Dream SCORE,” “Bomber Girls,” “Dick Boy” and other works of big-bust art.
Although “Fantasy SCORE” ended, we still get mail from people who have never forgotten it. With new female celebs who can barely fill a C-cup popping up all the time, there’s no lack of new potential subjects. We continue to get requests to revive it, usually with the person making the request’s favorite celebrities. When we publish those letters, inevitably someone else writes against bringing it back. A while ago, Greg wrote, “The reason I’m writing is because I am disappointed that you no longer have ‘Fantasy SCORE.’ I always was so excited to see who you would have next. Please bring it back. There are lots of us fans out here.” In this weekend’s “Scorecard,” R.L. writes, “I must agree that ‘Fantasy SCORE‘ is due a return and would continue to be a very popular feature.” He lists several celebs he’d like to see given a “Fantasy SCORE” boob job.
On the other side of the fence are the letters such as “I don’t like art or cartoons. Just give us photos. ‘Fantasy SCORE’ is a waste of space.” I’ve seen a lot of those letters, too.
I personally love busty art and have enjoyed Otis’ and Duncan’s work since I first saw them. One painting a month, in print and on the Net, certainly doesn’t negatively impact the amount of photos we run. I also believe those two guys inspired many younger fans to try their hand at creating their own art. Just to clarify things, there have been no discussions here about reviving “Fantasy SCORE” (or “Dream SCORE“).
What do you think? Yay or nay?
March 11, 2010 by Maria
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Come on, baby. Light my fire.
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This bomber babe has got some huge cannons.
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Take me to your leader.
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Via Paxton. Having sex. Yes!
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This chica knows how to launch a missle.
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Sharday looks pretty good, eh?
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Culture, culture, culture.
Here at SCORELAND, we’re not just big-boob connoisseurs.
We are also into fine art and loads of other fancy things.
When I first started working for SCORE, one of my favorite things to do was pull out books of issues past and check out Otis Sweat’s artwork in SCORE magazine. Being a comic-book nerd and fan of pinup photography, Otis’ artwork spoke to me. (And it didn’t hurt that the man would draw a mondo set of tatas on every single girl, either! 😉 )
From his “Dream SCORE” series featuring beautiful models like Via Paxton and Sharday getting speared (both ladies never went on to do XXX) to his Bomber Girls series, Sweat’s artwork is instantly recognizable and ultimately unforgettable.
xoxo,
Maria
