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4 unusual facts about Vaughn Bodē


Vaughn Bodē

In 1968, he moved to Manhattan and joined the staff of the underground newspaper the East Village Other.

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Bodē was a friend of animator Ralph Bakshi, and warned him against working with Robert Crumb on the animated film adaptation of Crumb's strip Fritz the Cat.

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The Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist was bestowed upon him in 1969, and he was nominated for Best Professional Artist the following year.

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Bodé's comic strip feature Deadbone (b&w), then Deadbone Erotica (now in color) and later re-titled Erotica, appeared in the men's magazine Cavalier continuously (with the exception of April 1975) from May 1969 through August 1975.



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