As you may know, The Micturating Angel's primary source material is a series of girls comics from the 1970s called TAMMY. One of the stories I used there was Bella at the Bar - the story of a gymnast. Bella was in fact the first Angel to appear in issue 1 of The Micturating Angel.
The original Bella was created by a man named John Armstrong - who recently passsed away.
Here's an eulogy by Pat Mills (creator of 2000AD comics):
"His stories were always number one because he had a skill that is valued highly by girls and, hopefully, by a male audience, too. Namely he was a master of facial expression. Because he had astonishing insights into the female psyche. This is a genius talent that is barely recognized today, but one I have always valued and so did John’s readers. Whereas on a typical male comic, the characters might have a range of – say, 10 facial expressions for happy, sad, angry and determined, John would have 50! So his heroines could show a spectrum of feelings ranging from mild irritation to extreme anguish. The same range and complexity you would expect from a real life actor."
Read the rest at : www.millsverse.com/johnarmstrongtribute/
Bella on the cover of Issue #2 - bringing it to the heathens and the believers...
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