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She was a hottie for sure, RIP Bettie.
Friend of mine is a huge fan, hated bringing her the bad news yesterday
First Bettie Page, then Van Johnson, I wonder who'll be next... they always go in threes"...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan PoeComment
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note the "See all 130 products" tag. The comics industry is closely tied to Bettie Page and will continue to be for some time. Comics brought Bettie to the attention of the media again, enough to produce a couple films about her life. Without the ongoing promotion, I doubt that she would have been as well-remembered as she is.
And I don't believe Bettie is totally adult material. Yes, there's all that S&M bondage photo stuff (and that was an act- Bettie was not that- in fact she was very religious). But that is my least favorite part of the Bettie Page gallery...there is also a great deal of innocent, playful Bettie. IMHO, the best Bettie art & photos project that "Look how much fun this is optimism" image. Aside from the Klaw stuff, she mostly projects a positive image.
Here's a nifty online Bettie comic Dark Horse Comics has with art by Russ Heath:
Bettie Page :: Animations :: Dark Horse Comics
There's also some Bettie games online there as well.Comment
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Dark Horse caters to a more adult crowd. Not so much to kiddies. All that merchandise is for adults. Bettie was 50's cheesecake but was very risque for that time.Irving Klaw did get in trouble for distributing and selling photos. It looks innocent because we were exposed to more hardcore images. Also Bettie did do spread leg shots and fully nude during that time.
Bettie was not religious during that time. She found Jesus later on towards the end of her modeling career and disappeared from the modeling world.
Bettie got the most attention in comics because of the Rocketeer his Betty character is based on her. Disney when they did the movie didn't want Bettie associated with the movie and changed the character to Jenny.
Between Dave Stevens drawings and Disney's Movie and Greg Theakston's The Bettie Pages is what brought Bettie back into the fold in the late 80's and early 90's everyone then started writing and looking for her again.Last edited by kingdom warrior; Dec 13, '08, 2:21 PM.Comment
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Paul Benedict's death was recent enough to count for this example you're
looking for----or is the "threes" rule only in synch when the celebs have
some kind of connection i.e. eras of popularity?"No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris MannixComment
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Deaths in 2008 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
...and that's just for the month of December.Last edited by Hector; Dec 13, '08, 6:38 PM.sigpicComment
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Plenty of deceased celebrities among that 2008 list...
Deaths in 2008 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
of each other----although I don't give it acknowledgement personally."No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris MannixComment
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"No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris MannixComment
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Less talk about Hector's posting habits, and more Bettie memorials please.
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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