Starting with one of the first comics to feature women wrestlers.
(Fight Comics, USA - somewhere in the 1940s)
Which I found here: Digital Comic Museum
UK artist Beryl Cook was always known for her large, exuberant ladies.
Here's two of them in the ring.
Here's two of them in the ring.
I'm guessing Klondyke Kate was the template for these.
Some manga next, starting with a bloody cage match.
Quite possibly inspired by the "Wannabes" OVA
Warning - on the brutal side
If anybody knows where this next pic is from I'd appreciate a heads-up.
I think I found it on a Yahoo group.
I suspect the blonde was not getting up from this.
The next two are - I think - from the same manga which
I used to own but seems to have gone AWOL.
Again, anybody who knows what it's called, get in touch.
I vaguely remember picking this up in the late 1990s
Somebody once described Joshi Puroresu to me as
"You get the cute ones and the monsters.
"You get the cute ones and the monsters.
And the monsters terrorize the cute ones"
I think this pic sums that up quite nicely.
This is from one of the ads you always used to
get in the back of wrestling mags.
Note the blatant jiggling.
And finally, a pic from Love and Rockets again.
Rena Titanon celebrates after defeating arch-rival Tia Vicki
Note authentic 1970s horrible hairdo. It's like a lacquered crash helmet.
Great style of work, totally love it and love to watch this in artwork, Everyone loves a good girl fight. Watch original girl catfights on www.catfight.com
ReplyDeleteGood art.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Glad you liked them.
Deletehope to see more of the female wrestling art, great stuff!
ReplyDeleteI know manga that first for that, it calls female wrestler beniko
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