Believe it or not; I am Cire. I first drew for Ron Dvorkin at California Supreme. I was very happy to actually be "published", although tons of drawing, and work don't amount to much money. Regardless, I was happy to have an outlet for my drawings, and Ron was happy to accept it. At the time he had the iconic artist Glenn as his flagship artist, and I was never in his league for execution of imagery. There are cartoonists that will work for endless hours on their stuff, but I was never that devoted. Sitting at a drawing board is hard on the back, and eyes, and that strength, combined with profound creativity, and damn good drawing skills is rarer than an honest politician. I also drew for ASF in England, Eric Stanton, and Triumph Studios, but only ASF reproduced my work. Unfortunately, death took Eric, and the guy at Triumph so I have no idea what happened to the work I submitted to them.
For me, art was always a sideline, and outlet for my love of drawing. Women wrestling, catfights, and general female mayhem has been with me for as long as I can remember, and I’ll bet you it will be with me until I die. Why? Who the hell knows? I love women, and I wish no harm to any of them; but I only know that I love to see two gorgeous girls in a sex lock, pulling hair, and whaling on each other. If that is bad, then we are all doomed, but I don’t think so. There are some very creepy perversions out there, and some horribly twisted psychos that intend unspeakable bad things for their fellow humans, but I’ve never seen any of that here. I hate too much blood, and I abhor death fights. I think two girls should get more pleasure from their fight than I do, and that was always my goal as an artist. My philosophy about female fighting is perfectly stated by E.F. Cherrytree, in a short story he wrote called; “Hello Out There”, which was published back in the late 1960s in a magazine called Evergreen. You should be able to find it on the ubiquitous internet.
I don’t draw much anymore as computer generated imagery is making the drudgery of hand drawing obsolete. I think that is a pity as there is no substitute for the thought that goes into committing to a drawing. However, there is a lot to be said for the spontaneity and ease of 3D imagery.
I hope this wasn’t too wordy, and long winded. I love this site, and Hello Out There, to all the like minded men, and women that love what we love. Regards, Cire.
Thank you so much for your contributions to the world of female combat artwork! I used to get those California Supreme catalogues in my PO box back in the 90's, and I had bought one or two drawing sets by Glenn. I wish I would have picked up some of yours but in those days my spending budget on such things was pretty limited, and I usually spent what money I had on videos that would almost invariably turn out to be a disappointment!
I too create hand drawn depictions of female fighting, though I admit mine have gotten substantially more brutal, but in spite of that, like you said, I don't wish real harm on women. Even in the fantasy art world I have been creating for over 30 years, there are rules. All the women (who are 100% fictional creations) MUST be voluntary. Everything they do is by desire.
The computer generated stuff is ok, and many of the people making it are extraordinarily talented, but to me it just isn't quite the same.
