Happy Birthday, Steve Rude!

Much good wishes to Steve “the Dude” Rude as this year draws to a close. I’ve featured many of Rude’s pieces of DC women this year and I thought it was time to show them again in one of my birthday salutes. Whether he is drawing women in heroic poses, everyday poses and even cheesecake poses, Rude’s art is gorgeous. You always sense his respect for the character and for the person who is viewing the piece. If you like these portraits of DC women I encourage you to go in search of his work of Marvel women as well. He has a series of portraits of Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy which are. well, marvelous. But on to the women of DC:

And finally this: