IDOLATOR! THE ART OF RAMROD -- 2021 Annual Pin-Up Gallery [Special Edition] (Art Book)

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2021 ANNUAL PIN-UP GALLERY

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…RAMROD’S BEST ALL-ORIGINAL ARTWORK FROM FALL 2019FALL 2020

“THE COVER” FRONT

Stacia in Dementia --------------------------------- by Mark Pennington & Deighton

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Joe-Joe --------------------------------------------------- Background by Deighton Poetry Girls -------------------------------- by Deighton / Poems by Emily Dickenson Bad Bad Bad Boys ------------------------------- by Jerome Opena / inset by Deighton Safety Girl ------------------------------------------------------- by Valeria Zaiter Her Very First Sip ----------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Architecture Girl -------------------------------------------------- by Valeria Zaiter Light Rail Transit ----------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Chantilly Luna ** ---------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Hammer Damage ** ----------------------------------------------- by Rick Magyar Bad Juror ---------------------------------------------------------- by Jeff St. John Hey Girl ---------------------------------------------------------- by Valeria Zaiter The Valet ------------------------------------------------------------- by Deighton

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Stacia * --- Costume Design by Anita Shumaker, Shelly Strange, Teresita Mueller & Deighton Stacia -------------------------------------------------- by Rick Magyar & Deighton Stacia ------------------------------------------------------------- by Rick Magyar Stacia --------------------------------------------- by Mark Pennington & Deighton Stacia in Dementia -------------------------------------------- by Mark Pennington Stacia in Dementia --------------------------------- by Mark Pennington & Deighton Stacia in Dementia ------------------------------------------------- by Rick Magyar Stacia in Dementia ---- Logo & Inset by Rick Magyar / Background & Poems by Jonni Dramana Stacia in Dementia ------------------------------------------------ by Rick Magyar

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Deathlok * -------------------------------------------------------- by Mike Perkins Silver Surfer ------------------------------------------------- by Matthew Geronimo Silver Surfer ---------------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Dark Angel -------------------------------------------------- by Matthew Geronimo Incredible Hulk * --------------------------------------------------- by Rick Magyar China & Jazz --------------------------------------------------- by Armando Huerta Jazz ----------------------------------------------------------- by Armando Huerta Spider Punk ** ----------------------------------------------------- by Rick Magyar The Punisher / Crashgirl ------------------------------ by Deighton / by Sandra D Lara Superman * ----------------------------------------- by Mark Pennington & Deighton Jane ** ----------------------------------------------------------- by John Heebink Voltaire’s Candide ** -------------------------------------------- by Simon DeBeaver G.L.O.R.I.A. ----- Costume Designs by Chantilly Luna / Advertisement by Jonni Dramana

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Marvel/Led Zeppelin Mash-Up ** ------------------------------------ by Rick Magyar Street Scenes -------------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Hidden Alley ------------------------------------------------------ by Valeria Zaiter Meditation Space ------------------------------------------------- by Valeria Zaiter Jack Dempsey Memorial Arena ----------------------------------------- by Deighton Isolation Station ------------------------------------------------ by Casey Gonzalez Ramroddin’ It ------------------- Responses to Letters to the Editor by Jonni Dramana

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Brenda Lee ----------------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Norah Jones ------------------------------------------------- by Monique Rodriquez Beyonce ----------------------------------------------------- by Monique Rodriquez Stevie Nicks ---------------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Thomas Bernhard ----------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Beyonce / Donna Summer / Elle King ------------------------------------ by Deighton Self Portrait ------------------------------------------------------ by J.J. Grandville Udo Dirkschneider ---------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Jonni Dramana ------------------------------------------------------- by Deighton Janet Jackson ----------------------------------------------- by Monique Rodriguez Ramrod International Press (R.I.P.ress) --------------- Advertisement by Jonni Dramana

THE CARTOONS

STACIA IN DEMENTIA

THE HEROES & VILLIANS

THE BACKGROUNDS

THE PORTRAITS

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“THE BACK” REAR

CREATE FRIENDLY IN 2021!

Halsey --------------------------------------------------------------- by Deighton

IDOLATOR! THE ART OF RAMROD -- 2021 ANNUAL PIN-UP GALLERY. ©℗ JANURARY 2021 SPECIAL GALLERIA EDITION of 500 copies. First Printing. Published by RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS™ (R.I.P.ress™), Ybor City, Florida 33605-2737, U.S.A. by Permission. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED®. Concept Designer, Artist & Publisher: Deighton. Layout Artist & Editor: Jonni Dramana. All Artwork & Content is © & TM by R.I.P.ress™ & its Creators/Artists & may not be copied, distributed or re-sold without their expressed written consent. Inquiries: RamrodInternationalPress@gmail.com. Comments: Jonni.Dramana@gmail.com. Printed by R.I.P.rintco™, Tampa, Florida U.S.A. [ -WORLDWIDE PUBLICATION PREMIER / -R.I.P.ress PUBLICATION PREMIER ]

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EMANCIPATION THE HEART asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it should be The will of its Inquisitor, The liberty to die

NO RAGE can torture me, My soul’s at liberty.

Behind this moral bone There knits a bolder one.

You cannot prick with saw, Nor rend with scimitar.

Two bodies therefore be; Bind one, one will flee

of TRADEMARKS: “CANDIDE” by EROS COMICS / “CHINA” and “JAZZ” by HIGH IMPACT STUDIOS / “DARK ANGEL” by BONEYARD PRESS “DEATHLOK”, “INCREDIBLE HULK,” “PUNISHER,” “S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “SILVER SURFER” and “SPIDER MAN” by MARVEL COMICS / “G.L.O.R.I.A.” by VANESSA MARIE DESIGNS / “JANE” by HUSTLER COMIX / “LED ZEPPELIN” by SWAN SONG RECORDS / “SUPERMAN” by SIEGEL-SHUSTER-DC COMICS All Other Contents/Characters TM & © by RAMROD INTERNATIONAL PRESS and/or Their Respective Creators/Artists . . . Get R.I.P.ressED! [ poems by Emily Dickenson from “Love Poems” © 2020 as owned & published by R.I.P.ress ]

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DOGS BARKING, CRYING BABY She awakes from a daze in a dark alley, staring at some A lot of it!

Thick, dark red Methodically oozing from a lifeless neck It must have just been severed A long sword near the torso, left behind from the struggle Still glistening wet with it, surely the catalyst Perps nowhere in sight She has a thought Everything’s a blur, hazy Shouts echoing from apartments high above

It must have just been severed

DOGS BARKING, CRYING BABY Faint sirens, slowly shrieking louder Cops on the way already The potent dose has begun to wear-off Think, think The thought reappears Surely Enough time for a tiny sample before they come [But isn’t that an act against HER ?]

She gags uncontrollably And then smiles in secret shame...

The very next time she “finds” some there’s no hesitation Warm, salty tasting, with a heavy metal flavour Sick? Not this time Remorseful delight She smiles again

ONE CLEAN STROKE

It really is quite extraordinary The way she looks at things Plotting, calculating Maximum make-up for the beauty Queen Cricket, anyone?

Let’s play with dull, rusty blades Go ahead and give it a shot Low, steady aim Swing back slowly…now follow-through fast!

ONE CLEAN STROKE to the neck It bifurcates her soul Deep down Knowing that everything good is bad And everything bad is good [But isn’t salvation only granted through HER ?]

Yes, the way she looks at things It really is quite extraordinary

Let’s play with dull, rusty blades

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Jonni, I am an 11 year old girl and I really like your comic books. Will you please make more of your comics with some more Superhero characters in them? I really love CRASHGIRL and the SILVER SURFER the best of all. Do you think your character CRASHGIRL will ever marry the SILVER SURFER? I think if they ever met each other they would fall in love and get married. And he would make her not be so crazy anymore.

And because you are also a girl can you have one of your artists who is also a girl draw their wedding? I think that would be really cool too.

Chandley Painter, Age 11 (El Paso, Texas) Dear Chandley, Thank you for the kind words!

We are working hard here at RAMROD to bring our readers new and exciting characters and stories you have never seen before. We like your ideas very much, but our staff agrees that THE VALET (--see pages 14 and 15 in this Annual Edition which you are now holding, plus see our FIGURE-SCAPES comic--) would make a more suitable husband for our sweet-and-sour CRASHGIRL instead of the SILVER SURFER. (Because THE VALET knows how to treat a some-times-“bad-girl” like a lady -- ALL OF THE TIME!).

Keep on “reading friendly,” Chandley!

Jonni D Dear RAMROD team, Nice job, love your books and dig what Deighton and his gang are doing so far, keep up the good work.

Rick Magyar (Oldsmar, Florida) Much Obliged, Rick!

Your advice and amazing artwork helped to make it all happen!

Jonni D

Dear Jonni, What does “RAMROD” mean???

Delilah (Santa Cruz, California) Dear Delilah, Google it!!!......Jonni D To the A**holes at RIPress, My son is 15 and brought home one of your dirty comics called DOUBLE IMPACT RAW. I’m offended your allowed to push that crap on kids and it teaches boys to disrespect women and I took it away from him and yelled at the comic book shop who gave it to my boy as a free sampler but they said he looked 18 because he has a beard, but that doen’t matter and he should have been carded then.

You should have to pay people to read your trash because its worthless JUNK. I hope your crappy company fails and goes out of business soon.

Butch Brannigan (Atlanta, Georgia) Dear Butch, We are sorry you feel so crappy, but are even more sorry for your son to have such an angry jerk for a father! We publish a wide range of books in various genres for many different ages, audiences and tastes. While a few are admittedly a bit “randy,” apparently you have never heard of “adult content” (or biting satire!) as evident by your attempts to censor. Did you notice that DOUBLE IMPACT RAW has an “R” rating on its cover, DAD???

MOST of our books address historic and/or educational topics, and MANY are heavily saturated with themes designed to celebrate and empower (not degrade) women.

But we are more alarmed at what you might do if you find a PLAYBOY under your son’s mattress! [P.S. I kept your grammatical errors fully intact to show-off your smartness] Jonni D

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