Audrey Hepburn and Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones, in Madrid, Spain June 27, 1964

there’s a (male) artist that i really admire and love the work of -> i find that his wife/partner is also an artist -> i get into her work and like it way more -> the cycle continues

DiDi Glitz from the sketchbook. DiDi was created by the late underground cartoonist Diane Noomin (she passed in 2022). She was married to Bill Griffith (underground cartoonist and creator of Zippy The Pinhead). She was close friends with Aline Kominsky-Crumb (underground cartoonist and wife of Robert Crumb) who passed away a mere two months after her.

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Griffith - Berserk

Artist: Aline Psidonik Finkler

ooohh for the tag game, I'm super interested to hear about the multichap fic!

Hii friend!! 🙋🏽‍♀️

Lowkey, I'm so excited to start sharing more about "Fire On Fire" bc it's the first thing I've written since like 2018-2019 & it's kind of my baby. 🤭

So the story centers around 3 people primarily:

• Alix Martinelli: a former debutante and pin-up model turned OSS spy. She is assigned to seduce German officers (who are too visible for Resistance members to safely eliminate), luring them away from bars and dancehalls so she can kill them + steal any information and/or weapons they may be carrying. Despite being an assassin, she is wracked with guilt over all the blood on her hands & haunted by the looks in their eyes as they died.

(Think Hannie Schaft & Aline Griffith if they had been trained like Virginia Hall & Nancy Wake)

Allied nurses are rarely searched at checkpoints so she uses her cover as an Army combat nurse (hence why she travels with Easy) during the day to smuggle the stolen information + supplies to the front lines. But love + duty conflict for her because she is hopelessly in love with Joe Liebgott even though logically, she knows the both of them might not ever see tomorrow. They've been hooking up in secret for some time (& the way they look at each other, people just assume they're together) but when they do decide to make it official, it comes at the worst possible time and in the midst of war, the strength of their love will be put to the ultimate test.

• Lewis Nixon: her handler and reluctant mentor. He's such a sardonic, uptight asshole in this because he's emotionally stunted & he cares too much. As her handler, he needs to maintain a level of emotional distance (bc what if she gets killed in the field?) but he just can't because she reminds him of his beloved little sister, Blanche. And he doesn't know how to express his brotherly affection without getting emotional so instead, he's just the world's biggest overprotective, nitpicky, micromanaging douchebag half the time🤣

And of course,

• The one and only Joe Liebgott: One of Easy Company's "designated killers", as Major Winters called him, who finds that his one & only weakness is his love for Alix. He knows he has no right to be upset because it's her job but he can't help but be jealous of the men who get to dance with her. Filthy Nazi officers have no right to touch his princess and he wishes a slow death on them all.

Her paradoxical softness and strength inspire him and despite their star-crossed circumstances, he can't help but envision a future where their stormy, passionate relationship doesn't have to be a secret anymore and they can have a life together...if they both come out of the war alive.

In summation: put more fire on fire and soon, something is bound to explode..

Thank you so much for the Ask, lovely!! 💖

Episode 552 - Bill Griffith

Legendary cartoonist Bill Griffith returns to celebrate his fantastic new book, THREE ROCKS: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, The Man Who Created NANCY (Abrams ComicArts). We get into his lifelong history with NANCY, how that strip was like a lesson in what comics are, the time he brought his Zippy The Pinhead into Bushmillerland, why Bushmiller and Crumb are the only two cartoonists whose work gives him 100% pleasure (and don't inspire criticism or jealousy), how the idea for Three Rocks percolated for a few decades until he read Paul Karasik & Mark Newgarden's book HOW TO READ NANCY, and why he decided not to draw Bushmiller's characters in his book (he collages existing Nancy, Sluggo, & Fritzi art instead). We also discuss how many of his cartooning students have never read NANCY but still wear T-shirts with her face (& trademark spiky hair), the problems younger cartoonists have with continuity in storytelling, and what he's learned from teaching. And then we talk about the death of Bill's wife, the great underground cartoonist Diane Noomin, and how he's gotten by in the year since. We get into the new comic Bill made about (& with) Diane, The Buildings Are Barking (Fantagraphics/FU), how he still hears her voice, what it's like to work on a new book without the person who read every panel of his for 49 years, keeping Zippy going while grieving, how having a daily strip all this time seems to have immunized him from anniversaries, the ferry ride he & Diane used to share, how the death of Aline Kominsky-Crumb two months after Diane's brought him and Robert Crumb closer, and more. Sign up for Bill's daily Zippy e-mail, and listen to our 2015 and 2019 conversations • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our Substack

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Her best-known creation was a sendup of a certain kind of female stock character. But Ms. Noomin rendered her with compassion, and used her to tell important stories.

Diane Noomin, who was a pioneer of feminist underground comics in the 1970s and whose comic book Twisted Sisters, a collaboration with her fellow artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb, has been a touchstone for generations of female cartoonists, died on Sept. 1 at her home in Hadlyme, Conn. She was 75.

The cause was uterine cancer, said her husband, Bill Griffith, the cartoonist whose best-known creation is Zippy the Pinhead.

Ms. Noomin’s best-known creation was DiDi Glitz — a curvy, big-haired, leopard-print-loving, fishnet-stocking-and-miniskirt-wearing and hard-drinking single mother. DiDi, whose world was filled with bad sex, sleazy men, cocktails and extravagant decorating, was a sendup of a certain kind of suburban stock character, but she was rendered with both affection and compassion.

#HappyAnniversary to Aline and your 2018 #Toyota #Corolla from Everyone at Van Griffith Kia!

Book Review…The Secret Keeper by Siobhan CurhamUndercover in occupied Europe, risking her life daily, Elena never planned to fall in love. But everything changes when she meets Santiago in a crowded bar. But he can never know her real identity and opening her heart to him could put both of them in jeopardy. Elena cannot help but fall for Santiago, but can she truly trust him?Then Elena is tasked with a dangerous assignment, delivering coded maps for the Resistance. As she leaves the meeting, she hears heavy footsteps closing in behind her. Fighting off her attacker, she races back to the station, barely making it onto the train. She is forced to confront the worst: her cover is blown and now nowhere will be safe.To stay alive Elena must flee the city, leaving the man she’s grown to love behind. But she desperately wants to finish her mission, and she will not leave Santiago to face the wrath of the Gestapo alone.Torn between her heart and her head, should she risk everything to save her love or was he the one who betrayed her to the enemy?The Secret Keeper is based on the real-life American model turned spy Aline Griffith. This was a captivating story about a woman who lived a courageous life and one you can help but admire. She was daring and brave! Learning about spy training was very interesting and extensive. Combat, weapons, ciphers and more! It's definitely not a job for everyone! The drama and the suspense build throughout the whole book. Once again Siobhan Curham has given us an amazing adventure! Thank you Bookouture and Siobhan Curham for sharing this book with me!

Romanones Emerald Necklace ♕ Sold in 2011 to an anonymous buyer 

THE COUNTESS

Aline Griffith Dexter, Countess of Romanones (1923-2017)

(via Model, Countess, Author, Spy: Aline Griffith Is Dead - The New York Times)

Join NWFF and writer/director Megan Griffiths for a LIVE virtual 10th anniversary screening of her film The Off Hours! The screening will be accompanied by a live chat with Griffiths, Lacey Leavitt, and Ben Kasulke, and other cast/crew about the making of the film (and any Qs the audience may have throughout the screening!), and will also be followed by a recorded conversation between Griffiths and actors Amy Seimetz, Scoot McNairy, and Ross Partridge.

Thu Apr 23: 6.00pm PDT

(via badpostscoot on Twitter)