Artist · United States
“comics artist”
1923
Los Angeles
United States
illustrator
1974
Gene Bilbrew.
United States, 1923 to 1974
Eugene "Gene" Bilbrew (June 29, 1923, May 1974) was an American vocal group singer, cartoonist, and "bizarre art" pioneer. As noted in the biography, GENE BILBREW REVEALED: The Unsung Legacy of a Fetish Art Pioneer, he was "the first black career fetish artist in history." Starting in the mid-1950s, he was among the most prolific illustrators of fetish-oriented pulp book covers. In addition to signing his work under his own name, he produced art under a range of pseudonyms, including ENEG ("Gene" spelled backwards), Van Rod, and Bondy.
Biodata
- Born
- 1923, Los Angeles
- Died
- 1974
- Citizenship
- United States
- Work
- comics artist, illustrator
Gene Bilbrew, in numbers
Sketchbook