out of water" in the male-dominated superhero field, she reflected on her style in a 1988 interview:[Trina Robbins] made the observation that most women tend to have a more open style, use less shadow, and work in bigger open patterns. I think that's probably true—at least I always did (work in that style). I thought that was a big failing of mine, that I couldn't emulate that kind of photographic reproduction style. When I read that this seemed to be a characteristic of women cartoonists, it made me feel a bit better about it. ... Something that always jarred my eyes is to see the kind of heaviness and ugliness about most comic art. There's not much sweetness to it. It's the tradition, and I don't think it has anything to do with the individual artists. It's just the tradition ... the look. That always troubled me. Retirement Even in retirement, Fradon continued to do cartoon work. For the SpongeBob Comics, Fradon contributed to the Mermaidman stories due to her work for Aquaman. She contributed pencils to the 2010 graphic novel The Adventures of Unemployed Man, the 2012 graphic novel The Dinosaur That Got Tired of Being Extinct, and the collection The Art of Ramona Fradon. Awards Fradon was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006. Bibliography Angry Isis Press Choices #1 (1990) Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog #68 (1999) Bongo Comics Simpsons Super Spectacular (Radioactive Man) #5 (2007) SpongeBob Comics (Mermaid Man) #3 (2011) SpongeBob Comics Annual (Mermaid Man) #1 (2013) DC Comics 1st Issue Special #3 (Metamorpho) (1975) Adventure Comics #165–166 (Shining Knight); #167–168, 170–206, 208–280, 282 (Aquaman) (1951–1961) The Amazing World of DC Comics #10 (1976) The Brave and the Bold #55 (Metal Men and the Atom); #57–58 (Metamorpho); #59 (Batman and Green Lantern) (1964–1965) Detective Comics #170 (Roy Raymond) (1951) Freedom Fighters #3–6 (1976–1977) Gang Busters #10, 21, 25, 28, 30, 58 (1949–1957) House of Mystery #23, 42, 48, 56, 223, 230, 232, 235, 239, 251, 273, 275 (1954–1979) House of Secrets #116, 118, 121, 136 (1974–1975) Just Imagine... Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman #1 (2002) Metamorpho #1–4 (1965–1966) Mr. District Attorney #20–21, 32 (1951–1953) Plastic Man #11–20 (1976–1977) Plop! #8 (1974) Secrets of Haunted House #3, 14, 23 (1975–1980) Secrets of Sinister House #17 (1974) Showcase #30 (Aquaman) (1961) Silver Age Secret Files #1 (2000) Star Spangled War