Archive for the ‘Pin-Ups’ Category
Halloween Pin-Ups
Posted in Halloween, Pin-Ups on October 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Bettie Page’s Frolicking Funnies!
Posted in 1950s, Bettie Page, Character Design, Comic Book Ads, Comic Books, Dan DeCarlo, Illustration, Pin-Ups, tagged Bettie Page, Dan DeCarlo on September 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Summer days at the beach may be a fading memory for 2012, but here’s one last post before The Catalogue of Curiosities heads into the fall and of course our annual month-long nod to all things Halloween: A pin-up page from Bettie Page’s Frolicking Funnies comic book. This was, of course, an homage to the amazing pin-up pages created by Dan DeCarlo for countless comics, including My Friend Irma and Archie.
So long summer…
The Killing Kiss
Posted in 1960s, British Pulp, Character Design, Crime/Suspense, Diana Dors, Film Noir, Illustration, Pin-Ups, Pulp, Pulp Covers on June 22, 2012| 2 Comments »
It’s been awhile since my last art update and to kick off a new round of illustration work is my paperback cover for the trash thriller, The Killing Kiss (1963, by Robert Daly). This was the first novel in the Ginger North series of books. Ginger North, of course, was the sultry private spy/lawyer/CPA who had a knack for taking down Russian bad guys and throwing back a few Martinis.
Below is another version of the cover illustration…
Ginger North, as a character, was loosely based upon British actress Diana Dors, particularly from the publicity stills below…
Vampira, the Original Glamour Ghoul
Posted in 1950s, Illustration, Pin-Ups, Vampira, tagged Vampira on January 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Emerging from the tomb—Vampira—the coolest of ghouls, ready to haunt the start of 2012. The illustration above was inspired, in part, by the photo below.
2011 is Upon Us…
Posted in Crime/Suspense, Illustration, Pin-Ups on December 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
On the Beach
Posted in Illustration, Pin-Ups, Women, tagged illustration, pin-ups on May 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
MANZINE cover, September 1962
Posted in Illustration, Manly Magazines, Pin-Ups on May 24, 2009| 2 Comments »
Lust For Astro Vixen
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Pin-Ups, Posters on October 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Sophia Macello: Agent X Development Sketches
Posted in Pin-Ups, Sketches, Sophia Macello on September 13, 2008| 1 Comment »
Development sketches for a Sophia Macello: Agent X (formally Agent Danger) movie poster.
Space Girl
Posted in Pin-Ups, Sketches on August 25, 2008| 2 Comments »