Aoi Hato Pinup Lures
Years ago in Dublin a mate was talking about his friends new girlfriend, “Ah Jaysus, she’s really got the c*nt hooks into him”. Stuck with me that one! But I digress…
Years ago in Dublin a mate was talking about his friends new girlfriend, “Ah Jaysus, she’s really got the c*nt hooks into him”. Stuck with me that one! But I digress…
Not to be confused with that master of magical realism Haruki Murakami, Kiyo Murakami’s work could well be considered to be its photographic equivalent. Post-apocalyptic-carnival-retro-gothic-erotic-fantasy-burlesque-cyberpunk art. See for yourself. FROM KIYO MURAKAMI’s website: I was born in Shizuoka, currently based in Tokyo, Japan. After I graduated from art school, I […]
From Wiki: American garage punk band The Cramps was active from 1976 until 2009. Its discography consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, four compilations and 24 singles. The band also produced eight music videos. I have way more covers than the above the number of recordings, I guess bootlegs, EPs and re-releases would have different […]
These colorful German cigarette cards from the mid 1930’s caught my eye. The background designs reminded me of Shepard Fairey‘s Obey series. All of the cards are from Brinkmann’s Cigarettes Bunte Filmbilder –or Colored Film Pictures– series 1 and 2 which ran in 1935 and 1936. The designs are almost […]
Here is a small selection of my favorite Xi Pan paintings. And they are lovely. Without meaning to denigrate her, I used the word reminiscent in the title to describe the work. Actually it’s far more complimentary knowing the reminiscences are of Klimt, Schiele and Modigliani. You can read more […]
15 Fun Film Magazine covers, all illustrations by Enoch Bolles. Prof. Jack Raglin’s short bio of Enoch Bolles for MagazineArt.org: Enoch Bolles (1883-1976) was one of the earliest and most widely circulated glamour illustrators. Although known today as a pinup artist, Bolles was a versatile illustrator who also worked in […]
Click on the image above to launch the slideshow. Originally I posted some stills from this pictorial in 2007. While searching backup drives for something else entirely I came across the whole set—somehow 13 years later and halfway around this flat earth—they followed me to Cambodia. This novel was first […]
A collection of titillating paperback covers. Australian writer Alan G. Yates wrote about 150 crime stories under the pseudonym of Carter Brown. The sales were in the millions of copies, no doubt in part to the wonderful pin-up style cover illustrations by Robert McGinnis. Some of the titles and plot […]
In the spring of 1830 the city government of Paris decided to install the first public urinals on the major boulevards. These structures served both as urinals and supports for posters and advertising. They were put in place by the summer, but in July they were put to a completely […]