The Pin-Up Art of Humorama

By Alex Chun

During the 1950s, under the Humorama banner, Abe Goodman churned out scoresof cheap digest-sized magazines that featured cheesecake photos and single panelpin-up cartoons. The digests featured the likes of Playboy 's Jack Cole,Archie's Dan DeCarlo and glamour girl legend Bill Ward. In addition to thesethree pin-up cartooning luminaries, other notable who contributed to the pagesof the Humorama digests included longtime illustrator Jefferson Machamer; BasilWolverton, who influenced a generation of underground cartoonists; Mad 'sDave Berg ("The Lighter Side"); and future syndicated cartoonists GeorgeCrenshaw ("Belvedere"), Bill Hoest ("The Lockhorns") and Brad Anderson("Marmaduke"). With this latest volume in its popular pin-up series,Fantagraphics continues its commitment to showcasing the best of the classicpin-up cartoon artists. Drawing from private collections of original art andthousands of Humorama digests, editor Alex Chun has once again selected the bestof these long out-of-print images.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560979593
• ISBN13: 9781560979593
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.7" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher