The Pin-Up Art of Humorama

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.… (more)