The Classic Pin-Up Art of Jack Cole
by Jack Cole
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Jack Cole has been justly celebrated as the creator of Plastic Man and aninnovative comic-book artist of the 1940s (especially in Art Spiegelman and ChipKidd's Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched To Their Limits).However, after finishing his 14-year run on the title, he found himself lookingfor something new and decided to develop his craft at single panel"gag" cartoons, which led work for the Humorama line of "girlsand gags" magazines. His ability to render the female form was show more alreadywithout peer, and exquisite line drawings and a mastery of ink-wash soonappeared. The Classic Pin-Up Art of Jack Cole, now in softcover, collectsthe rare '50s pin-ups that led to the artist's gig as Playboy's marqueecartoonist. Along with a foreword by editor Alex Chun, this volume (originallyreleased in a now out-of-print hardcover edition that fetches high prices in thesecondhand market) collects the best of these hidden gems, including severalshot from Cole's stunning original art. Most of these drawings had not seenprint elsewhere since their original publication. show lessTags
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- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
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- NC1429 .C64 .A4 — Fine Arts Drawing. Design. Illustration Drawing. Design. Illustration Pictorial humor, caricature, etc.
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