The Pin-Up Series

Edited by Alex Chun and me, these books collect the obscure cartoons of old men's humor magazines. Taken from b/w, the art has been recolored with a spot color to mimic the treatment given to the art on the cover of the old pulps. Blown-up details, photocopies, and original art is interspersed to break-up the reading experience and engage the reader.

1. Four of the six books in the series.

2. Sample layouts of "The Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo." DeCarlo is the definitive Archies comic artist who happened to moonlight as a pin-up gag cartoonist. (Essentially drawing Betty and Veronica in lingerie and provocative situations.)



3. Example of how the books are designed to be displayed as a stagger on store shelves with the full title only revealed when placed next to another in the series, back out.