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The Blog on Bolles
http://enochbolles.blogspot.com/
A site dedicated to the art of the famous classic pinup illustrator, Enoch Bolles.
- Added on: Nov 12th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Jack R
- Listed in: Artists Art History
- Tags: pin-up pulp magazine enoch bolles film fun spicy pulps deco illustration
Recent Posts
Francis "Smilby" Smith 1927-2009
I got some sad news this week. The cartoonist, writer, and collector extraordinaire, Francis Smith, who signed his work Smilby has passed away I first got to know Francis about 10 years ago after I cold called him. He had written what many still con...
A Hat Trick!
After the last two posts what choice did I have but to pore over my files for other examples of hats. And boy did I find one. Here we see yet another fine example, again from a 1941 issue of Young's. The scan is lousy, but in this case I do have a ph...
Is this what she ended up wearing to the beach?
After my last post I had been lamenting the fate of our beach beauty so cruelly left off the front page, when another possibility flashed in my head. So I present this smashing cover that appeared on the newsstands in 1941 in the dysfunctionally titl...
She didn\'t make the cut
Our fetching lass is known as a comp, or comprehensive sketch, in this case for a Film Fun cover that was never to be. The painting was sold at a Heritage Auction a few months back and would I ever wish I could brag that she was hanging out in my st...
The Style Behind the Cover: Abril Lamarque
If a newsstand was a speakeasy and magazines drinks, Film Fun would be the publishing equivalent of soda water. Pop the cork and you're blasted with an attention grabbing spray of bubbles and gas, which just as quickly hisses away into the ether with...
Bidding Adieu to Intimate Apparel
We end our week of appreciation for intimate apparel as interpreted by Enoch Bolles with this lovely painting from Snappy Stories. I believe the year is 1926 but am not certain. In this case I actually do have a physical copy of this in my collection...
