Tool Time

Cyndi Wood, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Year for 1974. Here's a picture of her in a bikini posing with some weird tool or auto part.

Gahan Wilson Cartoons

Macabre Gahan Wilson cartoons from Playboy magazine, 1965.

Vargas Girl

From Playboy magazine, April 1963.

Vargas Girl

Playboy magazine, March 1972.

Vintage Advertisements

All from the pages of Playboy magazine, late 1950's and early 1960's.

Christmas 1960: Playboy Style

The cover photo for the December 1960 issue of Playboy, and the Vargas girl from the same issue.

Random Pinup Friday

From Playboy magazine, 1975.

Playboy Covers

Early Playboy magazine covers. There's some interesting graphics and photography on these.

February 1954.

March 1954.

April 1955.

May 1955.

July 1955.

May 1957.

November 1957.

February 1958.

September 1971.

Sundblom's Naughty Santa

Haddon Sundblom was most famous for his Coca-Cola ads featuring Santa Claus. Here's a painting by him that was used for the December 1972 issue of Playboy.

Pinups by Arnold Kohn

Some pinups and cartoons by Arnold Kohn (1920-1984). Kohn lived in Chicago and began contributing illustrations and covers to pulp magazines in 1944. He also painted many paperback book covers and was a contributor to Playboy magazine in the 1950's. More on Kohn here.




"Take Off Your Glasses So I Can See What You Look Like" Playboy, July 1956.




"There's something I have to tell you dear. You like your pipes better after they've been broken in ..." Playboy, March 1956.




Hanging Around, n.d.




Brunette Pinup, n.d.

Scooter Girl

Absolutely nothing to do with comic books, illustration art, or fantasy and science fiction art: but here's a great picture of a lady on a scooter from a 1969 issue of Playboy magazine. From the Playboy Fashion blog.

Playboy Pictures

Not those kind! Good living as envisioned by an unknown artist for Playboy magazine, I'm guessing 1970's or early 1980's.