Mermaids

The Mermaid, by Henry O'Hara Clive. Cover art for American Weekly, March 26, 1939.







Calendar illustration by Ren Wicks, 1964.

Frazetta Girls

Faith, 1970.




The Countess and the Green Man, 1989.




Frazetta girl, 1968.




Frazetta girl, 1960s.

Pinups by Ernest Chiriacka

Ernest Chiriacka (1913-2010) studied under Harvey Dunn at the Grand Central School of Art. His first pulp illustrations were published in 1939. In the 1950's Chiriacka began working for the slick magazines and painting paperback book covers. He retired from commercial illustration in 1965. More on him here.

Below are three pieces by Chiriacka, one pinup and two slightly seamier works.




Cover for Never Love a Man, 1962.







Cover for The Future Mr. Dolan, 1959. Novel by Charles Gorham.




Brown and Bigelow Calendar illustration, circa 1953.

Knute Munson Pin-Ups

Like a couple other folks have said, there isn't a better way to start off the New Year than with some pictures of some pretty women.

Knute Munson (1900-1967) studied under artists Andrew Loomis and Harvey Dunn. Through his friendship with Earl Moran, Munson began working at the advertising firm Brown & Bigelow. When Earl McPherson entered the armed forces in 1944, Munson took over the firm's popular Artist's Sketch Pad Calendar. Below is a selection of Munson's art for these calendars.

Happy New Year!

A Real Happy New Year by J.C. Leyendecker, no date.




Mickey Mouse Magazine, vol. 3, #4. January 1938.

Party TIme!

Here's some art to get you in a party mood for New Years...




Record Party, Magnavox Corporation Ad, c.1948.




Teenage Party, Coca-Cola Ad by Harry Anderson, 1958.




The Party by Arthur Sarnoff, no date.




Mickey Mouse Sheet Music, c1932.

Weird Wednesday

Adventures Into Weird Worlds #6, May 1952.




Weird Adventures #10, July 1951.




Ghostly Weird Stories #122, March 1954. Cover by L.B. Cole.




Weird Tales of the Future #4, November 1952. Cover by Basil Wolverton.




DC 100-Page Super Spectacular Weird Mystery Tales #4, 1971. Cover by Bernie Wrightson.




The back cover featured the front cover art without the type and logos.




Weird Mysteries #7, October 1953.




Weird Science #7 (Canadian edition), 1951. Cover by Al Feldstein.




Weird War Tales #9, December 1972. Cover by Nick Cardy.




Weird Western Tales #12, July 1972. Cover by Joe Kubert.




Weird Worlds #1, September 1972. Cover by Joe Kubert.