Time to spice up your Tuesday with a slightly scandalous set of illustrations from your favorite comic artists. This is a big accordian fold-out book over ten feet long full of portraits of their “pin-ups.” It’s fun to see what sexy looks like in the styles of artists like Adrian Tomine, R.Crumb,Tony Millionaire, Archer Prewitt, Daniel Clowes, Ron Reje Jr. and Gary Panter. Each artist got their own page to pay tribute to their favorite female however they wanted. This book comes cased in a clear plastic box and the inside cover illustration is a street scene where caricatures of the comic artists (by Rick Altergott) roam the area. It also functions as a key for knowing who did what on the inside. I know one too many guys whose first crush was She-ra. So if you were one of those- this book’s for you! This is published by one of my favorites Buenaventura Press. They put out a bunch of amazing stuff which you can buy at their shop here.

p.s. Those of you in the nyc area– Giant Robot is having a book signing and art show of Adrian Tomine’s work. Here’s the details. Also there are still some very beautiful Jen Corace paintings left from their last show available for purchasing here.

© Julia Rothman 2007