Manga and Anime is ripe with unaware good girls and deliberately sultry bad women. This is a short salute to my personal favorite artists and characters.

Manga (‘comics’ in Japanese) and Anime (‘animation’ in Japanese) are not just “those cute girls with big tits and big eyes” (as demonstrated to the left). Although there’s a lot of that, and the Japanese are known to let go of all sexual inhibition, when it comes to their illustrated entertainment. I believe Manga and anime are a fine art, with many styles and agendas. After all, you wouldn’t say all Western comics are about super heroes, would you?

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Tags: Manga pinups, Chun Li , Anime pinups, Shinobu , Big Tits and Big Eyes, Sumeragi Natsuki , sailormoon, Fairy tales for adults, Junko Mizuno, Aeon Flux, Last Exile, Little kimono, Maestro Delphine Eraclea, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rei Ayanami, Street Fighter, sex kitten, Good Girls, Japanese pinup girls

Is the contemporary pinup pornography?

Last week, I posted a whimsical little anthology about pinups in sports. I had a few interesting remarks, on and off-site, inquiring as to “Where are the real women?” I didn’t completely understand the nature of the question, but a thought came to my head: Unlike Playboy, some readers read this blog for the pictures. Am I a Porn Blog? Some, I suppose, think so.

All this train of thought brings us to today’s issue: Is the contemporary pinup pornography?
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Tags: Contemporary Pinup, classic pinups, Erotica, pornography, Shakira, sexuality, eroticism and fantasy, BDSM culture, misogynistic, Lorenzo Di Mauro, Hagime Soroyama, George Petty , olivia de Berardinis, Frank Frazzeta, Christina Aguilera, Billy De Vorss, Alberto Vargas, Enoch Bolles, Britney Spears

Comic Vine is an interactive wiki site for all super hero comics lovers. In relevance to our pinup dealings, you might find the Attractive Female List. This list doesn't just rank many female comic heroines, but it let's yo vote, too! Of course, every image leads to the character's page, with information, images and covers of the volumes the character has appeared in. Other than that, the site has a blog, reviews and updates when new editions come out.

Tags: Comic Vine, Attractive Female List, super hero comics, female comic heroines

Visual artists can’t hide behind their work, at some point, some one will notice, a fetish, a habit a quirk. Missing belly buttons, fake breasts, detached heads- This is a list of the 10 most fucked up pinups in classic cheesecake history.

No disrespect to these wonderful artists- as an artist myself- I know how much it sucks to be told “you missed a spot”. These details, however, are part of pinup history, and quite an idiosyncratic part, at that. I hope you enjoy this quirky look at fine pinup art.

#10 Alberto Vargas’ Pointed Nails

Alberto Vargas’ work is practically flawless. It’s skillfully executed and unfathomably beautiful. Vargas has many fetishes, but this tiny detail is so idiosyncratic and mysterious, and it repeats every single time! Pointed nails are in every Vargas image, without exception! What can this mean? Is it a catwoman thing? Is it an esthetic preference? Is Vargas flirting with danger? What do you think?


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Tags: Visual artists, pinup history, Carlos Diez, Damsels in Distress, Alberto Vargas, White Haired Goddesses, George Petty, Gravity Defying Breasts, Peter Driben, Big Breasts, Frank Frazetta, Nipples, Gil Elvgren, Big Butts, Hubert De Lartigue, Lorenzo Di Mauro, Puckered Lips, Greg Hildebrandt, Pointed Nails, Elizabeth Austin

Sexy astronauts, alluring aliens, and sassy space warriors are a mainstay in pinup culture. Taking erotic fantasy out of this world.

Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon captured many people’s imagination, all around the world. But it wasn’t until a hundred years later, that the Apollo 11 would land on the moon and really fuel pop culture. It’s easy to find fantastic images of sexy aliens, today. TV and the cinema have made it popular with movies and shows such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Total Recall and many more.



I’d like to take a more chronological-as-possible look at the pinup space fantasy, because I think, all you pinup lovers will be pleasantly surprised.

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Tags: Erotic fantasy art, space pinups, Luis Royo, sexy aliens, High tech Fetish, Barbarella, Bill Randall, Andrew Bawidamann, cartoon cheesecake, Marcus Gray, Hubert De Lartigue, erotic sci/fi, Frank Frazetta, 1950's, Hajime Sorayama, 1980's, olivia de Berardinis

Plus-size pinups are a niche within a niche. It's hard to see a potential of growth outside of the plus-size fetish community. I would like to propose otherwise, by showcasing a few plus-size pinup artists.

Searching for plus-size pinups is (as in many other pinup sub-niches) tough and yields little results. Even more discouraging was finding the following short conversation on Yahoo Answers, in the begining stages of research.

Q: Who are some of the greatest plus-size pin-up models of today?

A1: Look on myspace, and you'll find plenty. the thing is, pin-up models, plus size or otherwise, aren't really part of a booming industry outside of fetishists, Betty Page fans and tattoo conventions. Can you name a contemporary pin-up model (outside of Dita Von-Teese) at all?
Plus size pin-ups especially are a non-issue - I can't name any because there aren't any famous ones. Again, you'll find hundreds of women calling themselves plus size models on myspace - so you can check them out there, but the majority of them are not actual models.

A2:Are you talking about waist line or bust size?
Not a huge market for fat pin-ups. Pun intended.
With the advent of the internet the market for modern pin-ups has become huge, de-valued, international, and fragmented. I can't say who is the queen of today's pin-up market. 99% of pin-ups are viewed eletronically and never make it to print. Just 10 years ago it was the complete opposite.
Certainly there is no modern Betty Page of any size.

Hilda - Very Humble Beginnings

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Tags: Hilda, Plus-size Pinup, pinup artists, Duane Bryers, Booty Babe Art, Les Toil girls, Bodacious Magazine, chris Cooper, Big Bad Girls

When comics artists draw women they unleash some incredible fantasies. These fantasies have read the minds of millions of boys and girls across the world (and no, that’s hardly something to worry about ).

Comic book artists are known for overemphasizing the female form. The comic book pinups are inhumanly structured and impossibly costumed and that’s what makes them so much fun. This is a tribute to some good artists and some bad girls, taking The Pinup Shop Blog to the darker side of pinups.

Joe Jusko - Vampirella

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Tags: Good comic artists, Bad pinup girls, Vampirella, Joe Jusko, shi, William Tucci, Adam Hughes, catwoman, Wonderwoman