Full-Length Musical | From The Andrew Sisters to hip-hop! From World War I to Afghanistan. The Pin-Up Girls sing a cavalcade of hits inspired by letters home from our troops overseas! While singing at their local VFW hall, Leanne and her friends stumble upon a huge stash of letters that go back a hundred years. Inspired by what they find- funny, romantic, heartbreaking and? sexy- the ladies put on a show that celebrates the guys and gals who fight to defend our country. (3F, 1M)

Describes the origins and the development in detail and showcasing the most important artists. More than 900 colour illustrations.

Aubrey I fell for the wrong man once, he didn't feel the same. I swore never again. I’m so good with being single that when my childhood friend, Clint, needs to make sure he has health insurance for his daughter, I’m happy to fake marry him and let him have mine. Then a blast from our past, Clint’s ex-boyfriend from high school, shows up at my vintage clothing shop. Brodie tells me he and I are engaged, thanks to a chance meeting with my grandmother. How does that happen? Now I’m caught between the fake husband no one knows about and the fake fiancé everyone is gossiping about, with each of them interested in making our arrangement real and long term. Both of them are better at making me feel loved than I imagined was possible. Can I risk falling again? When I catch not-my-guys-after-all making out with each other, I have to admit… A happy ending may not be in my future.

David Perry, Foreword by Robt. Williams. For as long as young men have been channeling, chopping, and hopping up rods and customs, women - whether loyal girlfriends or trouble-seeking "bad girls" - have been an integral to their scene. In this unique portfolio evoking great 1950s pin-up artists like Vargas and Elvgren, talented photographer David Perry depicts models in and out of cherry-picked rods and customs wearing painstakingly chosen period dress and hairstyles. More than 100 photos present these modern-day pin-ups under three themes: Garage, Cruising, and Race. In addition, essays explore each topic and are also accompanied by pulp novel covers, period mags, and ads that place the photography in a historical context. Captions identify the car owners, photo location, and, where appropriate, interesting car specs and histories.

Feast your eyes on this ‘big year’ of 365 hand-crafted, AI inspired pin-ups! A never-before-seen bountiful buffet of busty, bodacious and bootylicious beauties! This Omnibus edition includes all six volumes of Eva Quim’s Big Beautiful Pin-Up series and an additional baker’s dozen of freshly crafted cuties to bring the total to 367—one year plus a lost weekend of big and bouncy fun! The content’s Include: Big Beautiful Pin-Up Retro Noir Pin-Up Plus-Size Paula Pin-Up Plus-Size Cosplay Pin-Up Fem-Bot & Cyborg Girl Pin-Up Fantastic Figures Pin-up A Bigger and Better Baker’s Dozen NOTE: These aren’t photographs!!!! Eva Quim spent a year dragging these AI inspired images out of the cold uncanny valley into the clear, warm light of day. Hundreds of hours of digital repainting, recoloring, retouching and compositing have had a transformative effect, bringing the lovely ladies here to life. No living artist names, living celebrity names, or copyrighted intellectual properties have been prompted in the creation of these images.

DIVA visual history about how feminist artists have appropriated and incorporated the signification of the pin-up genre within their own work./div

Step back into the golden era of pinup culture as you color in these gorgeous and inspiring women. Whether they're called femme fatales, blonde bombshells, sweater girls, or cheesecakes, they're all pin-up girls--women whose printed image is so alluring that people "pin it up" on their wall or locker to admire. Having seen them in calendars, on pulp novel covers, or as granddad's tattoo, you already know what a classic pin-up girl looks like: sumptuously curvy with a narrow waist and long legs, softly curled hair, a signature red lip, and a touch of glamour, no matter what she's wearing (or not wearing). Icons include Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot, and the "queen of pin-ups," Bettie Page. Explore this seductive world with Pin-Ups Coloring Book, featuring: More than 120 pages of ravishing line-drawn art to color A display-worthy cover with luxurious foil accents An illustrated full-color introduction Meditative monochrome patterns to color on the back of each page With burlesque roots, the pin-up--burlesque's less risqué but suggestive cousin--gained traction in the 1930s as movie and theater posters and in the pages of Esquire magazine. The drawings depicted an "idealized" American girl who was every man's fantasy, praised for her beauty and elegance. But During World War II, the girls started dressing more provocatively, often in military garb, and posing more seductively. Between the magazines, the calendars, and the postcards, many of the images inspired nose art for B-17 bombers overseas, serving as both protective talismans and as a distraction to enemy pilots. The girls were seen as morale-boosting patriotic icons. On the home front, the women and their images portrayed a healthy respect for female beauty and a love for one's sexuality--cultural signifiers that are as relevant today as they were then. Though pin-ups are more of a subculture today, there has been a modern pin-up resurgence. Now you can take a cue from those pin-up artists and color these lovey ladies any way you like. No artistic experience is necessary, so sit back, relax, and immerse yourself in the glitz and the glam of these pin-up girls. Chartwell Coloring Books is the ultimate coloring book series, encompassing designs of every kind. From intriguing abstract patterns to beautiful pictures from the natural, technological, and fantasy worlds, each of these coloring books will soothe the mind and inspire the inner creative in anyone. With so many variations of complex, beautiful designs in each book, you'll have plenty of pages to bring to life. Whether young or old, creative or not, this series has something for you.

Following on the success of his 2005 bestseller Hot Rod Pin-ups, ace photographer David Perry offers an all-new collection of images winningly riffing on the timeless theme of girls ’n’ cars—specifically, girls ‘n’ hot rods. In the garage, on the road, at the race, these sumptuous pictures by the acknowledged master of contemporary hot rod pin-up photography recall classic 1950s illustrators like Vargas and Elvgren. But the beauties in Perry’s photographs have been transported to--and, it seems, transported by--the cluttered chop shops, deafening drag strips, and dusty highways that hot rods call home. Sharing top billing are the cars of many of today’s top builders, as well as painstakingly perfect wardrobes and settings. Essays by male and female stars of the hot rod world round out this delightful book.

This book discusses the overall history of the comic book, paying special attention to girls’ comics, showing how such works relate to a female point of view. While examining the concept of visual literacy, Jacqueline Danziger-Russell asserts that comics are an excellent space in which the marginalized voices of girls may be expressed. This volume also includes a chapter on manga (Japanese comics), which explores the genesis of girls’ comics in Japan and their popularity with girls in the United States. Including interviews with librarians, comic creators, and girls who read comics and manga, Girls and Their Comics is an excellent examination of the growing interest in comic books among young females.