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An interesting footnote to the Pop Art movement of the 1960's is the work of Mel Ramos, who combined nude pin-ups with recognizable corporate images for a satiric blend of cheesecake and commercialism. Another modern artist of mention is Patrick Nagel, who died tragically early in his promising career. Although Nagel's work has the cool aesthetic of woodblocks and don't invite the viewer into a realistic depiction, the fact that his original paintings, and that of his modern contemporaries, pin up casino commands incredible prices speaks to the current attitudes towards the subject of pin-up as a modern art form. The introduction of explicit men's magazines (Penthouse introduced the world to pubic hair in 1970) made such innocent depictions seem quaint and old-fashioned. Photography was a quick and easy means to satisfy the pressures of monthly deadlines. Today's sex symbols seem to be comprised of pre-packaged teen sensations, silicone-enhanced quasi porn stars and anorexic 'supermodels'. Modern pin-up artists such as Olivia de Berardinis, Hajime Sorayama, Carlos Cartagena, Jennifer Janesko, Alain Aslan and John Kacere have turned their vision towards photorealistic fantasy or fetishistic subjects and lack the innocence of their predecessors. (Many also tend to specialize in airbrush, a technique that can leave a cold, hard and artificial look.) Still there are those, such as Dave Stevens, who have not forgotten how to draw a good girl in a bad situation without showing us every anatomical detail of his subjects. We must thank Dave, not only for creating the Rocketeer character, but for reviving interest in the great photo pin-up gal of the 1950s, Bettie Page. I am also particularly fond of some modern European illustrators such as Milo Manara. (There's also Eric Stanton, who provided us with bad girls in bad situations, but that is the opposite direction of cheesecake!) To draw the line arbitrarily, I have created a page specifically for another interest of mine, comics. Although Stevens, Greg Hildebrandt, Pinup Jay Pike, Bill Ward and others have experience in the comic world (Which includes the sub-genres of 'good girl', 'bad girl', superheroine and Anime), their depictions continue to expand my precepts of successful pin-up art and are documented elsewhere. Pin-Up Artists: Addams, Lara Armstrong, Rolf Ballantyne, Joyce Olivia de Berardinis Blanton, Mark Bolles, Enoch Brule, Al Chiriaka, Ernest D'Ancona, Edward Driben, Peter Ekman, Harry Elvgren, Gil Erbit, Jules Harrison, Fisher Henslee, Jack Hildebrandt, Greg Janesko, Jennifer Kacere, John Layne, Bill Jerry von Lind Medcalf, Bill Meunier, Susanne Moran, Earl Mozert, Zoe Munson, K.O. Nagel, Patrick Pearl, Frush Petty, George Ramos, Meir Randall, Bill Runci, Edward Sarger, Xavier Sorayama, Hajime Thompson, T.N.