Flirt! Volume One: The Art of Naughty (Knockabout Comics) [Paperback]

NA (Author), Carlos Cartegena (Author), Sean Gallimore (Author)

Book Description

Series: Knockabout Comics | Publication Date: February 14, 2002

Pin-up art has been appreciated for decades - a guilty pleasure that's kept generations of pop art aficionados smiling quietly to themselves! Now it?s recognized throughout the world as a valid artform, and hangs in the most prestigious art galleries, fetching sky-high prices. To honor the best and newest in the field, FLIRT! takes an up-close and personal look at the artists who make bad girls look soooo good! In this premiere volume, the illustrations of fantasy greats Carlos Cartegena and Sean Gallimore are showcased. It's a full color extravaganza, with brilliantly reproduced illustrations on superb coated stock. This is a series with plenty of sex-appeal and a must-have for pin-up fans

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: SQP Inc.; 1st edition (February 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865620512
• ISBN-13: 978-0865620513
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,605,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A PAIR OF PIN-UP GIANTS, January 20, 2006

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Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flirt! Volume One: The Art of Naughty (Knockabout Comics) (Paperback)

"Flirt" the art of Naughty Volume 1 is a double-sided, oversized book collecting the works of Carlos Cartegena one side and Sean Gallimore on the other. The Guatemalan born Cartegena came to the U.S. in 1981 and his work has been featured in magazines such as Playboy, Penthouse, and Femme Fatale. Cartagena is rightly considered as one of the top glamour/pin-up artists working today and in the same class as Olivia and Soroyama. His work is in the finest tradition of glamour pioneers Gil Elvgren, Rolf Armstrong and Mel Ramos.

Page 7 features one of my favorite Cartegena paintings "Alley in Silk" as the beautiful model lies in a bed of silk, pink sheets doing her best 1950's Marilyn Monroe pose. "School Girl" is a charming, sassy painting of a pig-tailed Catholic school girl bending over to get a drink of water in her little mini-skirt. "Red Silk is another favorite that shows a brunette in red bra, garter, and fishnet stockings looking like she was just caught by surprise.

The last several pieces in the book are certainly Ramos/Elvgren inspired 50's pin-up style pieces with women in polka-dot bikinis. This book shows why Cartagena is considered one of the top pin-up artists.

Now flip the book over and check out Sean Gallimore. Gallimore actually got his start working at animation studios such as Hanna Barbera and the Bluth Studios but then decided to dedicate himself completely to his art. That decision was great news for fans of pin-up art. Gallimore has a glamorous yet textured style giving his work a truly unique look.

On page 4 we get Gallimore's take on super heroes as he shows a topless Supergirl getting into her costume in one of his most famous pieces. The piece entitled "Busty Oily" is well named as it shows a buxom brunette, cupping her well-oiled breasts. Gallimore shows off the female anatomy and muscle structure as well as any artists I have ever seen, demonstrated on Pages 22 - 25 showing off a variety of Gallimore's well muscled, nude warrior women.

Flirt: The Art of Naughty is collecting the works of these two men for the first time and pin-up fans will love the two distinctive styles of art.

Reviewed by Tim Janson

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OMIGOD!!!!!!, October 7, 2006

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Ace Boon Coon "the metal guitarist climbs the... (on break at Kroger) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flirt! Volume One: The Art of Naughty (Knockabout Comics) (Paperback)

First of all, read Mr. Janson's review, since everything he said is right on the mark!! I can honestly say that this is the coolest pin-up book I own. Cartegena is a classic Vargas sorta airbrush artist who creates very clean, colorful and bouncy vixens, and Sean does small scale color pencil and charcoal drawings of body builder types. I liked Cartegena's best, since his are more sensual while Sean's are alot rougher and more explicit renderings of women (the women actually have goosebumbs on their nipples!!). definetely a good buy if you like pin-ups.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cute girls, August 28, 2005

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C. anderson "mag looker" (pa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flirt! Volume One: The Art of Naughty (Knockabout Comics) (Paperback)

the art of naughty is a fine collection beautiful babes that men will enjoy looking at.