A parody of Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus by the photographer Angus McBean, featuring Pamela as Venus and David Ball, Angus’s boyfriend as Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind. I think it appeared in Lilliput in 1952. SaveSaveSaveSave
Art and Illustration
The urge to portray the female figure is as old as man himself, and when early man scratched on the walls of his cave to immortalise his mate, little did he know that he would be laying down the cornerstones of Art. Join us as we take a break from the camera to admire the female form in a different medium, from the cartoons of Colin Gordon and Norman Pett to the paintings of Leonard Boden.
Peeping Tom Comic Strip
Here is a three-page comic adaptation, of the scene in which Pamela Green gets murdered in Peeping Tom. It first appeared in the Italian magazine Diva: Cinema 1951 – 1965. The strip accompanied the article Dalla parte del mostro PEEPING TOM (1960) and was published back in 1989. I’m afraid I Continue Reading
Pamela by Lorenzo Di Mauro
Big thanks to contemporary pin-up art of Lorenzo Di Mauro for this delightful picture of Pamela. You can see more of Lorenzo’s work on his website. SaveSave
