Blighty magazine was an important part of British pin-up history, evolving from wartime morale-booster to a popular post-war weekly. Arthur Ferrier‘s pin-up cartoons were a popular feature, appearing alongside photographs of showgirls and starlets including Pamela Green, who appeared in such features as Ooh-La-La!. Blighty – an affectionate nickname for Continue Reading
Arthur Ferrier
Arthur Ferrier’s Pin-up Parade
I’m excited to announce that the Kickstarter project I’m involved in launches on 12th November. Pin-up Parade is a limited-edition three-volume box set that offers an in-depth look at the work of Arthur Ferrier. Arthur Ferrier was a Scottish illustrator based in London, famed for his pin-up cartoons and comic Continue Reading
When Ferrier met Roye: a medium-spanning tribute to the nude
‘Walk in beauty / Vaunt thy rose / Flaunt thy transient loveliness’. So concludes the foreword to Arthur Ferrier’s Lovelies, a true pin-up curio and portrait of two erotic masters at the top of their game. Note the use of the plural ‘masters’, for this is not solely a Ferrier Continue Reading
