CONTENTS

Foreword by Aline Kominsky Crumb

Introduction

1. Turn of the Century Titillation

Prehistory of Erotic Art

Romans and the Kama Sutra

Early Japanese Shunga Woodblock Prints

Hogarth, Rowlandson, and Bawdy Cartoons

Victorian Values

Aubrey Beardsley

Saucy Postcards and Cheeky Humor

World War I

Arthur Ferrier

The Rise of the Tijuana Bible

Birth of the Pin-Ups

Vargas and Bomber Nose Art

Jane, World War II, and All That

Male Call for G.I. Jane

2. Playboys Hustling in the Penthouse

Rise of Men’s Magazines: Captain Billy

Rise of Men’s Magazines: Humorama

Pin-up Kings: Jack Cole

Pin-Up Kings: Bill Ward

Pin-Up Kings: Dan DeCarlo

Pin-Up Kings: Bill Wenzel

Pin-Up Kings: Don Flowers

Hugh Hefner: Publisher, Visionary, Cartoonist

Playboy’s Artistic Geniuses

Doug Sneyd

Dean Yeagle

Harvey Kurtzman

Will Elder

Little Annie Fanny

Phoebe Zeit-Geist

The Adventures of Pussycat

Wally Wood

Oh, Wicked Wanda!

Penthouse Comix

Hustler Comix

3. Bondage Babes

Irving Klaw’s Cartoon Serials

John Willie

Eric Stanton

Gene Bilbrew

Erich Von Götha

Guido Crepax

Franco Saudelli

Dementia

Michael Manning

4. Under-the-Counter and Underground

Sixties Comix

Comix Gone Bad

Bizarre Sex

Robert Crumb

S. Clay Wilson

Wimmen’s Comix

Tits and Clits

Comix Legacy

5. Abandonment Abroad

Erotic Bandes Dessinées

George Lévis

Robert Hugues

Jean-Claude Forest and Barbarella

George Pichard

Magnus

Mexican Sensacionales

Art Directory

Bibliography

Acknowledgments