The Pin-Up Art of Humorama

Collecting the gleefully grotesque and endlessly inventive pin-up cartoons Basil Wolverton created for Humorama magazines in the 1940s and 1950s, this 2011 Fantagraphics volume showcases a master of exaggerated anatomy and rubber-limbed absurdity. Wolverton’s singular style—all bulging eyes, zigzag teeth, and contorted poses—turns classic cheesecake into a riotous, almost surreal celebration of comic art. A must for fans of the artist’s uniquely unhinged vision, it preserves a crucial, wildly entertaining corner of mid-century magazine illustration.