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Young music hall dancer wearing a gas mask and helmet, February 1940

(Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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Bettie Page

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Best Bettie picture. X

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Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot directed by Billy Wilder, 1959

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Marilyn photographed by Milton Greene, 1954.

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art by Vince Ray

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For the last year I’ve been playing with Portuguese Pedro and recently we recorded our first videoclip. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did shooting it! 🎥🎙️🎶🎬

#other blog #rockabilly #Portuguese Pedro #pinup #50s #40s #boogie #vintage #retro

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Vegas Showgirls, 1960′s

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Dark Horse Comics Lady Killer mini series (compiled into a perfect bound graphic novel edition) is written by Jamie S. Rich and Joelle Jones, and masterfully drawn by Ms. Jones herself.

The gritty (and bloody!) story deals with a Mad Men era suburban Seattle housewife who’s actually a CIA assassin.

Artist Joelle Jones explains how she playfully put together a series of vintage ad mockups while doing research for the project, shown above (with additional hand lettering by Crank). The mini-series is a dark delight, just as these playfully grim ads are. This isn’t a comics blog, of course. And Rich and Jones’ mini series won’t be for everyone. But the art is still terrific, and those ads are fun. The illustration style and typography is strictly now, but the coloring and general ‘feel’ are pure retro. And we’ll admit it: We love retro, and get a real kick out of seeing contemporary tweaks and twists of vintage 20th century design, illustration and photographic tropes. Check out more of Jones work at joellejones.com.