Is this the same Bill Ward who ran the orange #30 Opel GT in Modified
Sports? His drawings seemed more cartoon-like than Vargas's.
And yes, I remember Vargas and his art (I musta been a bit
precocious, Wes...I found 'em in my father's Playboys. Until he
started hiding 'em. But I always seemed to find the occasional
tidbit under the front seat of his 53 Buick. Never saw the Esquire
pics, though) and he was fantastic. I still have a collection of his
drawings in digital form.
I also remember Bettie Page and the famous bangs. I'd read about her
getting religion, but I didn't realize that she had reconciled it
with her modelling. She was a very lovely lady. I always thought
that her best photos were done by Bunny Yeager, who was also a pinup
model...but wielded a mean Speed Graphic camera, too.
RtR
At 11:15 PM 12/12/2008, joseph lance wrote:
>I remember the "Vargas girls" but my all-time favorites were (and
>are) the drawings of Bill Ward. See www.womenofward.net and several
>other internet sites displaying his work.
>
>Lance
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Wester Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>
>To: "Doug Odom" <dlodom@charter.net>
>Cc: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 6:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Non LSR: remember her?
>
>
>>I'm a little older than most of you and remember the "Vargas girls"
>>Alberto Vargas did for Esquire very well. I am reminded of how
>>lovely they were every time I pull out the CD "The Last of the
>>Whorehouse Piano Players" By Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann with one
>>of his nudes on the front. Photography is wonderful but nothing
>>can touch the allure of those Vargas drawings. Betty Paige just
>>couldn't compete, even in Playboy. And, come to think of it the
>>music is great too, that's why I pull it out of the drawer ... the
>>illustration is just the bonus. I'm going to dub off a copy to
>>have in the car, minus the illustration however. Just great piano playing!
>>
>>Wes
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