Military Necessity

The great adventure cartoonist Milton Caniff created a comic strip just for servicemen during World War II, Male Call, featuring the sexy and liberated friend of G.I. and general alike—Miss Lace.

It's thought by many that the immortal Bettie Page's hairstyle was inspired by Miss Lace. In fair play turnabout, here, Jim Silke pays tribute to Miss Lace—having 'Bettie' emulate one of her iconic poses, as seen in the lower images by Caniff. You can see a nice collection of the comic strips at Mr. Door Tree's blog site, by clicking here.

Jim Silke — Bettie as Miss Lace

Milton Caniff — Miss Lace

Passions and Debauchery

Hey kids, daylight savings time is kaput, and I hope you didn't forget and miss Sunday School, cuz today's subject was Sodom and Gomorrah, where we learned that passions and debauchery exploded in history's most wicked city . . . and we had visuals!

Robert Maguire's classic cover portrayal of Asherat, ancient goddess who ruled Palestine before arrival of the male God Jehovah

Jim Silke shows Bettie as Asherat in a lovely homage to Maguire

Art of the Pin-Up

Jim Silke has such a talent for bringing a designerly illustrative quality to the comix. It's fitting that he, being a life-long aficionado of the pin-up, should make everything he creates a loving tribute to that art.

The character Arwyn, from the CrossGeneration comic series Sojourn