Mutoworld is dedicated to Pin-Up history from prehistoric to Pop Art, with special attention to the masters of the genre. What started as research into the pin-up Mutoscope cards of the 1940s has grown to include scans of all known cards and variants, information about values and counterfiets and biographies of all known Mutoscope artists.

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Topics include

Paleolithic 'Venus' sculptures, Hellenic Godesses, Leda and the Swan, Neoclassicism, Academic Art, Psyche, Orientalists, Pre-Raphaelites, Nose-art, Pulps, Pop Art, Comics, Story Papers, Tijuana Bibles, Blatant nudity, 'Spicy' stories, Film Noire Hollywood, Paperbacks, Playboy, Other men's magazines, 'French postcards', Hollywood starlets, Pirelli Calendar, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Supermodels and Victoria's Secret.

Artist biographies

Charles Dana Gibson, Alphonso Mucha, Jules Chéret, Raphael Kirchner, Howard Chandler Christy, Harrison Fisher, Angelo Asti, Mabel Rollins Harris, Maxfield Parrish, Enoch Bolles, George Quintana, Earle K. Bergey, J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Alberto Vargas, George Petty, Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Gillette Elvgren, Haddon Sundblom, Al Buell, Harry Ekman, Bill Medcalf, Joyce Ballantyne, Donald 'Rusty' Rust, Art Frahm, Peter Driben, Edward D'Ancona, Edward Runci, Vaughan Alden Bass, Al Brulé, Pearl Frush, Rolf Armstrong, Earl Moran, Billy DeVorss, Zoe Mozert, Earl Mac Pherson, T.N. Thompson, Fritz Willis, K.O. Munson, Freeman Elliot, Ted Withers, Ben-Hur Baz, Ernest Chiriaka, Mike Ludlow, J. Frederick Smith, Mel Ramos, Patrick Nagel, Hajime Sorayama, Carlos Cartagena, Jennifer Janesko, Alain Aslan, John Kacere, Dave Stevens, Milo Manara, Eric Stanton, Greg Hildebrandt, Jay Pike, Bill Ward, Norman Saunders, Earle Bergey, Virgil Finley, Margaret Brundage, Raphael DeSoto, Rudolph Belarski, Andrew Loomis, George Herriman, Harold R. Foster, Alex Raymond, Will Eisner, Milton Caniff, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Frank Frazetta, R. Crumb, Vaughn Bode, Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, Frank Miller, Bruce Timm, Serpieri, Dean Yeagle, Adam Hughes, J. Scott Campbell and Frank Cho

Subjects

Lillian Pickford, Theda Bara, Clara Bow, Jean Harlow, Hedy Lamarr, Mae West, Lana Turner, Veronica Lake, Rita Hayworth, Betty Grable, Ursula Andress, Elke Sommer, Catherine Deneuve, Bridget Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Sophia Loren, Gina Lolibrigida, Mamie Van Doren, Anne-Margaret, Jane Fonda, Raquel Welch, Jayne Mansfield, Kim Novak, Marilyn Monroe, Russ Meyer, Traci Lords, Sybil Danning, Jami Lee Curtis, Julie Strain, Vanna White, Diana Rigg, Lynda Carter, Tina Louise, Julie Newmar, Farrah Fawcett, Cindy Crawford, Anna Nicole Smith, Pamela Anderson and Bettie Page

And not to forget...

Betty Boop, The Jungle Girl, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Little Annie Fanny, Vampirella, Barbarella, Catwoman, Cherry, Japanese anime, Heavy Metal, Dawn and Shi.

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