tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77019694974193973292024-02-07T18:08:05.548-08:00Enoch BollesA Web Log Dedicated to the Art of Enoch BollesBolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-46492102911117630502023-12-25T21:41:00.000-08:002023-12-25T21:41:14.128-08:00Merry Christmas from our man Bolles<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXS5fsSFEev-2jG__VYnkWQN8G73L79LQqqGj5e_Qm0cojF2e2UHX63JzDt6GdEKol2gunOzG6aYGNsA8VbWu5ZGNnwjiNjaTBudF-4NzBJ_XhZQQkJxwxLEkPeaqV1q1jz5n8Yxn2OlJEQjhouPfJ5fdoAa9RoEYWsdZsvpFH0-msl-E0frf9jYEPD8/s2170/Snappy%20Bolles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2170" data-original-width="1531" height="665" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXS5fsSFEev-2jG__VYnkWQN8G73L79LQqqGj5e_Qm0cojF2e2UHX63JzDt6GdEKol2gunOzG6aYGNsA8VbWu5ZGNnwjiNjaTBudF-4NzBJ_XhZQQkJxwxLEkPeaqV1q1jz5n8Yxn2OlJEQjhouPfJ5fdoAa9RoEYWsdZsvpFH0-msl-E0frf9jYEPD8/w469-h665/Snappy%20Bolles.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-69616212100864171262023-11-01T09:14:00.003-07:002023-11-01T09:14:28.378-07:00*\November 1st is International Pet Groomer Appreciation Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyz4YbuJIjoNO3ktKiUdeE8GdB_TGi2zjavTTvyHG8hX9DSi3N5KYjP8iGj7fYw4ZpoH6iq25zI0dQFSU57z9ITRlEGD1fLsRzVlK2TZF25gFF2fk3X1M-3ZD2aAPIFNwuAFAyRLiQtWE1_mJNFqEoI1GEmL-GHxa8WafooQ8suC2gn1rwierFuH_u_HM/s400/pep_stories_193003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="276" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyz4YbuJIjoNO3ktKiUdeE8GdB_TGi2zjavTTvyHG8hX9DSi3N5KYjP8iGj7fYw4ZpoH6iq25zI0dQFSU57z9ITRlEGD1fLsRzVlK2TZF25gFF2fk3X1M-3ZD2aAPIFNwuAFAyRLiQtWE1_mJNFqEoI1GEmL-GHxa8WafooQ8suC2gn1rwierFuH_u_HM/w351-h509/pep_stories_193003.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Wouldn't you know it, our man Enoch came through with an image appropriate for today's celebration. This comes from a 1930 issue of <i>Pep Storie</i>s. Bolles began his run of covers in mid-1929 and continued until early 1932. R.A. Burley then took on the cover duties for the next year and then passed the baton off to the other "B" artist, the gifited and prolific Earle Bergey. His run continued without a pause until the magaznie folded at the end of 1938, along with the rest of the spicy titles that he and Enoch were working for. The only survivor for Bolles was <i>Film Fun</i> but Bergey kept busy working on a wide variety of genres including romance, sports, and most notably, Science Fiction, a genre I could never Enoch delving into.</span><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-17665090554332146232023-09-27T11:57:00.004-07:002023-09-27T11:57:51.994-07:00September 27 is Scarf Day!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTY0S-Y5gIQ2x1WTL74xG-E4X87mTAfW-G_eIXpiDLOjfccy2GzYrOCfX0HmtzURarBAhCQVLVme97ueKDs9WmfC_JR6u6YkJBlver0DJ_O2AlsQi7DCfdkKrKUOhS3LHgYMWIkPj1nTjcSZvotPV9n4qGcTDjpivJZndk-_4rUXMc_tB8gkwWxguTa8/s568/GP1-35.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="393" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTY0S-Y5gIQ2x1WTL74xG-E4X87mTAfW-G_eIXpiDLOjfccy2GzYrOCfX0HmtzURarBAhCQVLVme97ueKDs9WmfC_JR6u6YkJBlver0DJ_O2AlsQi7DCfdkKrKUOhS3LHgYMWIkPj1nTjcSZvotPV9n4qGcTDjpivJZndk-_4rUXMc_tB8gkwWxguTa8/w368-h533/GP1-35.tif" width="368" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Back to posting after a bit of a layoff. Today we celebrate Scarf Day with a sassy cover by our man Bolles. This issue of <i>Gay Parisienne</i> debuted at the turn of 1935, just a few months after Enoch took over the cover art duties. He his cover run ended in June 1938, and the magazine sputtered on for a few more issues until it disappeared from the newsstands, along with virtually the rest of the lineup of smoosh mags. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">All this transpired at the very time when Harry Donenfeld, the publisher of Gay Parisienne and other magazines Bolles worked for, was transitioning into the comic books. His National Allied Comics published the debut issue of of <i>Superman</i> in April 1938. This also coincided with Enoch's hospitalization, which snapped his 16 year streak for <i>Film Fun</i>. But Bolles would be back a year later with new covers until the magzine was pressured into folding in 1942 by the Postmaster General of the United States, operating at the behest of the Catholic Church. But this is another chapter in the story of Bolles' life and career. </span></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-45296346324820169892023-02-14T08:49:00.000-08:002023-02-14T08:49:39.859-08:00Happy Valentine's Day from Enoch Bolles<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojdpy49eW_T-pWaqQ7xoYNH-toX0xy14vBf91FPwIHHwd5pmy2LtWW4VbBjrrHbTFFG6BapPoWooiKsfNZHlAZtvtul89kFPF9bjbU7pqSjTU3c-5tNh_9Z9jj8VClUJx-s6H627r3icWf5ciTTT3wKTk8_n5X_AHyfkXE8XiFNnWOGLbGce6Kj_h/s827/filmfun1-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="582" height="645" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojdpy49eW_T-pWaqQ7xoYNH-toX0xy14vBf91FPwIHHwd5pmy2LtWW4VbBjrrHbTFFG6BapPoWooiKsfNZHlAZtvtul89kFPF9bjbU7pqSjTU3c-5tNh_9Z9jj8VClUJx-s6H627r3icWf5ciTTT3wKTk8_n5X_AHyfkXE8XiFNnWOGLbGce6Kj_h/w454-h645/filmfun1-24.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Happy Valentine's day courtesy of our man Enoch! This is his earliest Heart cover theme and by far the most--dare I say--unappetizing. Strange yes, but it follows a theme that several other pretty girl illustrators were pursuing at the time; the helpless little man whose fate hinges on the whims of an indifferent flapper. Here's another even earlier example from a 1923 <i>Film Fun. C</i>learly, she loves him not. Either these guys were forced into extinction or Bolles bored of the theme because by 1925 they were no longer spotted again on the covers of any of the magazines that Enoch's art graced.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphA_7EAJFGfjWmBmkwUqs2C6hGK_03jopk9BMlPxSmhbVY9kYCdyoEQutLM2UCxhmolZsJdbz7wdSmKbMGQCGQpJkdBtf249BbnRQgJjrLeS7ugtV_xW5W_B2a9EkPHoQy2pxU1hgTtgnzXFbc13AUMQQP535NgcBymzykjfrg-0aoUweeZHM00Tv/s484/filmfun6-23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="349" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphA_7EAJFGfjWmBmkwUqs2C6hGK_03jopk9BMlPxSmhbVY9kYCdyoEQutLM2UCxhmolZsJdbz7wdSmKbMGQCGQpJkdBtf249BbnRQgJjrLeS7ugtV_xW5W_B2a9EkPHoQy2pxU1hgTtgnzXFbc13AUMQQP535NgcBymzykjfrg-0aoUweeZHM00Tv/s320/filmfun6-23.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /></span></div><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-76752709095835871522022-12-31T14:14:00.001-08:002022-12-31T14:14:11.138-08:00Have a Breezy 2023, courtesy of Enoch Bolles!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NG-_rLQd_oCFeOZ7OrCm1HzxVKlbQPj477YXYh9692zAmaSJgJgIY9CVo_6G61Euy-u2Cd8Ye5iPJiAxl4aXpKds38mNIwzwxtYkYQngDf10_yv14HLyUgyXz-RkpILjGs1IpU4F7YWto6DTIOci771HMuCk-kJvSTM1qt50-Zi3-HDdd5-tDhhK/s1056/Bolles2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="816" height="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NG-_rLQd_oCFeOZ7OrCm1HzxVKlbQPj477YXYh9692zAmaSJgJgIY9CVo_6G61Euy-u2Cd8Ye5iPJiAxl4aXpKds38mNIwzwxtYkYQngDf10_yv14HLyUgyXz-RkpILjGs1IpU4F7YWto6DTIOci771HMuCk-kJvSTM1qt50-Zi3-HDdd5-tDhhK/w439-h569/Bolles2023.jpg" width="439" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-21553785153154797902022-11-17T18:03:00.000-08:002022-11-17T18:03:12.813-08:00Enoch Bolles is reminding you that November 17 is the Great American Smokeout<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvSgdi-H8hiqzLiTkM7R20bigvjN4TIKTntUirPsK3EqxCWKK5SxrSiWPskcgOTtOJIaAhn58lW5BDWSkJ9UKQTzFDCdIDJ6mgWiISN58_ERfsAGJjcucbjGSz94rKr61Q3bNE45s8Bjd6ncII3YRskd5GKf8xIH1V7ko_GGFg3M_vrAyjtMNcQZh/s558/Snappy2-25b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="387" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvSgdi-H8hiqzLiTkM7R20bigvjN4TIKTntUirPsK3EqxCWKK5SxrSiWPskcgOTtOJIaAhn58lW5BDWSkJ9UKQTzFDCdIDJ6mgWiISN58_ERfsAGJjcucbjGSz94rKr61Q3bNE45s8Bjd6ncII3YRskd5GKf8xIH1V7ko_GGFg3M_vrAyjtMNcQZh/w351-h506/Snappy2-25b.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Yes, its been far too long since we've had a Bolles take on a celebration day, although it's unlikely that anyone who participates in today's annual smokeout describe it as one. This is a great composition with a telling theme, and the candlestick lamp adds some high contrast drama. All these elements were rare themes in Bolles work. The vast majority of his covers could be best described as content free pinup poses that owed nothing to the content between the covers. But <i>Snappy Stories</i> was an exception, featuring cover art that to some extent depicted the theme of the cover story. Bolles often employed background shadows to great effect, as we see here, but he generally abhored casting any shadowing on his figures, considering it a sort of an artistic crutch. </span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And as any Bolles fan knows, our rueful covergirl dithering about having a smoke was a lonely outlier among the the legions of two pack a day Bolles girls (someday I'll get around to surveying the percentage of them who smoked). Below you see one of my favorite examples, another rare thematic cover Bolles later painted over to tragic effect for a different magazine. While Bolles also painted ads for several cigarette companies, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">he himself was never a user of the evil weed, perhaps a reason why he lived to the ripe old age of 93. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVd7hRV6XVnepHMsNYj4aISu3qMwPNLrGWv9JKKuUQrEryhBxIPt7KHP2KNzlNlB5vlR-Bd5ptgwpP7PVdOpSxWtRk9PDhzWGE7ChBn08Nl8Wx5QOeaUPXFpU3bR5cKBYnoZFx8EjlrdhO_eOvxhsY2N1g_2G41mzod_-ErinYQ0rSXX_OU1i22lMb/s2655/Bedtime%20Stories10-33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2655" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVd7hRV6XVnepHMsNYj4aISu3qMwPNLrGWv9JKKuUQrEryhBxIPt7KHP2KNzlNlB5vlR-Bd5ptgwpP7PVdOpSxWtRk9PDhzWGE7ChBn08Nl8Wx5QOeaUPXFpU3bR5cKBYnoZFx8EjlrdhO_eOvxhsY2N1g_2G41mzod_-ErinYQ0rSXX_OU1i22lMb/s320/Bedtime%20Stories10-33.jpg" width="217" /></a></div></div>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-45980397659243910552022-04-20T08:28:00.001-07:002022-04-20T08:28:45.391-07:00The Bolles sightings continue!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNC-P1KGn3W43aLrfwH2EnZgxIJRdy1v3gCog7J_8WTh9UqAqZwWKTRLMdHgo3WJeihlRVvbVURdNXcoYZjFbJCTfuicsOdGPoAc4o9agkKa9azxHBngWTb6jvhScXwXCcw5avG_xz0DA0ZVrct8XXE9QJ197D1rSaIC4jSJxCrDZ32mBshrUz_zm8/s2016/A%20magazine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNC-P1KGn3W43aLrfwH2EnZgxIJRdy1v3gCog7J_8WTh9UqAqZwWKTRLMdHgo3WJeihlRVvbVURdNXcoYZjFbJCTfuicsOdGPoAc4o9agkKa9azxHBngWTb6jvhScXwXCcw5avG_xz0DA0ZVrct8XXE9QJ197D1rSaIC4jSJxCrDZ32mBshrUz_zm8/w516-h388/A%20magazine.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Round two of recent Bolles sightings. This one during a recent visit to Providence, Rhode Island. While there I perused the aisles of a terrific local bookstor and was drawn to this cool book (<a href="http://gingkopress.com/shop/art-b-movie-poster/" target="_blank">The Art of the Movie Poster)</a>, chock full of great gaudy art. While paging through it my Bolles spidey sense suddenly began tinging. Take a close look at the enlargement below and see what tickled my sixth sense.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vCKmgqu25p-WDbueMrlI5ceYiQVpyrpLbYf47Eixq7AjJlW33cAzUkm1sQJJZbKRqOrCXW4KQiCZQYl2vVO68JXYyRfgNEouA1eXR6fzxGxEDdS6CNBw0FNBNoCcaxuY6JYQ8fvpPOqLJBk8BV06zLcDDhAO1JlaIdnmcN3ud5-pIw5LVLMIWFTc/s1686/AA%20magazine.tif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="1206" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vCKmgqu25p-WDbueMrlI5ceYiQVpyrpLbYf47Eixq7AjJlW33cAzUkm1sQJJZbKRqOrCXW4KQiCZQYl2vVO68JXYyRfgNEouA1eXR6fzxGxEDdS6CNBw0FNBNoCcaxuY6JYQ8fvpPOqLJBk8BV06zLcDDhAO1JlaIdnmcN3ud5-pIw5LVLMIWFTc/w305-h427/AA%20magazine.tif" width="305" /></a></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The movie<i> Sinful Souls </i>began its brief run on the silver screen in 1939, a full three years after the issue of <i>Gay Boo</i>k that inspired the poster art was published. There have been other B movie posters that swiped other Bolles girls, but nome using art </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">from the relatively classy<i> Gay Book</i>. Bolles himself had a brief stint in the movie industry beginning in the </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">late 20's during which he produced movie posters and publicity art for several Fox Film projects. For reasons unknown, his stint sadly lasted only a couple years. So sadly, it's very likely there are more movie examples of movie posters with art swiped from Bolles than produced by his own hand.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSNkIEpNuF2Df_tE1U11oGEcwiWgYAUNTk5Kp5GAMLnmWbA--KnXcV3EntumM4zX6sIwhnD6JdiifwupFyHxp03_CbbSMHkdSPIvJ9kD_Ivuilr32n2cvHiBypmNrmkCzpYSXX7W_Jna1VqThGJwqx6MbQEoZ7cSLfvK2DNWzxPbD9Y2Be0JghTMo/s403/gaybook12-36.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="286" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSNkIEpNuF2Df_tE1U11oGEcwiWgYAUNTk5Kp5GAMLnmWbA--KnXcV3EntumM4zX6sIwhnD6JdiifwupFyHxp03_CbbSMHkdSPIvJ9kD_Ivuilr32n2cvHiBypmNrmkCzpYSXX7W_Jna1VqThGJwqx6MbQEoZ7cSLfvK2DNWzxPbD9Y2Be0JghTMo/w290-h410/gaybook12-36.jpg" width="290" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-30709651388159407502022-03-16T10:48:00.005-07:002022-03-16T10:48:51.841-07:00Another Bolles sighting!<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqMPi0IaT482U3mDYMPqTbkSZaVfuPec7LYCqe_lj3wAZkD78Cs92yVcyrUoKRFYvw4dLFw-5AH2rjzQ2fY0HHzUF9gKdOgmha57BouXCo6KcpA_Xp0Dd5RlFaIi9ZsHK5IbvnaNDu_bwQVijMa5M5_lzBAVZp7UVT-DJVQrH09gwBElGKgIx6y_GF=s2016" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqMPi0IaT482U3mDYMPqTbkSZaVfuPec7LYCqe_lj3wAZkD78Cs92yVcyrUoKRFYvw4dLFw-5AH2rjzQ2fY0HHzUF9gKdOgmha57BouXCo6KcpA_Xp0Dd5RlFaIi9ZsHK5IbvnaNDu_bwQVijMa5M5_lzBAVZp7UVT-DJVQrH09gwBElGKgIx6y_GF=s320" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Those of you who have followed this blog know that when when on the road, my spidey-sense is open for a potential <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7701969497419397329/5026702118676896210">Bolles sighting</a>. During a recent trip to Columbus, Ohio I happened to be in a tattoo shop (more like the tattoo equivalent of an Apple store) when I got that familar tingle rising in the back </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">of my skull. Take a look and see if you can find what set it off. </span><p></p><p></p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I bet you found it. This </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">image might be contemporary, but to me it looks more like it came off a vintage tattoo flash sheet. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span> </div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2OXs2VDLYN-wR2Nvy5ZF-qYeSgLqluMWCkZR8jlROF5p-LCbytTkK-ISIHAxc8xgEuP3Eskoqtsn_Y-TZDz-Qu1jC4qXPT_swRhCRIR1mR3Jagi4DRcth2LIC3jvioV2Oaca09eeIsAzsEu3Ocd0w5T_3zshZZj5fxZlGNzSSEMyzrPBfDNVakhfS=s2016" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2OXs2VDLYN-wR2Nvy5ZF-qYeSgLqluMWCkZR8jlROF5p-LCbytTkK-ISIHAxc8xgEuP3Eskoqtsn_Y-TZDz-Qu1jC4qXPT_swRhCRIR1mR3Jagi4DRcth2LIC3jvioV2Oaca09eeIsAzsEu3Ocd0w5T_3zshZZj5fxZlGNzSSEMyzrPBfDNVakhfS=s320" width="240" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXywNDY_2KQMKinGH8zV8-9yX5WDvnyzXFOXmHvXpJHZadpA2FDUl2GDRHb2Or68INK2g1OceMZeUOZkA2hJ8_65PWII1Shfw0Z6Ski9CaG_GgeyP5fdxmB0SPEMTkAks9m2O9irjjpy6PTBWPQ4gcP7gZtDjc5DTPDMsoFv4XZWgZJfuf_UDQ4vB-=s2469" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2469" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXywNDY_2KQMKinGH8zV8-9yX5WDvnyzXFOXmHvXpJHZadpA2FDUl2GDRHb2Or68INK2g1OceMZeUOZkA2hJ8_65PWII1Shfw0Z6Ski9CaG_GgeyP5fdxmB0SPEMTkAks9m2O9irjjpy6PTBWPQ4gcP7gZtDjc5DTPDMsoFv4XZWgZJfuf_UDQ4vB-=s320" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXywNDY_2KQMKinGH8zV8-9yX5WDvnyzXFOXmHvXpJHZadpA2FDUl2GDRHb2Or68INK2g1OceMZeUOZkA2hJ8_65PWII1Shfw0Z6Ski9CaG_GgeyP5fdxmB0SPEMTkAks9m2O9irjjpy6PTBWPQ4gcP7gZtDjc5DTPDMsoFv4XZWgZJfuf_UDQ4vB-=s2469" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And here's the source, a classic <i>Film Fun</i> cover from 1936. If you were were forced to pick a Bolles to swipe from the 580 covers (my current count) he painted, you'd be hard pressed to come up with a better choice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Later during the trip I stopped by the fabulous Columbus Art Museum and wouldn't you know it, the tingling started up again and led me to this painting. No one would confuse her wtih a Bolles girl but once I read the name on the placard I understood the connection. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_BhaO5e_XIrGVKZ55F2oUnshHW9nrR933DizQJr4UxzjHfFCj42EqMf3gWzKsHWtvQOTBMGJWxzo4jMSo6NEUOpuXJlZzkw5OTuwM2qemtEAXpOsiLPh8AqTMmu-_KStT2kdo6ubBLPFRd09icfs_RX2Cd70MXvweWH4oGAoA86-rDcW3954KGGDY=s2016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_BhaO5e_XIrGVKZ55F2oUnshHW9nrR933DizQJr4UxzjHfFCj42EqMf3gWzKsHWtvQOTBMGJWxzo4jMSo6NEUOpuXJlZzkw5OTuwM2qemtEAXpOsiLPh8AqTMmu-_KStT2kdo6ubBLPFRd09icfs_RX2Cd70MXvweWH4oGAoA86-rDcW3954KGGDY=s320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7-54y6kb3Hnn4y_wdtahaVRZP3SmBG-fh_4EHmo8GGtoM2Zrh9mnRt92sBgRql1ZTsXQjzr0o_svau7Cz04I3ItQYUIeyrdRALFIDDQpfxVMRTLSpT4ZzGl9br49T0P5e4bSjG_TSyZEruRmpWwo3277GhBgH5Gw8cjBOO9Qi9N3sgEr7iA5GdoFC=s636" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="636" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7-54y6kb3Hnn4y_wdtahaVRZP3SmBG-fh_4EHmo8GGtoM2Zrh9mnRt92sBgRql1ZTsXQjzr0o_svau7Cz04I3ItQYUIeyrdRALFIDDQpfxVMRTLSpT4ZzGl9br49T0P5e4bSjG_TSyZEruRmpWwo3277GhBgH5Gw8cjBOO9Qi9N3sgEr7iA5GdoFC=w231-h157" width="231" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In addition to being an important early 20th Century artist, Robert Henri was an influential art instructor. For a number of years he taught at the famous Art Students League in New York City, and among his many notable students was our man Enoch. Now having said this, Bolles was not a particularly fond of the great teacher's opinionated and demanding ways. In a letter Bolles wrote many years later he lamented that: "<i> </i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>you were forced to become a little Henri or you
were just ignored". </i>But having said this I do see some influence by Henri on Bolles' earliest work. Here's the Bolles image that comes to mind. It's just his second published cover, done in 1914, at the very time when Enoch was taking night classes at the League.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZh2JbilrqqeYiPKKjP2H4yOP0iUdfxDZhjlomxoXaQ5wMu7-Z_sPlKPAfqwdTD7ygMEl8-bGSlwyNhzkCdGR2b67rjyTje3IRCv1XXGLOVxvsHjvAqxmT8CDR1dzZ5yzgvMGhQ9iOQEaOv7c7XUYo-IoR2pbYm6a4AD-RpHP3xlvtfaKOX4Ynz11D=s1056" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZh2JbilrqqeYiPKKjP2H4yOP0iUdfxDZhjlomxoXaQ5wMu7-Z_sPlKPAfqwdTD7ygMEl8-bGSlwyNhzkCdGR2b67rjyTje3IRCv1XXGLOVxvsHjvAqxmT8CDR1dzZ5yzgvMGhQ9iOQEaOv7c7XUYo-IoR2pbYm6a4AD-RpHP3xlvtfaKOX4Ynz11D=s320" width="262" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You can't but notice the similarities: the restrained palette; the dark but not quite back background; the loose brushwork. But take a look at the next cover Bolles did for </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Judge</i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> five months later. The Bolles stylistic DNA dominates the painting. It was only his third magazine publication, but </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I don’t think it's too much a stretch to conclude that Enoch said “enough!”.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And I we can all be grateful for that. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNoRrbOnTNXDy_fTcQcwcq4Qs5mGIewtNy66P_enLLyCesc10ihwWB-T8RjNR-d9wfiHHbTNxfycruxp9vvhd_5EYHsAOPZiltSgKz8xX96_cEugfhv9jQLNPR29j98R0m2Q20CW8KAi-PtFzuP8IG1B6KnUB8RZuQnSNFrRGTnyI3Kz7lY83ckRpo=s1056" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNoRrbOnTNXDy_fTcQcwcq4Qs5mGIewtNy66P_enLLyCesc10ihwWB-T8RjNR-d9wfiHHbTNxfycruxp9vvhd_5EYHsAOPZiltSgKz8xX96_cEugfhv9jQLNPR29j98R0m2Q20CW8KAi-PtFzuP8IG1B6KnUB8RZuQnSNFrRGTnyI3Kz7lY83ckRpo=s320" width="262" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-55722878635789663532022-02-28T14:40:00.001-08:002022-02-28T14:40:59.839-08:00February 28 is Floral Design Day<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsHSnlNm9m9VYT2muP_Ah5VBsfRMeRVwRGcugKNVJ0mUlXcpc-JRabZF4HLs6ZUcYlFZfXTy2cNlySr7LheraQ1QV6YTibbMVzewu5pZsNRXYCd4cuELIv3mKaFqFAP5EKZgUMsOJyRZP5Ts_6YEW_RZv9RixXeJsLeyfwHToqsxwIQkZkfc-y-M2n=s579" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="395" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsHSnlNm9m9VYT2muP_Ah5VBsfRMeRVwRGcugKNVJ0mUlXcpc-JRabZF4HLs6ZUcYlFZfXTy2cNlySr7LheraQ1QV6YTibbMVzewu5pZsNRXYCd4cuELIv3mKaFqFAP5EKZgUMsOJyRZP5Ts_6YEW_RZv9RixXeJsLeyfwHToqsxwIQkZkfc-y-M2n=w352-h517" width="352" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">After a long hiatus we
return to celebrate Floral Design Day with our man Enoch taking fulsome
advantage the theme. This rarely used over and nearly out of the top optical
illusion was reserved for risqué pulps such as <i>Gay Parisienne</i>. So it’s a
real surprise that Bolles’ most envelope pushing example appeared in <i>Breezy Stories,
</i>a long-running periodical that specialized in demure romance stories about properly
behaving young ladies. While this cover may have lowered their reputations, it
no doubt raised the circulation of both the magazine and its readers.</span><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-48558583243575684392021-11-25T20:59:00.000-08:002021-11-25T20:59:11.344-08:00Happy Thanksgiving courtesy of Enoch Bolles<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2kiBlMUJR8EtpttupWq0W3d4ky3CccJRoDv-Rc2-2h5YgcPYlMoGXXzMK8Y0gJmgItnSEccMF38GoV-L2OP0vjbVkvJuWXfzIprMsdaL9tNq-WKHkGjl3LeKQyZBhr7LYykBIhGfw_4/s2048/Bolles+turkey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1522" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2kiBlMUJR8EtpttupWq0W3d4ky3CccJRoDv-Rc2-2h5YgcPYlMoGXXzMK8Y0gJmgItnSEccMF38GoV-L2OP0vjbVkvJuWXfzIprMsdaL9tNq-WKHkGjl3LeKQyZBhr7LYykBIhGfw_4/w476-h640/Bolles+turkey.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You've waited far too long since our last post and so on this special day your patience is being rewarded with a rare proof of a 1923 <i>Film Fun</i> cover hot out Enoch Bolles' oven of imagination. Proofs are tests prints done before the actual run of the magazine cover to ensure that the newsstand version stands up to the high standards set by our man Enoch. Most were discarded and what survived were gobbled up by hungry collectors. This example even has color registration marks at the bottom of the image. In spite of the labors of the printers, they couldn't capture the vibrancy of the original image. And as appetizing as the background spread is, it doesn't measure up to our delectable Bolles girl, although she seems to have a different opinion about how she weighs in. </span><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-59774321615352369802021-08-25T13:03:00.000-07:002021-08-25T13:03:19.458-07:00Alice White by Enoch Bolles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRAywJsZAm7EWDI7vJy08LliOFtY9PwytoW4qjScjjSYzbf0f-FEHW7ekeaCh6l_buzjNW_G9y4uSzP11fIdZHT8qeGWWc-jGDzCroe7OWpESKN3ncbngLbhfwJZR-RK6dLr0Zo6cYQ0/s2048/FilmFun1929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1451" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRAywJsZAm7EWDI7vJy08LliOFtY9PwytoW4qjScjjSYzbf0f-FEHW7ekeaCh6l_buzjNW_G9y4uSzP11fIdZHT8qeGWWc-jGDzCroe7OWpESKN3ncbngLbhfwJZR-RK6dLr0Zo6cYQ0/w367-h517/FilmFun1929.jpg" width="367" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Today is the birthday of the actress, Alice White. She first toiled behind the silver screen as a script girl but one of her employers, a fellow by the name of Charlie Chaplin, decided she would do better in front of it. Beginning in 1927 she starred in several features and became a fan favorite. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The critics however, were less impressed, one describing her as a "Second string Clara Bow". But she was popular enough to appear on a cover of<i> Film Fun </i>painted by the one and only Enoch Bolles. It appeared in 1929 and was among the first of 13 covers he painted which featured a leading lady of cinema. All were claimed to be "specially posed" for the magazine and while Alice grew up just 25 miles from Enoch's home in New Jersey, it's highly unlikely she ever spent a second in his studio. In fact several covers were clearly reworked from publicity photos. The one exception may have been a painting of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7701969497419397329/7585958947994265023">Lupe Velez</a> that also appeared in 1929. Enoch's daughter Teresa once told me that Lupe actually posed in person for her cover at Enoch's New York studio. Enoch also painted portrait poses of starlets for other movie magazines but by 1932 he was back to painting the Bolles girl full time. She had her fans too! </span></div><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-38182839958496258202021-07-17T16:47:00.001-07:002021-07-17T16:47:09.621-07:00Bolles has it covered (in mustard): July 17 is National Hot Dog Day<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiiurhDGfM5NOIlu9HUWdw2ytPc2Y9DK3oN2AVxGt1Vibrhvai6-p63RBdGovM0geQ-v034tXSHUt-aW8VLDwkqqgYRx8Tz_akFbvissiUb6FGjLHIcLOVr98x1-J0QxZsRFhB9bHaSc/s792/spicy10-1931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="556" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiiurhDGfM5NOIlu9HUWdw2ytPc2Y9DK3oN2AVxGt1Vibrhvai6-p63RBdGovM0geQ-v034tXSHUt-aW8VLDwkqqgYRx8Tz_akFbvissiUb6FGjLHIcLOVr98x1-J0QxZsRFhB9bHaSc/w450-h640/spicy10-1931.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Of course our man Bolles would have his own special take on today's celebration. This issue appeared in 1931 and was one of a surprisingly large number of covers that featured food along with the Bolles girl. It may have something to do with Enoch's long-standing side gig as a food illustrator. Starting in the mid-1020s he produced dozens of full-color ads for magazines and trolley cards featuring food items rendered with as much luscious attention as he gave to his <i>Film Fun</i> girls. His consumable commissions ranged from candy, to raisins, to cigars and over the next few weeks I'll be featuring a number of them.</span></div><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-53948015353263480842021-04-24T15:53:00.001-07:002021-04-24T21:12:25.128-07:00April 24 is Dancing Day, courtesy of Enoch Bolles!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZ3m4e160sU9gYceqL6661tKs5X5WV5WaWdSiGTefo-Ze98cUzIMD-zPdaR2FDLWPJX5BmXD3ROLrSHdcVykgiJdR1LKbL3ogQNQVBS0Dk08oHcGBaDf9sHgnEt3CMRdY1UXEU9UARfs/s2048/snappy+1926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1326" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZ3m4e160sU9gYceqL6661tKs5X5WV5WaWdSiGTefo-Ze98cUzIMD-zPdaR2FDLWPJX5BmXD3ROLrSHdcVykgiJdR1LKbL3ogQNQVBS0Dk08oHcGBaDf9sHgnEt3CMRdY1UXEU9UARfs/w414-h640/snappy+1926.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After too long an absence we are back to celebrate another day that was meant for our man Enoch. This terrific cover image from a 1926 issue of <i>Snappy Stories</i> is special on several levels. First, it's a toe-tapping depiction of today's celebration of Dancing day. And while searching the Bolles files for the perfect image it dawned on me that there were more dancing themed covers in <i>Snappy Stories </i> than any other magazine for which Bolles painted the cover art </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(Snappy Stories should not to be confused with the later </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Snappy</i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> magazine, which was so ably covered by the other pinup EB, Earle Bergey)</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">. Second, it's a rare example of a Bolles girl sharing the spotlight with her beau. And again, </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">Snappy Stories</i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> ranks number one in depictions of couples, out paring all the other magazines Bolles worked for combined. Third and most important, this unedited image was taking directly from a proof of the cover that was once in Enoch's own hands. Proofs are test prints done before the magazine went into press. They were made using a higher quality process and printed done on paper superior to the actual magazine. So unless the original painting shows up some day (fingers crossed), this is the closest we'll come to the original image. And stay tuned, this is not the only example in the Bolles archive!</span><p></p><p><br /></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-16962691931651934442021-02-14T14:43:00.001-08:002021-02-14T14:43:17.598-08:00Happy Valentine's Day from Enoch Bolles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGl6m1d89lJP8Wa28D57Sq50Thl1BBeraw9YHw3MXFJxuB2iVsavVZrKcV-0L8GogQC678v7NXeD6BaJiNLhFTJRH0Z_YbQa6LeZsnYeYg1x4ngx56v1aHOlL8UnEIhMLnivmy7wzRqY/s2048/Film+Fun+1928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1516" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGl6m1d89lJP8Wa28D57Sq50Thl1BBeraw9YHw3MXFJxuB2iVsavVZrKcV-0L8GogQC678v7NXeD6BaJiNLhFTJRH0Z_YbQa6LeZsnYeYg1x4ngx56v1aHOlL8UnEIhMLnivmy7wzRqY/w474-h640/Film+Fun+1928.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here's one of only a handful of Valentine themed covers. It's from 1928 and most count among Enoch's most charming. Redirect your eyes to just above the masthead you'll spot the 'twice a month'. Starting in 928,<i> Film Fun</i> moved to a bi-weekly bi-weekly publication. Sadly for us Bolles fans, the magazine returned to a monthly before the end of 1929, most likely because of the stock market crash. Think of all those covers that could have been... </span><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-63336832665437521562020-12-31T15:43:00.001-08:002020-12-31T15:43:42.185-08:00Happy New Year: have a Breezy 2021 courtesy of Enoch Bolles!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuUonB8hTLQ_63SaJxB_S7X3m9g3mnKJJaqHI21MsNKz9Nz-N3l7PRYtwZ8pdCP2fUfU2iANsy1LpOapQ4caUoKVhRV0pw0d-z8PAQez7UwYkwh8qbXZzCHAVAuliJ1_ipn9dl7rDqP8/s1473/breezy.tif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="1032" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixuUonB8hTLQ_63SaJxB_S7X3m9g3mnKJJaqHI21MsNKz9Nz-N3l7PRYtwZ8pdCP2fUfU2iANsy1LpOapQ4caUoKVhRV0pw0d-z8PAQez7UwYkwh8qbXZzCHAVAuliJ1_ipn9dl7rDqP8/w376-h538/breezy.tif" width="376" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-91330579963135520222020-11-14T20:04:00.003-08:002020-11-14T20:04:53.517-08:00Louise Brooks was born 114 years ago today<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKy2FhK3Me5fa6z5JuCOBtaq9BcBDggJ08lBO47UgPQCpBxwf21thc6_a_F9I_YfMHUQ3-B22LWjKEZcUWIrj2WNO0csLTcrTWmEFDRM1i8p5TtVUwU3n_Cz6hL8vpqbc3iOCAUHBQ-xU/s2048/snappy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1340" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKy2FhK3Me5fa6z5JuCOBtaq9BcBDggJ08lBO47UgPQCpBxwf21thc6_a_F9I_YfMHUQ3-B22LWjKEZcUWIrj2WNO0csLTcrTWmEFDRM1i8p5TtVUwU3n_Cz6hL8vpqbc3iOCAUHBQ-xU/w389-h596/snappy.jpg" width="389" /></a></div></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">Beginning in 1928 our man Bolles debuted a series of <i>Film Fun</i> covers depicting some of the leading actresses of the silver screen.But several years earlier in <i>Snappy Stories </i>a number of covers featured a Bolles girl that bore a remarkable resemblance to perhaps the most notorious screen presence of the roaring twenties, Louise Brooks. I chose this from the half-dozen or so covers that featured her likeness. It's not in the best shape but it is a great example and a hard to find issue. And there's an additional Bolles connection. The featured cover story is one of Vina Delmar's earliest publications. Five years later her novel, <i>Bad Girl</i> was adapted for the silver screen. Who did the poster for the marque, none other than Enoch Bolles. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qm1dbyAhb5hJYY7_OgroMrgVeuBW_nDV_A8sEuwJCRQ3v4H-dvnzuXTyDxic_2d489sOFxlW8FkrJEXEF7G8tKQtb056PfdtCsi9dLlsWBkQeCf6-dNwQuvskB6b7H3DfHu-eMEGk2U/s800/badgirl%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qm1dbyAhb5hJYY7_OgroMrgVeuBW_nDV_A8sEuwJCRQ3v4H-dvnzuXTyDxic_2d489sOFxlW8FkrJEXEF7G8tKQtb056PfdtCsi9dLlsWBkQeCf6-dNwQuvskB6b7H3DfHu-eMEGk2U/s320/badgirl%255B1%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-19596749266042722952020-10-30T15:16:00.004-07:002020-10-30T15:20:43.980-07:00Tomorrow is Halloween: Trick or Treat!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn4E5CWfmZL__Hycbpo6EHdWMP4upgYkijP0piTHEH-kDeMbNB0Huk2a9tIekqFG799reUq7Dwi7GyZQSTg_3OuSJEAoO3Q_4SWBB08ddVytiVG5Bmu-hzmSGywVuLFGXE4ulTG3XPlM/s698/bolles+mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="496" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn4E5CWfmZL__Hycbpo6EHdWMP4upgYkijP0piTHEH-kDeMbNB0Huk2a9tIekqFG799reUq7Dwi7GyZQSTg_3OuSJEAoO3Q_4SWBB08ddVytiVG5Bmu-hzmSGywVuLFGXE4ulTG3XPlM/w436-h614/bolles+mask.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our Bolles girl had to improvise a costume at the last minute, but that mask can't hide her incandescent smile. </span><p></p>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-62696173796740064672020-07-05T16:45:00.001-07:002020-07-05T16:47:01.325-07:00July 5 is Bikini Day: Bolles has it (un)covered!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This isn't the first time we've celebrated our man Enoch's take on the Bikini, and it would be almost sinful to let this special day fade into the sunset without featuring a Bolles girl getting all the sun she can. This classy cover from a 1936 issue of <i>Breezy Stories </i>and it predates its official debut by exactly a decade. Granted, her Bikini bottom is on the demure side but keep in mind that in the 1930's the mere flash of a belly button would arouse the decency leagues. It was only the below the counter mags that flouted the 'naval blockade'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our high spirited Bolles girl is showing off more than just her tulle! She's got some serious moves with her Boston shaker. Bolles often borrowed props from the liquor cabinet, but it wasn't his. Not one for either the sauce or smokes, you have to wonder who his girls got all their bad habits from. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's not just the eagle-eyed fans who appreciate this Bolles birdie teeing up. But while we all agree she certainly makes the cut, that outfit and shoes are going to handicap her from reaching par. So let's give her kudos though for her ability keep that grip on the ball. I'd call that a real hat trick. And if there was a prize for pinup artists Enoch would win the Masters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're back again with one of Enoch's sly visual jokes. This was done in 1938 for <i>Gay Parisienne. </i>The next issue would feature his final cover for this magazine, and one of the last covers he completed before taking a year long break. As many of you know, Enoch was hospitalized for psychological reasons brought about in part from the stress of overwork. He completed new covers for <i>Film Fun</i> beginning in December of 1939 but during his absence the pulp world had changed; <i>Gay Parisenne</i> had folded, as had <i>Spicy Stories</i> and the rest of the so-called smoosh mags. There was only <i>Film Fun</i> and it would be brought down two years later by the Post Master General working under the dictates of the Catholic Decency league. While Bolles' professional career ended with <i>Film Fun</i>, he continued painting for the rest of his years. </span>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-27888891359922861162020-02-07T09:54:00.001-08:002020-02-07T09:54:46.644-08:00February 7 is Wear Red Day! Bolles has her covered<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a letter Enoch wrote to his daughter and budding artist Lila, he passed along a word of advice he'd gotten decades earlier from a printer; <i>"use any color as long as it is red!"</i> Surprisingly, he seldom followed it, but when he did the results popped. You'd be hard pressed to find a nicer example than this cover from 1927. The contrasting color scheme on the car works nicely here. I've often wondered if Bolles ever did any illustrations for automobile manufacturers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's something else very special about this painting, Notice the speed lines? They were 'invented' by the French artist, .Ernest Montaut, but I think this is the first use of them in what we'd now call pinup art.</span>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-16758518483387816662019-12-05T11:16:00.001-08:002019-12-05T11:16:46.826-08:00Not quite a mirror image<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now and again on this blog share examples of photos and paintings that bear a strong resemblance to a work by Bolles. Just as with the case from my previous post of a Bolles magazine cover and cover of Playboy, this connection can be serendipitous. But when the other magazine cover was a painting, it's almost always a swipe from Bolles. I've also discussed how the pinup paintings done by other</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> illustrators were often almost exact of reference photos taken by the artists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the left you can see an example showing both the reference photo and final painting by Elvgren. And below it you can see a very similar Bolles cover from 1935. It's the earliest example of this pose I've found so I'm giving credit to Bolles for originating it. Elvgren wasn't the only pinup artist who was inspired by this idea and by the time he did his version, he may have taken the idea from someone else than Bolles, because several other artists had swiped the idea, as you can see on this post about the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pole%20enhancing/" style="text-align: center;">fire pole girls</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">But I won't be one to criticize. As the old adage goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Or as the comic book artist Wally Wood aptly put it:</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i>1) Never draw what you can swipe </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is there any obscure holiday that our man Bolles hasn't covered? This was painted by <i>Grandpa</i></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <i>Bolles</i> for one of his grandchildren who happened to express a deep love for pickles. I have to admit that this is exactly the type of unknown Bolles that I’ve saved for my book project but don’t fret, this is the only vegetarian example. It’s just goes to show that he was an illustration omnivore! </span>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701969497419397329.post-30501706812380926782019-09-26T07:54:00.000-07:002019-09-26T07:54:28.734-07:00A Double Vision!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every now and then I run into images that seem just a bit too close to a Bolles to be pure happenstance. A few years back I <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?tab=rj&blogID=7701969497419397329#editor/target=post;postID=3777841402350169932;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=4;src=postname">posted</a> a cover from <i>Esquire</i>, that bore a striking resemblance to a classic Bolles cover. And when my friend and fellow Bolles fan, Alan let the editors of said magazine know about it, they were intrigued enough to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?tab=rj&blogID=7701969497419397329#editor/target=post;postID=2140203762099889360;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=2;src=postname">publish</a> his letter and the images their for readers to consider. Here we see another case where the magazine cover, published in 1993 shares a lot of DNA with the painting Bolles did for a 1937 issue of<i> Breezy Stories</i>. Now I'm not suggesting the art director swiped the idea from Bolles but you can't ignore the obvious similarities. It also doesn't hurt to consider that Hugh Hefner, although obviously partial to Alberto Vargas, was a fan of Bolles' work as well. The other coincidence is that the title of the feature story on the <i>Breezy</i> cover has the word <i>Playboy</i> on it! Talk about seeing double!</span>Bolles Fan 1http://www.blogger.com/profile/15269014178929622136noreply@blogger.com0