Hartzell Spence

A writer, Spence was a founder and executive editor of Yank, a weekly magazine for American troops during World War II. The magazine boosted the morale of the overseas soldiers not just with its cartoons such as Sad Sack, which Spence commissioned from an Army sergeant, but also with something Spence called a "pinup" -- photographs of lightly-clad beauties of the time, such as Rita Hayworth, Betty Grable and Hedy Lamarr. When Spence was designing the magazine, he said "We've got to have a pinup," Yank's cartoon editor, Ralph Stein, remembers. "None of us had ever heard the term. I think Hartzell might have invented it." The Oxford English Dictionary agrees. Spence died May 9 in Connecticut at age 93. From This is True for 20 May 2001 Suggestions for further reading: 1000 Pin-Up Girls (25th Anniversary Special Edtn) Amazon Price: $10.19 Customer Review: I purchased this book to help design a tattoo. It was VERY helpful, and now it makes for a nice coffee-table book! There are a few repeats of photos in this book, but that's because they're from different magazine covers, or different months.   Girls on Top! the Pin-Up Art of Matt Dixon by Matt Dixon Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: I've seen Matt Dixon's art in a number of other venues previous to this book (including the art tutorial book Fantasy Artist's Figure Drawing Bible: Ready-to-Draw Characters and Step-by-Step Rendering Techniques) which he wrote and illustrated and, h...   Garage Girls 2011 PinUp Model Calendar by Jim Gianatsis Amazon Price: $16.95 Customer Review: This is the classiest most beautiful calendar yet. Every year, they just get better and better. And the speedy service and shipping makes it the perfect gift.   Hot Rod Pin-Ups II: Gearhead Girls and Dragstrip Dolls Amazon Price: $23.10 Customer Review: hot rod pin-ups 2 is just as good as the first one.i thought i was buying a calendar then the book arrived.i did not even know they had another book.sick cars,hot real,tattooed,pierced girls.not fake airbrushed processed girls that dont really even e...   Pin-Up Girls of World War II Paper Dolls by Tom Tierney Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: Beautiful paper doll collection. The likenesses of the Pin-up Girls are excellent. Tom Tierney at his best.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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