Treasured Chests vol.3 & 4 Not appropriate for children or adolescents. The pirate theme has proven quite poplar at SQP, with 64 more full-page drawings here, along with one on the front inner cover, and two paintings found on the front and back cover. Female pirates, individually or in groups, taking care of business - against man, beast or the undead - to secure the booty. Each image is captioned with the artist's name. This book scores the best of these two volumes, helped by the fact that so many are presented as full-bleed, even though one longer one is turned sideways on the page. Though mostly just strong women who are un-self-consciously undressed, a couple of the images cross the line into salacious, cueing the need to keep it put away from minors. The artists featured here are: Amadeu (2), Ramon Bachs (3), Sebastià Boada (4), Mitch Byrd (5), Capdevilia (2), Joe Chiodo, Pedro Cuevas (3), Isaac DelRivero (7), Carlos DeMiguel, Tomas Giorello (8), Ovi Hondru, Javier (2), Casey Jones, Anibal Maraschi (2), Ruben Meriggi (3), Daniel Pascarelli (7), Joan Pelaez (6)**, Luciano Quintabani (3), Arantza Sestoya (4), and Jose Torres (2). ** - Note that the 'well-presented' pieces here by Pelaez cannot additionally be found so in his own collection on The List. Not appropriate for children or adolescents. As you might imagine, there is a more rambunctious nudity to be found here, but it's only a couple of images that imply not-so-innocent fun that indicates that this book should be kept put away. All the artists are 'well-presented', namely: Oscar Capristo, Alejandro Colucci (6), Pedro Cuevas (5), Isaac DelRivero (4), Gustavo DeSimone (3), Marcelo Fleitas (2), Jose Gallego (2), Tomas Giorello (6), Danilo Guida, Dario Hartmann (5), Pablo Kousovitas (2), Brian LeBlanc (4), Anibal Maraschi (4), Ruben Meriggi (3), Frederico Ossio, Lucio Parrillo (3), Joan Pelaez (6)***, German Ponce (3), Arantza Sestoya (5), and Emiliano Urdinola. *** - Note that in regards to the 'well-presented' pieces here by Pelaez, some, but not all, can additionally be found so in his own collection on The List. other collections of prurient interest SQP books Secret Identity - The Fetish Art Of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster Men's Adventure Magazines In Postwar America Feral House's paperback cover art books Strange Sisters - The Art Of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 Graphic Thrills - American XXX Movie Posters 1970 to 1985 vols.1 & 2 Young Lusty Sluts - A Pictorial History Of Erotic Pulp Fiction Chronicle's paperback cover art collections True Crime Detective Magazines The Art Of Eric Stanton - For The Man Who Knows His Place Baldazzini & Saudelli's Bizarreries Book 1 [BELOW THE LINE] Sex In The Comics [BELOW THE LINE] Other SQP collections Spellbound - Black Magic Women SEND US A COMMENT (goes via e-mail - all info kept anonymous, but comment itself may be shared . . .) |