Jungle Girls Paperback – 1 December 2010

Alt Hed "Death to Political Correctness!"Mr Silke is truly in love with genres that monopolistic publishing/media corporations worked hard to try to kill. Classic pulp adventure, daring adventurers, savage black cannibals with filed teeth, and of course luscious damsels, often in distress but also hot Jungle Girls, such as the subject of this book. Its not entirely Jungle Girls, but some similar genres, with a few film pictures and side images. There's total quality of the art all the way through.This artist also did an awesome pulp tribute "Rascals in Paradise" graphic novel and a tribute to Bettie Page.

In my opinion Jim Silke is possibly the greatest living artist of Good Girl Art. The only other contender I can think of is Frank Cho, but Cho lacks Silke's luscious fullness and painterly realism. This jaw-dropping collection of mostly-colour paintings of exotic women is a must-have for any red-blooded male or female who is fond of the female form. There are jungle girls, warrior women and exotic dancers of every breed - cave girls, jungle queens, barbarians, harem girls, etc, etc.Silke's special talent lies in taking iconic erotic women and ratcheting up the sexual quotient a few notches, in the process satisfying the prurient speculations of our frustated imaginations. He takes Maureen O'Sullivan, who scorched the screen in that skimpy loincloth in "Tarzan and His Mate" (1934), and applies his creativity to familiar and new poses to produce some truly sexually-charged images. He takes Hedy Lamarr, whose slinky, slithering sarong dance as Tondelayo made us all groan with desire while watching "White Cargo (1942), and gives us a truly stupendous image of her reclining topless, holding a bullwhip. Ouch! We also get the alluring Kathleen Burke, whose Panther Woman in the skimpy, strapless two-piece short sarong in "Island of Lost Souls (1932) made us all purr with pleasure. One fanciful image that caught my eye, which Silke identifes as "Javan, Sacred Priestess of the Naga", clearly uses Debra Paget as the model and was probably inspired by her near-nude Hindu writhings in "The Tomb of Love" (1959). The list goes on.The gorgeous paintings are accompanied by an abundance of black and white photos of exotic females of the cinema, incuding - Raquel Welch's Loana from "One Million Years BC" (1966); Victoria Vetri as Sanna from "When Dinosuars Ruled the Earth" (1970); Martine Beswick as Queen Kari from "Prehistoric Women" (1967); and even the otherwise-wholesome Cladette Colbert wearing a two-piece leopard-skin outfit and wielding a long bow in "Four Frightened People" (1934). These photos are reminiscent of those found in Bill Feret's truly sublime book "Lure of the Tropix" (1985), still the definitive photo book on tropic temptresses in film.I agree that Irish McCalla should have been there that is a quibble when this gorgeous book is loaded with so may stunning images of beautiful, exotic women. Oh, did I mention there are a couple of fold outs and numerous double-page spreads, all full colour. This book will fuel your dreams and make your loins ache.

it's silke, need say more?

Good price and delivered quickly. Love Jim's work.