Welcome once again to another edition of
Today we're looking at Sweet Chastity. Sweet Chastity was a comic written by Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione and painted by Ron Embleton. Most folks in this country who know Embleton's work are familiar due to a previous similar project, Oh, Wicked Wanda! But Ron's impressive comics legacy goes back at least to the 1950s with Wulf The Briton and a host of others, including the epic Trigon Empire saga. (I know, we're supposed to have covered that a bit before now. Sorry) But, we're not really going to talk about Ron today - we're just here to look at Chastity, a most literal creation, in the Von Frankenstein castle, no less...
They were not subtle in their world's reaction to Sweet Chastity, their perfect woman unleashed upon society...
...and the sexual frenzy surrounding Chastity often took on a surreal tone...
It was just silly fun, and they seemed to have fun doing it.
When Sweet Chastity returned for Penthouse Comix' 25th issue, she was heralded by portraits from some notable artists known to be appreciative of the female form...
Aspiri -
Luis Royo -
Milo Manara -
Horatio Altuna -
Julie Bell -
Boris Vallejo -
Michael Lopez -
You may wonder what happened to Sweet Chastity - and you're not the only one. At the height of her popularity and impact in her world, chaos suddenly reigned...
It's been downhill ever since.
Where did she go? No one knows for certain, but there have been rumors...
Like Elvis, the sightings continue. Is it ever really
art by Ron Embleton, Azpiri, Luis Royo, Milo Manara, Horatio Altuna, Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo, and Michael Lopez for Penthouse & Penthouse Comix (1981-1988, 1997)