Dirty Shorts

I've been neglecting Blue Monday lately - a rather natural side effect of having no clue what day it is. Alas.
Let's make up for it a little bit today, starting with a selection of shorts. These have been piling up in my work bin from a wide variety of sources. Some, like the first and last offerings today, were not published in English, but the minimal dialogue needs no translation.

Alas, again - my notes on sources got buried, so i'll be adding them later.

And, speaking of later - later today we head down into the Sewer...

Chastity En Blue

 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)