• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Top 10 GGA books
4 4

Started by Ricksneatstuff,

308 posts in this topic

lou_fine

lou_fine

Posted
Posted
fightingyank21.jpg

 

Absolutely love this classic Schomburg lingerie cover! :cloud9:

 

For the longest time, I have always thought this particular issue to be both highly underappreciated from a GGA point of view and also highly undervalued at the same time. (shrug)

 

Especially when Overstreet used to always have this issue guiding at a much lower price than all of its surrounding issues, up until a few years ago. Never could figure that one out. meh

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sqeggs

Sqeggs

Posted
Posted
One I don't think was represented here yet. Although, I am not sure this girl could be qualified as "good"

 

IMG_0168.jpgfree image host

 

Ah, you raise an interesting point. Does GGA refer to art that depicts good girls or good art that depicts girls (said girls being either good, bad, or middling)? I once stumped even the omniscient Gator with that question! :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites
29dukedog

29dukedog

Posted
Posted
One I don't think was represented here yet. Although, I am not sure this girl could be qualified as "good"

 

IMG_0168.jpgfree image host

 

Ah, you raise an interesting point. Does GGA refer to art that depicts good girls or good art that depicts girls (said girls being either good, bad, or middling)? I once stumped even the omniscient Gator with that question! :D

 

I've always assumed the adjective, "good", is intended to describe the quality of the art, not the quality of the girl.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mr. Lady Luck

Mr. Lady Luck

Posted
Posted
One I don't think was represented here yet. Although, I am not sure this girl could be qualified as "good"

 

 

Ah, you raise an interesting point. Does GGA refer to art that depicts good girls or good art that depicts girls (said girls being either good, bad, or middling)? I once stumped even the omniscient Gator with that question! :D

 

I've always assumed the adjective, "good", is intended to describe the quality of the art, not the quality of the girl.

 

Same here. Otherwise, how do you account for all the saucy "bad" girls in Crimes By Women, Women Outlaws, etc... ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ricksneatstuff

Ricksneatstuff

Posted
  • Author
Posted

From Wikipedia:

 

Richard A. Lupoff defined good girl art as:

 

A cover illustration depicting an attractive young woman, usually in skimpy or form-fitting clothing, and designed for erotic stimulation. The term does not apply to the morality of the "good girl", who is often a gun moll, tough cookie or wicked temptress

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sqeggs

Sqeggs

Posted
Posted
From Wikipedia:

 

Richard A. Lupoff defined good girl art as:

 

A cover illustration depicting an attractive young woman, usually in skimpy or form-fitting clothing, and designed for erotic stimulation. The term does not apply to the morality of the "good girl", who is often a gun moll, tough cookie or wicked temptress

 

Yes, it's possible that "good" can be used in an ironic sense when referring to a gun moll type. So, we have art depicting good girls and art depicting "good" (= bad) girls. Some of the Fox covers have lousy girl art: LGA. The girls are fine, but the art's bad. :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Point Five

Point Five

Posted
Posted
From Wikipedia:

 

Richard A. Lupoff defined good girl art as:

 

A cover illustration depicting an attractive young woman, usually in skimpy or form-fitting clothing, and designed for erotic stimulation. The term does not apply to the morality of the "good girl", who is often a gun moll, tough cookie or wicked temptress

 

Yes, it's possible that "good" can be used in an ironic sense when referring to a gun moll type. So, we have art depicting good girls and art depicting "good" (= bad) girls. Some of the Fox covers have lousy girl art: LGA. The girls are fine, but the art's bad. :D

Let's continue this discussion over in my new "Top 10 GGA Definitions" thread. :banana:

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ricksneatstuff

Ricksneatstuff

Posted
  • Author
Posted
From Wikipedia:

 

Richard A. Lupoff defined good girl art as:

 

A cover illustration depicting an attractive young woman, usually in skimpy or form-fitting clothing, and designed for erotic stimulation. The term does not apply to the morality of the "good girl", who is often a gun moll, tough cookie or wicked temptress

 

Yes, it's possible that "good" can be used in an ironic sense when referring to a gun moll type. So, we have art depicting good girls and art depicting "good" (= bad) girls. Some of the Fox covers have lousy girl art: LGA. The girls are fine, but the art's bad. :D

 

Which Fox era/genre are you referring to? Any specific covers come to mind?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
rjpb

rjpb

Posted
Posted
From Wikipedia:

 

Richard A. Lupoff defined good girl art as:

 

A cover illustration depicting an attractive young woman, usually in skimpy or form-fitting clothing, and designed for erotic stimulation. The term does not apply to the morality of the "good girl", who is often a gun moll, tough cookie or wicked temptress

 

This is a pretty good definition, I'd also go further in that the young woman in question should be the primary focus of the composition as well. I see a lot of books described as having a GGA cover (particularly on ebay), just because there is a shapely female somewhere on the cover. The cheesecake factor is important as well, as their are plenty of books with attractive females on the cover that aren't what I'd consider GGA. We're talking about the objectification of women here, folks, let's stay focused!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sqeggs

Sqeggs

Posted
Posted
From Wikipedia:

 

Richard A. Lupoff defined good girl art as:

 

A cover illustration depicting an attractive young woman, usually in skimpy or form-fitting clothing, and designed for erotic stimulation. The term does not apply to the morality of the "good girl", who is often a gun moll, tough cookie or wicked temptress

 

Yes, it's possible that "good" can be used in an ironic sense when referring to a gun moll type. So, we have art depicting good girls and art depicting "good" (= bad) girls. Some of the Fox covers have lousy girl art: LGA. The girls are fine, but the art's bad. :D

 

Which Fox era/genre are you referring to? Any specific covers come to mind?

 

A lot of them! Here's one (not my book -- taken from the HA archives, apologies to the owner!):

 

lf_zpsueyi3465.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
4 4
Go to topic listing