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In the 1950s, Irving Klaw contracted with many artists to produce comic serials for his mail order business. Illustrators included Gene (Eneg) Bilbrew, Eric Stanton, Mario, Adolfo Ruiz, (Swiss) Jim, Jay and others. The originals arranged each multi-panel episode in a rectangle that was chemically printed on photo paper. With both vertical and horizontal orientations, the photo sheets' panels were often adjacent to a block of narrative text. Mr. Klaw advertised these episodes in bulletins he would mail to customers and in men's magazines. To avoid conflict with postal authorities, the comic images never showed nudity or sexual conduct. The erotic weight of these works was expressed through the restraints, poses they produced, and fetish costumes of both the damsels in dressage and their sexy captors. Some serials described rubber attire and bondage situations as hobbies. Some stories involved tyrannical households, institutions, adventures or kidnapping. This erotic art from the culturally tormented, post-World War II period would be lost to the 21st century if Bélier Press hadn't published the pages in the multi-volume Bizarre Comics series in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The innovative works of these talented men were preserved in print, each episode and each serial complete. This glimpse into the erotic aesthetics and styles of the 1950s is now available in ebook form at the 30th Street Graphics website. Each Bizarre Comix ebook bundle consists of three complete serials, sometimes presented as a digital replica of the original layouts, sometimes presented in an optimized format, and sometimes presented in both formats. Optimized ebooks are designed to show each panel as a separate image that fills the monitor screen, from top to bottom, with sexy, mid-century charm. The technique is intended to reduce the need for zooming and scrolling. If you like the original photo prints or the Bélier Press volumes, you will find that the optimized ebook presentations are the best way to enjoy this classic art. Free sample at product #796 [] http://www.30sg.com/