Glamour photography or startled by the viewer. The subject would usually have an expression of delight which seemed to invite the viewer to come and play. During World War II pin-up pictures of scantily clad movie stars were extremely popular among American servicemen. Betty Grable was one of the most famous pin-up models of all time; her pinup in a bathing suit was extremely popular with World War II soldiers. In December 1953, Marilyn Monroe was featured in the first issue of "Playboy" magazine. Bettie Page was the Playboy Playmate of the Month in January 1955. "Playboy" was the first magazine featuring
The Playboy a "sense of improvising" as he did not script it out beforehand. The serialization appeared under the title "Disgust" in issues 21–23 of "Yummy Fur", at the time published by Vortex Comics. With the twenty-fifth issue of "Yummy Fur" in 1991, Brown switched publishers to the Montreal-based Drawn and Quarterly, who published a collected and revised edition of "The Playboy" in 1992; this was the first graphic novel from the publisher. Brown rescripted, relettered, and reformatted the book for an annotated edition in 2013, also from Drawn and Quarterly. The story gained praise from fans, critics, and other cartoonists, and