The Covers of Beauty Parade


by Peter Driben

Beauty Parade was published, by Robert Harrison, from 1941 to 1956 and you can probably already guess what the magazine about.  This was a pin-up magazine, full of articles and pictorials about Hollywood’s leading starlets.  By today’s standards, Beauty Parade seems pretty tame and the pictures are pretty innocent when compared to what you can currently find on any newsstand (not to mention the internet).  Back in the 40s or 50s, though, this was all considered to be very daring.

Here are a few of the covers of Beauty Parade!  Racy back in the 40s, they seem quaint today.

by Earl Moran

by Earl Moran

by Earl Moran

by Earl Moran

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

A Scene That I Love: Snoopy Prepares Thanksgiving Dinner


I’m really disappointed that A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will no longer be airing on CBS.  From now on, if you want to watch it or any of the other Charlie Brown specials, you have to subscribe to Apple TV+.  It really does feel like the end of an era.

I love A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.  One of my favorite scenes is when Snoopy and Woodstock prepare Thanksgiving dinner for Charlie Brown and all of his unexpected guests.  I’m in charge of Thanksgiving dinner this year and I’ve been thinking about this scene a lot.  I know that Thanksgiving is supposed to be a big meal but aren’t there times when we’d all rather just have toast and popcorn?

No matter what type of dinner you’re having tonight, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Artist Profile: Herman E. Bischoff (1908 — 1980)


by Herman E. Bischoff

Searching the web, I couldn’t find much biographical information about the artist Herman Bischoff.  However, I did find this obituary from the December 2nd, 1980 edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer:

This is a case where the artist’s work will have to speak for itself.  All of the covers below were done by Herman E. Bischoff: