Q. Who was he?

A. I'll be posting this info soon - I've learned much since I cobbled this site together one lazy afternoon. Check back some day. But I can't promise when.

Q. Did this really happen? Did underwear really fall down like this?

A. Yes.

Q. C’mon. In your dreams.

A. It’s not my dream, believe me. I’ve gotten tons of mail from people who either had it happen to them, or an aunt or mom or grandmom. Elastic back then wasn’t what it is today.

Q. Can I take this art and use it in a commercial enterprise?

A. I don’t own the rights to any of these images; they reside, I imagine, in private collections. I offer this site as a work of pop-culture art history & social criticism, and seek no monetary reward.

Q. Do you really, you know, like this stuff?

A. Not really. It’s not my cup of tea. When it comes to cheesecake, there are much, much better practitioners. I do, however, enjoy studying the also-rans, the guys who were almost good enough to be great. Art Frahm had an angle that set him apart, and made him stand out.

I just wish I knew how his painting ended up tattooed on someone’s shin 47 years later.