{"id":545,"date":"2009-07-30T02:48:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T02:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/07\/30\/dames-dolls-and-gun-molls-the-art-of-robert-a-maguire\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:26","slug":"dames-dolls-and-gun-molls-the-art-of-robert-a-maguire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/07\/30\/dames-dolls-and-gun-molls-the-art-of-robert-a-maguire\/","title":{"rendered":"Dames, Dolls and Gun Molls: The Art of Robert A. Maguire"},"content":{"rendered":"

My review<\/a> of Dames, Dolls &amp; Gun Molls: The Art of Robert A. Maguire<\/span><\/a> appears in the online version of the San Antonio Current<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The thin 112-page volume, dominated by lush, full-color reproductions, opens with a fond remembrance of her father by Lynn Maguire and a brief introduction to the artist\u2019s early life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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At times, Silke engages in sloppy research. He writes \u201cGold Medal came out with the first original paperback, Hill Girl<\/span> by Charles Williams, published in 1951.\u201d While there is no consensus about exactly when the first paperback original came out, numerous books first appeared in paperback during the 1940s, including several crime novels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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The book is a visual delight, but beyond the artwork, it\u2019s a pricey failure. The lack of bibliographic notations for the images (publication dates and publisher), biographical data, and citations make the Dames, Dolls &amp; Gun Molls: The Art of Robert A. Maguire<\/span> of little interest to the casual fan or scholar. But it sure is pretty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\nCheck out the entire review<\/a> at the San Antonio Current<\/span>. <\/p>\n

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My review of Dames, Dolls &amp; Gun Molls: The Art of Robert A. Maguire appears in the online version of the San Antonio Current. Quote: The thin 112-page volume, dominated by lush, full-color reproductions, opens with a fond remembrance of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n