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John Willie's BIZARRE - The complete reprint in two volumes - 1995
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John Willie's BIZARRE - The complete reprint in two volumes - 1995

John Willie (born John Alexander Scott Coutts 1902-1962) was an artist, fetish photographer, cartoonist, speciality shoe designer, and the publisher and editor of the first 20 issues of the fetish magazine Bizarre between 1946 and 1956, featuring his characters Sweet Gwendoline and Sir Dystic d'Arcy. Though distributed underground, Bizarre magazine had a far-reaching impact on later fetish-themed publications and experienced a resurgence in popularity, along wirh fetish model Bettie Page, beginning in the 1970's. Willie's work was featured in the Japanese magazine Kitan Club, one of the fes Western artists to do so. Willie was portrayed by Jared Harris in the movie The Notorious Bettie Page, wich features a fictional meeting between Willie and Page. In 2009, Willie was inducted into the Leather Hall of Fame.

No. 97931608

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John Willie's BIZARRE - The complete reprint in two volumes - 1995

John Willie's BIZARRE - The complete reprint in two volumes - 1995

John Willie (born John Alexander Scott Coutts 1902-1962) was an artist, fetish photographer, cartoonist, speciality shoe designer, and the publisher and editor of the first 20 issues of the fetish magazine Bizarre between 1946 and 1956, featuring his characters Sweet Gwendoline and Sir Dystic d'Arcy.
Though distributed underground, Bizarre magazine had a far-reaching impact on later fetish-themed publications and experienced a resurgence in popularity, along wirh fetish model Bettie Page, beginning in the 1970's.

Willie's work was featured in the Japanese magazine Kitan Club, one of the fes Western artists to do so.
Willie was portrayed by Jared Harris in the movie The Notorious Bettie Page, wich features a fictional meeting between Willie and Page.
In 2009, Willie was inducted into the Leather Hall of Fame.

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