Book: Kevin Dart’s "Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7"

Drawn! has a review of Kevin Dart's cool new art book about a 1906s Japanese spy girl, Yuki 7, called "Seductive Espionage"

The concept: creating a “globe-trotting female superspy” set in the mid-60’s through fictional movies, complete with posters, lobby cards, and trailers—all with the look and feel of the 1960’s Bond era, with a dash of extra influences as well. Kevin what inspired him for the project on his blog:

I combed through some folders of reference I had collected over the last few years, immersing myself in campy Euro-spy film posters, 1960’s Thai pop music album covers, and mid-century modern architecture. I went back and re-watched some of my favorite spy films like “You Only Live Twice” and discovered new ones like “Deadlier than the Male”. A world slowly started to form in my head and I could feel hundreds of backlogged ideas and unfinished stories suddenly collide into one cohesive mass. Later on, I realized Yuki 7 had been building for years even though she arrived in a flash of insight.

Book: Kevin Dart’s Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7

[#1 posted by Pantograph, June 3, 2009 4:08 AM]

Retro, post modernism, pastiche and remakes are all very well, but isn't it about time that we started making some original stuff again?

[#2 posted by Deidzoeb, June 3, 2009 5:29 AM]

Looks very nice, but I'm intrigued by the possibilities of that typo: "cool new art book about a 1906s Japanese spy girl". What would a 1906s spy world look like?