Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st , 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with bright dust jacket, 104 pages, b&w illustrations. A collection of the rare '50s pin-ups that led to the artist's final gig, as Playboy's first star cartoonist. In the rarefied realm of classic cartoon pin-up art, nobody did it better than Jack Cole. With his quirky line drawings and sensual watercolors, Cole, under Hugh Hefner's guiding hand, catapulted to stardom in the 1950s as Playboy's marquee cartoonist, a position he held until his untimely death at the age of 43.