Keep-em honest playing cards

One side of the tuck box reads “Keep-em honest” while the other states “Coop playing cards: a paragon of mendacity since 1968”. Coop (real name Chris Cooper, born 1968) is an artist working from Los Angeles who describes his occupation as "Insensitive Artiste." His work consists primarily of barely clothed or nude Bettie Page-style 1950s soft pornography and B-movie monsters, with the female characters often taking the role of "Devil-Women". He additionally designs posters for rock bands.

Published by Dark Horse Deluxe in 2006, the website describes this pack: “These deluxe playing cards (“guaranteed rectangular”) are full-color beauties, featuring the sexy and iconic imagery for which Coop has become world-famous. Indulge your inner outlaw!” The cards display all the main features of Coop’s work: spades and hearts feature Coop’s devil women while the suit of clubs displays lewd nuns and witches, and diamonds are closer to Bettie Page-style images. The image most often associated with his work however is the face of a grinning devil with a smoking cigar clamped in its teeth (see the king of spades and king of clubs). See the box►

Above: Keep-em honest playing cards designed by Chris Cooper and published by Dark Horse Deluxe, United States, 2006.