We can speculate all day about why this was so prevalent. But let’s be clear: these magazines were intended for men – specifically white males
Reginald Heade was probably the best British "girlie" paperback cover artist of the 1940s and 50s.
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If you’re a fan of Golden Age comic book stories with plenty of action thrills, you should know about the military intelligence officer Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. Here’s how Jim Steranko, Silver Age superstar artist on Captain America and Nick Fury, describes him: “He adventured around the globe, from hunting Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa with famed General John Pershing to fighting with Cossack warriors across Russia during WWI. … As one of the youngest cavalry members
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21 Fantastic Pulp Fiction Book Title From The Mid 20th Century
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For some reason I've been thinking about Mitchell Hooks recently. I had the great pleasure - honour, actually - of meeting Mitchell in person last summer. He is both an incredible artist and a truly fine gentleman. Spending a couple of hours over lunch at the Society of Illustrators with Mitchell, Murray Tinkelman and Bob Levering will always be one of my most cherished memories. I've previously written about Mitchell's career so there won't be a lot of text accompanying this week's posts - but I did want to share more of his artwork with you. Since writing about Mitchell I've noticed more of and more of his work - especially his paperback covers - is beginning to appear on blogs, websites and especially on Flickr, among those who archive old paperback covers. Chief among those doing the good work of preserving Mitchell Hooks' legacy in paperbacks is my friend, Uilke (AKA UK Vintage). Most of today's scans are from Uilke's Mitchell Hooks Flickr set - a truly stunning, always growing collection that currently comprises 72 covers - so many thanks, Uilke, for generously sharing these treasures with us! As you scroll down, just look at how Mitchell's style changed over the first half of the '50s... 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 These last two are from Flickr member Kay Atkinson (AKA The Woman in the Woods) and are from 1955... ... and 1958, respectively. The bold, graphic treatment Mitchell developed makes his work during the second half of the '50s among my favourite of all time. To see many more examples of Mitchell Hooks' paperback cover art, visit UK Vintage's Flickr set.
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Pulp Fiction will likely hold up generations from now, but the resonance of its title may already be lost to history. Pulp magazines, or “the pulps,” as they were called, once held special significance for lovers of adventure stories, detective and science fiction, and horror and fantasy.
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The enduring appeal of the lowest common denominator.
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Last week, we talked about how science fiction cover art evolved into the colorful, pulpy art we love today. Now, here's our look at the evolution of cover art from 1930 to 1955, as pulp styles exploded into awesomeness.
We can speculate all day about why this was so prevalent. But let’s be clear: these magazines were intended for men – specifically white males
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And if you know what the title is in reference to, you are allowed to be my friend. But, anyway.... Keeping with the October theme of Halloween-type items, I started thinking about all of the junk that people collect related to this holiday: papier mache pumpkins, witch items, ghosts, black cats, creepy post cards, skeletons, vampires, monsters. But, it occurred to me that an iconic scary dude gets left out of this gathering--the wolfman. It made me wonder...is it possible to collect vintage werewolves? Do such things even exist? The answer is yes. Yes, they do. Enjoy! You can go with vintage Halloween costumes. A variety exist, but they all seem to have a lot of yellow on them. There are about a bazillion wolfman-themed comic books. This one was my favorite: Eddie Munster had the coolest doll ever. I wish I could find one of these: There are some great pulp novels out there. I always love the cover art, and this one is pretty cool: Movie memorabilia is probably the easiest to find, either posters or still photographs. Of course, I had to bring back Jack Pierce and his Wolfman creation (read the original post here). Toys! And one hilarious ad: And, because I can't resist a tie-in to Young Frankenstein, here you go:
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1953 PBO; So Dead my Love! by Harry Whittington. unknown artist Rafael DeSoto
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