With his noir artwork on the cover of a long list of great hardboiled books, Glen Orbik was the ultimate pulp cover artist. Here’s some of Orbik’s amazing noir artwork. It’s really in a league of its own. I was writing the American Pulps December Reading List and one of the books had a Glen… Continue reading Noir Artwork of Glen Orbik: Pulp Artists
Category: Artists
Noir Art: The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post has been around since 1821. And in those 200 years (off and on), they’ve given us some great crime fiction and amazing illustrations. Originally I was going to just post an article about James R. Bingham, an illustrator who worked with The Saturday Evening Post often in the 50s, and illustrated… Continue reading Noir Art: The Saturday Evening Post
Pulp Artists: Margaret Brundage The Queen of Pulp Pinup Art
Bio Margaret Brundage (1900-1976), the Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art is best remembered as the cover artist for Weird Tales during the 1930s, a time many would consider the magazine’s golden age. She studied fashion design at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts but eventually dropped out. One of her classmates at the Chicago Academy… Continue reading Pulp Artists: Margaret Brundage The Queen of Pulp Pinup Art
Pulp Artists: Earl Norem — From Men’s Mags to Marvel
Earl Norem (1924 – 2015) is the bridge between men’s adventure magazines and comic book art. The guy painted for everything pop culture; men’s mags, comic books, pulp paperbacks, movie posters, toy packaging, and even programs for the New York Yankees. He was born on April 17, 1923, in Brooklyn, New York. During World War… Continue reading Pulp Artists: Earl Norem — From Men’s Mags to Marvel
The Amazing Movie Poster Art of John Solie
Not a lot of artists can say they’ve been commissioned to paint over 200 movie posters. John Solie’s artwork covers a wide range of genres from comedy, action, Blaxploitation, and porn. But he’s no one-trick pony, Solie has also been commissioned to illustrate for The Saturday Evening Post, TV Guide, and NASA. Born in LaCrosse,… Continue reading The Amazing Movie Poster Art of John Solie
The Pulp Art of Vic Prezio
Victor Prezio (1924-1976) was a very prolific pulp artist best known for his work illustrating Men’s Adventure Magazines. Unfortunately, when it comes to biographies of Vic Prezio, that’s about it. He was very prolific, created eye-popping Men’s Mag and pulp paperback covers, and died at the age of 52 in 1976. It’s a shame there… Continue reading The Pulp Art of Vic Prezio
Inspirational Stuff – Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) is one of the most famous painters from the United States, finding himself in the pantheon of artists such as Edward Hopper, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Singer Sargent. That’s probably because Norman Rockwell was illustrating for the countries biggest publications from 1913 to the 1970s. He painted portraits of presidents, Rosie… Continue reading Inspirational Stuff – Norman Rockwell
Christmas Pin-Ups
Because it’s Christmas Eve and I noticed a reoccurring theme in some of Alberto Vargas’ Christmas Pin-up girls. He loves to have them with Santa masks. Were Santa masks that big a thing back then? I remember a couple of George Bailey’s kids wearing a rubber Santa mask when George wigs out on the family… Continue reading Christmas Pin-Ups
Pulp Paperback Artists – Robert Maguire
If people are going to judge your book by its cover, you want an artist like Robert A. Maguire (August 3, 1921 – February 26, 2005) painting your bookjacket. From the 1940s to the 1990s Robert Maguire’s artwork sold a lot of books. In the world of pulp paperbacks, when newspapers weren’t reviewing these lurid… Continue reading Pulp Paperback Artists – Robert Maguire
Throwbacks: The Neo-Noir work of Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker
In the world of neo-pulp, there are few as prolific and successful as the partnership of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Together they’ve created such successful comics and graphic novels as Criminal, Incognito, Fatale, The Fade Out, and Kill or be Killed. With Brubaker penning the story and Phillips illustrating, the Brubaker/Phillips partnership is one of the… Continue reading Throwbacks: The Neo-Noir work of Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker