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
Tag: American Artists
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
Welcome to the Roaring Twenties
Put on your Peaky Blinders Irish step-dancing hat and mix together some bathtub gin and bitters, we’ve made it back to the Roaring Twenties. When it comes to nostalgia entertainment the sweet spot seems to be 20 – 30 years. With shows like Stranger Things reminding us of The Goonies and E.T. from the 80s… Continue reading Welcome to the Roaring Twenties
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
The Americana Art of Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was the Woodie Guthrie of Americana Art. He, Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry were the main artists of the Regionalist art movement, where artists depicted rural and small-town America during the Great Depression. His work is like a Steinbeck novel on canvas. When I look at some of these… Continue reading The Americana Art of Thomas Hart Benton
Friday the 13th
With today being Friday the 13th and a full moon here’s a little background on the Indie Film about our boy Jason Voorhees, star of the Camp Crystal Lake swim team. Produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, Friday the 13th was originally titled, A Long Night at Camp Blood. Which kind of sounds like… Continue reading Friday the 13th
Community Spotlight: Eric Hibbeler
Here’s another American Pulps Spotlight where we take a person from the American Pulps community and interview them. We have such an amazing community through social media and we want to give props where props are due. This week it’s Eric Hibbeler who puts a modern twist on his neo-noir style artwork and some awesome… Continue reading Community Spotlight: Eric Hibbeler
Community Spotlight: Skye Barak
Here’s another American Pulps Spotlight where we take a person from the American Pulps community and interview them. We have such an amazing community through social media and we want to give props where props are due. This week it is Skye Barak: Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m 21 years old, and… Continue reading Community Spotlight: Skye Barak