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
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Inspirational Stuff: Mort Künstler and Shark Week
When people ask us what kind of stuff we write, we like to show them the painting above by Mort Künstler. We love everything about this right down to the bookshelf nightstand. I mean, OK, this guy’s obviously going through a rough patch in his life but at least he seems well read. Mort’s last… Continue reading Inspirational Stuff: Mort Künstler and Shark Week
Pulp Artists
The first publishers with the brains to realize the average person does in fact judge a book by its cover were the people who published pulp paperbacks. Below are the artists who grabbed your attention at the newsstand and sold countless magazines, paperbacks, and straight-up sleaze. Pulp art sold a hell of a lot of pulp… Continue reading Pulp Artists
Inspirational Stuff: Sally Storch
Sally lives and works in Pasadena California, is a USC graduate and was married to the late Richard D. Bunkall another painter. This will be the first of many posts that showcases stuff that inspires the American Pulps team. Whether it’s movies, music, art, or real life people we take out inspiration from everywhere. We’re pretty… Continue reading Inspirational Stuff: Sally Storch