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

Beach Reads for Hot Girl Summer—Pulp Art

Hot girl summer is upon us (whatever the hell that means), and we’re getting into the spirit. To keep our social media going I have folders upon folders of pulp paperback covers. Many from pulpcovers.com — check them out if you haven’t before.  Anyway, with Summer upon us, I went to our “Summer Folder” and… Continue reading Beach Reads for Hot Girl Summer—Pulp Art

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 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

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

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