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

H.P. Lovecraft and Lovecraftian Horror

From the Guillermo del Toro exhibit while it was at LACMA a few years back.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890 – 1937) was largely an unknown writer during his lifetime. His work was primarily published in the horror pulp rags like Weird Tales and Astounding Stories and was never considered “literature.” He developed a cult-like following years after his death. Today people still write about his creations in a Horror sub-genre… Continue reading H.P. Lovecraft and Lovecraftian Horror