Pulp International - Assorted examples of Movie Humor magazine with George Quaintance art

Sep 29 2016

Is everybody ready for their Q?

Mid-century artist George Quaintance, aka George Quintana, is best known these days for creating gay-themed illustrations, often for men's fitness magazines popular with gay customers. He played it straight too. His highly collectible body of work includes covers for the mainstream pop culture magazine Movie Humor, of which you see eleven examples below. You can check out more Quaintance here and here.

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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

1953—Mohammed Mossadegh Overthrown in Iran

At the instigation of the CIA, Prime Minster of Iran Mohammed Mossadegh is overthrown and the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is installed as leader of the country.

1920—U.S. Women Gain Right To Vote

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified despite heavy conservative opposition. It states that no U.S. citizen can be denied the right to vote because of their gender.

1958—Lolita is Published in the U.S.

Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita, about a man's sexual obsession with a pre-pubescent girl, is published in the United States. It had been originally published in Paris three years earlier.

1953—NA Launches Recovery Program

Narcotics Anonymous, a twelve-step program of drug addiction recovery modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous, holds its first meeting in Los Angeles, California.

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