Pulp International - Assorted playing cards designs from James Hodges

Jan 19 2015

HODGING YOUR BETS

French illustrator James Hodges shifts from the magic of books to the magic of cards.

We mentioned in our October post on French artist James Hodges that he moved into playing card design as his career progressed, so today we thought it would be nice to show you some of those designs. Above you see an example of his collectible work for the French playing card and tarot card company B.P. Grimaud, owned by Baptiste Paul Grimaud and based in Paris. Grimaud’s cards go back to 1848 when he purchased a workshop that had been in business since 1750, so we’re talking about a time-honored art here. Hodges’ designs were pin-up influenced, but he also painted stylized card faces, and we’re pretty sure he did some of the backs too. We have an assortment of card fronts below, and you can see more work at his website. The post where we mentioned his playing card career is here, and we have a collection of Hodges book fronts here.

France Paris Baptiste Paul Grimaud James Hodges

digg

stumble

delicious

History Rewind

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

December 08

1980—John Lennon Killed

Ex-Beatle John Lennon is shot four times in the back and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Chapman had been stalking Lennon since October, and earlier that evening Lennon had autographed a copy of his album Double Fantasy for him.

December 07

1941—Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor

The Imperial Japanese Navy sends aircraft to attack the U.S. Pacific Fleet and its defending air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. While the U.S. lost battleships and other vessels, its aircraft carriers were not at Pearl Harbor and survived intact, robbing the Japanese of the total destruction of the Pacific Fleet they had hoped to achieve.

December 06

1989—Anti-Feminist Gunman Kills 14

In Montreal, Canada, at the École Polytechnique, a gunman shoots twenty-eight young women with a semi-automatic rifle, killing fourteen. The gunman claimed to be fighting feminism, which he believed had ruined his life. After the killings he turns the gun on himself and commits suicide.

Featured Pulp

japanese themed aslan cover

cure bootleg by aslan

five aslan fontana sleeves

aslan trio for grand damier

ASLAN Harper Lee cover

ASLAN COVER FOr Dekobra

Four Aslan Covers for Parme

Reader Pulp

It's easy. We have an uploader that makes it a snap. Use it to submit your art, text, header, and subhead. Your post can be funny, serious, or anything in between, as long as it's vintage pulp. You'll get a byline and experience the fleeting pride of free authorship. We'll edit your post for typos, but the rest is up to you. Click here to give us your best shot.

Pulp Covers

Pulp art from around the web

Pulp Advertising

Things you'd love to buy but can't anymore