| Vintage Pulp | Oct 20 2018 |
A free class in Popp art from one of the best vintage paperback illustrators.
Above, a collection of covers from the U.S. artist Walter Popp, who illustrated numerous pulps before moving into paperback art, men's adventure magazines, and commercial package design. We've featured quite a bit of his work, including this cover and this one. You can be sure he'll Popp up again.
M.S. MarbleOrrie HittSteve HarraganStephen MarloweOctavus Roy CohenRobert O. SaberGeoffrey WagnerHenry Lewis NixonJay de BekkerWilliam ArdGail JordanWalter Poppcover artliteraturecover collection
| Vintage Pulp | Sep 11 2016 |
These are people who definitely pay attention to the poles.
When you look at lots of paperbacks sometimes a common thread suddenly jumps out at you that went unnoticed before. Such was the case a few weeks ago when we noticed the large number of characters on mid-century covers leaning against poles—light poles, telephone poles, sign poles, etc. We suggested someone should put together a collection, but of course we really meant us, so today you see above and below various characters deftly using these features of the urban streetscape as accessories. Art is from Benedetto Caroselli, Harry Schaare, George Gross, Rudolph Belarski, James Avati, et al. You can see a couple more examples here and here.
Robert O. SaberMichael CroftSloan BrittonEdward AndersonWilliam ArdFranz SilbermanLynton Wright BrentBart MichaelsLeslie CharterisOrrie HittMark ReedArthur MillerRobert BlochJay de BekkerJoan EllisJames T. FarrellJohn D. MacDonaldHarmon BellamyGeoffrey PardoeJohn LodwickFrancis CarcoBenedetto CaroselliHarry SchaareGeorge GrossRudolph BelarskiTom HoweStella WyngardeBernard MalamudHerbert SimmomsRoy Hugginscover collectioncover artliterature
| Vintage Pulp | Jul 14 2013 |
Maybe you shouldn't look, but sometimes you just can't help yourself.
A couple of months ago we mentioned the popularity of keyhole themed pulp art and said we’d gather some examples. Well, today’s the day. Below are fifteen pieces of keyhole cover art for your enjoyment.
Jay de BekkerOrrie HittPeggy GaddisJack RayGeorge MaxwellErnie WeatherallJack WoodfordHarold Q. MasurAlfred GesheidtFan NicholsErskine CaldwellAlex PinonErle Stanley GardnerGeorge Maxwellcover collectioncover artliterature
