Pulp International - Norman+Saunders

Aug 26 2015

DRAIN WRECK

Hmm... looks like it was four or five shots that did her in—tequila most likely.

Originally published in 1945 as The Dead Lie Still, William L. Stuart’s thriller Dead Ahead is about an ex-naval intelligence officer who after the war runs afoul of a gang of local thugs. The Ace edition here appeared in 1953 and the art is by Norman Saunders. It’s a double novel, and the other side is Day Keene’s Mrs. Homicide, also with Saunders art. Twice the vice, one easy price.

Ace Books Ace Double Novels William L. Stuart Day Keene Gunard Hjerstedt Norman Saunders cover art literature

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Feb 7 2015

UNHAPPILY CARRIED

For better or worse, in sickness and health, women in pulp don’t have a heck of a lot of choice about it.

Pulp is a place where the men are decisive and the women are as light as feathers. We’ve gotten together a collection of paperback covers featuring women being spirited away to places unknown, usually unconscious, by men and things that are less than men. You have art from Harry Schaare, Saul Levine, Harry Barton, Alain Gourdon, aka Aslan, and others.

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Jan 26 2011

DOGS PLAYING POKER

These guys are a couple of real cards.

You know, maybe we should both just go “all in.”

*snicker* Then we could try a different variety of “poker” altogether.

Yeah, we could both “play stud.” Heh heh.

Good idea. We’ll just “split the kitty.”

Bwahah. That’s funny. Wasn’t that funny, Kitty?

*whimper* I have to pee really ba—

QUIET!

Ahem, I’ll have a card, my good man.

An ace... well, someone’s showing a “high pair.” Heh heh…

Phantom Books Jay Hart Norman Saunders cover art literature

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History Rewind

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

December 04

1918—Wilson Goes to Europe

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails to Europe for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, France, becoming the first U.S. president to travel to Europe while in office.

1921—Arbuckle Manslaughter Trial Ends

In the U.S., a manslaughter trial against actor/director Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends with the jury deadlocked as to whether he had killed aspiring actress Virginia Rappe during rape and sodomy. Arbuckle was finally cleared of all wrongdoing after two more trials, but the scandal ruined his career and personal life.

December 03

1964—Mass Student Arrests in U.S.

In California, Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest at the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on university property.

1968—U.S. Unemployment Hits Low

Unemployment figures are released revealing that the U.S. unemployment rate has fallen to 3.3 percent, the lowest rate for almost fifteen years. Going forward all the way to the current day, the figure never reaches this low level again.

December 02

1954—Joseph McCarthy Disciplined by Senate

In the United States, after standing idly by during years of communist witch hunts in Hollywood and beyond, the U.S. Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for conduct bringing the Senate into dishonor and disrepute. The vote ruined McCarthy's career.

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