Sometimes, when I’m doing these artist profiles, I can find a lot of information about an artist online and sometimes, I can’t. In the case of George Erickson, most of the information that I found was about a retired dentist and world traveler who just happened to have the same name as the artist. I also found plenty of information about an illustrator named George Ericson, who usually his signed his work, “Eugene Iverd.” (A story in the Saturday Evening Post states that he spelled his last name Erickson while Wikipedia spells it without the K.) Unfortunately, that George Ericson died in 1936 and the covers below were obviously painted in the 1950s. I don’t know if our George Erickson was related to Ericson/Iverd or if the similarity of their names is just a coincidence. Beyond his work, the only definite thing that I found out about our George Erickson is that he was born in 1924.
Unlike a lot of artists of the pulp era, it appears that George Erickson regularly signed his name to his work, so at least we can definitely identify which covers were done by him. Below is a small sampling of his work. My favorites are The American Dream Girl, The Crooked Man, Like Wild, I’ll Bury My Dead, and A Hero Of Our Time, even if the “hero” looks like he’s being more of a pest than a hero.
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He was in Destin fl 40 years ago. Hung out at the Destin ice house. Painted a picture of my dog. Remember he had a studio in Walton co and did romance book covers.
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George T. Erickson. Born January 27, 1924 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Studies seven years at the Whitney School of art in New Haven and for two years at the Pennsylvania Avademy of Fine Art. His first cover was for Avon 412, Waiting for Willy. He produced some 30 covers for Avon in 1950 en 1951. Went to Signet where he did about 35 covers between 1951 and 1954 and simultaneously worked for Pocket Book 12 covers, en Perma Books about 50 covers. His favorites are Spider in the Cup, The Tattooed Heart and The Money Song (all for Signet)
Source: The Book of Paperbacks by Piet Schreuders page 205
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His first paperback cover was for Avon 412, Waiting for Willy. He produced some 30 covers for Avon in 1950 and 1951. Went to Signet Books and did about 35 covers between 1951 and 1954. His personal favorites are Spider in the Cup, The Tattooed Heart and The Money Song (all for Signet) > Source: The Book of Paperbacks by Piet Schreuders page 205
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