Artwork of the Day: Showroom Girls (by Raymond Johnson)

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Raymond Johnson

This cover is from 1959. They posed for the big payoff!

Artwork of the Day: Dinner at Antoine’s (by Ric Grasso)

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Ric Grasso

That dress is ruined.

Artwork of the Day: On Company Time (by Paul Rader)

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Paul Rader

This is from 1966. You have to be careful with those big city jobs.

Artwork of the Day: The Greatest Adventure (by Edmund Emshwiller)

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Edmund Emshwiller

Happy Dinosaur Day!

Welcome to the Jungle with Jungle Comics!

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

Jungle Comics ran from 1940 t0 1954 and was full of stories of jungle adventure. Many of them featured Kaanga, the jungle lord, who spent all of his time rescuing people from being sacrificed and eaten by wild animals. Today, Jungle Comics is remembered for its exciting covers. Below is just a small sampling of the covers of Jungle Comics!

by Bob Powell

by Dan Zolnerowich

by Joe Doolin

by John Celardo

by Lou Fine

by Maurice Whitman

by Raphael Astarita

Artwork of the Day: Baseball Stories (Artist Unknown)

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

Artist Unknown

This is from 1950. There’s a signature on the cover but I can’t make it out. Can even pulp experts out there help out?

The Speed Detective Covers of Hugh Joseph Ward

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

Speed Detective was a crime pulp that was published for four years, from 1943 to 1947. Though many artists contributed covers for Speed Detective, all of the shocking covers below were illustrated by Hugh Joseph Ward.

January, 1943

May, 1943

June, 1943

July, 1943

August, 1943

September, 1943

November, 1943

July, 1944

February, 1945

Artwork of the Day: Black Mask (by Rafael DeSoto)

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Rafael DeSoto

This is from 1942. There’s a lot happening on this cover.

The Out Of This World Covers Of The Pulps

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Leo Morey

Years before any whistleblowers testified at any Congressional hearings about crashed UFOS and “non-human remains,” the pulps told the world all that it needed to know about spaceships, aliens, and what lies beyond the Milky Way. Here’s a small sampling of the out of this world covers of the pulps (and one comic book that I included because I liked the cover)!