Author Archives: Dazzling Erin

Happy Dracula Day!

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Today is the 125th anniversary of the publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula!  Since 1897, Dracula has ruled supreme as the king of the Vampires.  In honor of this day, here are some of the way that Dracula has been imagined over the years.

The Dangerous Lives of Models

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by Enoch Bolles

Sometime glamorous.  Sometimes sordid.  Sometimes dangerous.  The life of the model has always been a popular subject for the pulps.  Below are some pulp covers that deal not only with the experience of being model but also the weight of being an artist.   There’s a price for everything.

by Ann Cantor

by Arnold Kohn

Artist Unknown

by Bernard Safran

by John Drew

by Paul Rader

by Rafael DeSoto

by Robert Bonfils

by Verne Tossey

by Hugh Joseph Ward

 

 

The Wild Covers of Weird Thrillers

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Weird Thrillers was one of the many horror comics to be published in the early 50s.  Though there were only five issues and the content was largely made up of true crime stories and sci-fi stories instead of straight horror, Weird Thrillers is still remembered for its awesome covers.

Here are the five covers for Weird Thrillers.  The first four issues were published in 1951.  The fifth and apparently final issue was published in 1952.

Artist Unknown

by Allen Gustav Anderson

by Allen Gustav Anderson

by Norman Saunders

Artist Unknown

The Wild West of Richard Case

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Richard Case, who is not related to the comic book artist of the same name, was a pulp illustrator who was active in the 1940s.  Though he worked in all genres, he’s best-known for his work for western pulps.  Below are a few covers from the 40s, all portraying the wild west of Richard Case.