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Artist Profile: John Coleman Burroughs (1913 — 1979)

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Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, John Coleman Burroughs displayed artistic talent from an early age and was writing and illustrating stories before he even graduated high school.  He was 23 when he first got his chance to professionally illustrate a book, The Oakdale Affair and The Rider.  The book was written by John’s father, Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of both Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.

John Coleman Burroughs went on to provide the illustrations for all of his father’s future works, along with illustrating a John Carter Sunday newspaper strip. As you can tell by looking at the covers below, Burroughs knew how to capture the mystery and excitement of a good adventure story:

The Many Adventures of Johnny Dekker

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Johnny Dekker was a private investigator who starred in 13 pulp paperbacks in the late 40s.  Though the paperbacks were published in Britain, they were written in the “American style” and one thing that is obvious from looking at the covers is that Johnny was good with a gun and always had a femme fatale nearby.

Though he wasn’t credited on the covers, the Johnny Dekker novels were written by British comic book artist, Mick Anglo.  Anglo was unique in that he not only wrote the paperbacks but he also drew the covers as well.  Here, courtesy of the imagination of Mick Anglo, are some of the many adventures of Johnny Dekker.  My personal favorite is Nuts To Nylon: