by Rudolph Belarski
The circus is a dangerous place, as this cover from Rudolph Belarski proves. This issue of The Phantom Detective was from December of 1946.
Artwork of the Day: The Phantom Detective (by Rudolph Belarski)
Category Archives: Artwork of the Day
Artwork of the Day: Confessions of a Carnival Dancer (artist unknown)
This is from 1951. Unfortunately, the identity of the artist responsible is not known.
Artwork of the Day: Trouble Buster (by Walter Popp)
Artwork of the Day: Spycatcher 2 (by Edward Mortlemans)
by Edward Mortelmans
He was?
Artwork of the Day: Agent of the Devil (by James E. McConnell)
by James E. McConnell
“Behind every spy is a woman?” If only that were true!
When I first saw this cover, I assumed it was by Robert McGinnis but then I saw the signature in the bottom right corner and learned that the artist responsible was actually James E. McConnell.
Artwork of the Day: Legacy of a Spy (by Robert McGinnis)
by Robert McGinnis
I always love a good Robert McGinnis cover!
Artwork of the Day: 15 Mystery Stories (by Gloria Stoll Karn)
by Gloria Stoll Karn
The murder is bad enough, without adding the insult of reading her diary. Nice shoes, though. This is from 1950. The cover was done by Gloria Stoll Karn, one of the most prominent female artists of the pulp era.
The Pulp Art of Jack Rickard
by Jack Rickard
A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, Jack Rickard was most famous for his work in the advertising industry and his later work for MAD Magazine. However, in between working on ads and working for MAD, Rickard also did the covers for several pulp magazines and paperback publishers. Below is a small sampling of Jack Rickard’s pulp artwork. I particularly like his cover for The Pagans.
Artwork of the Day: Action Stories (by Allen Gustav Anderson)
by Allen Gustav Anderson
This Allen Gustav Anderson cover is from 1948. His signature can be seen in the lower right-hand corner over the illustration. Not seen is whoever was unlucky enough to be the target of her vengeance.
High Times Of The Pulp Era
Artist Unknown
Drug abuse is not a new problem in the United States. The pulp era wrestled with the problem too, with many publications and novels telling the story of young women and young me who fell afoul the pushers and were enticed into a life of sin.
Here’s just a sampling of the high times of the Pulp Era:
by Bill Edwards
by Bill Fleming
by Gerald Gregg
by Howell Dodd
by Rafael DeSoto
by Raymond Johnson
Unknown Artist
by Victor Seach
by Warren King
Artist Unknown
