Category Archives: Art

The Four Covers of Verdict

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Verdict was a crime fiction magazine that enjoyed a brief run in 1953.  Though only four issues of Verdict were published, the magazine still featured work from notable names like Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, William Irish, Henry Kane, Dorothy Hughes, Rex Stout, and others.  That’s enough to make this magazine far more popular among modern collectors than it was among readers when it was first published.

Below are the four covers of Verdict!  Sadly, I have not been able to find any information on which artist (or artists) should be credited for those covers.

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

The Covers of Beauty Parade

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

by Peter Driben

Beauty Parade was published, by Robert Harrison, from 1941 to 1956 and you can probably already guess what the magazine about.  This was a pin-up magazine, full of articles and pictorials about Hollywood’s leading starlets.  By today’s standards, Beauty Parade seems pretty tame and the pictures are pretty innocent when compared to what you can currently find on any newsstand (not to mention the internet).  Back in the 40s or 50s, though, this was all considered to be very daring.

Here are a few of the covers of Beauty Parade!  Racy back in the 40s, they seem quaint today.

by Earl Moran

by Earl Moran

by Earl Moran

by Earl Moran

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben

by Peter Driben