Chicago-born and educated at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sidney Riesenberg is best remembered for posters like the one above. During World War I, he produced several recruiting posters for the Marines and the Liberty Loan Program. Riesenberg’s illustrations were influenced by the impressionists and always captured the emotion of the moment. He also did numerous pulp covers before retiring after the end of the World War II. Below are just a few samples of his work:
by Lawrence Sterne Stevens
by Robert Bonfils
by Robert Maguire
by Doaly
by Gerald Gregg
by Bill Edwards
by Frank Cozzarelli
Take a walk on the dangerous side of the street with these pulp covers from artist Frank Cozzarelli. I could not find much biographical information on Cozzarelli but all of the work of his that I was able to find was from the 1950s. As you can tell from the examples below, his covers were lively and detailed and included everything that we associate with the pulp era: tough guys, beautiful women, and danger around every corner!
My favorites are the covers for Murder! and Manhunt.
Through the Shattered Lens