Artwork of the Day: Women’s Barracks (by Barye Phillips)

Posted on September 5, 2026 by Dazzling Erin

by Barye Phillips

This book first came out in 1950. The cover and the book’s plot about five French women living together in London during World War II were so controversial that Canada banned it outright and the U.S. House held hearing on whether or not the book was immoral. The controversy also made the book a best seller and helped launch the genre of lesbian pulp fiction.

Artwork of the Day: The Americanization of Emily (by Barye Philips)

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Barye Philips

This cover is from 1960.

Artwork of the Day: The Blessing (by Barye Philips)

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Dazzling Erin

by Barye Philips

Take A Break With The Pulps

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Dazzling Erin

For some, this week is the start of Spring Break! For those wondering how to spend their break, the pulps have a few suggestions. As the covers below show, a week on the beach doesn’t just mean binge drinking and partying. It also means excitement, mystery, romance, and maybe even a hurricane!

Unknown Artist

by Bernard Safran

by Bill Edwards

Artist Unknown

by Robert McGinnis

Artist Unknown

by Zoe Mozert

by Barye Philips

It’s The End Of The World!: Pulp Art of the Apocalypse

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Dazzling Erin

The end of the world has always been a popular subject, as you can tell by looking at the artwork below. Some of these were done for magazines and some of them for paperbacks but what they all have in common is that they deal with the end of the world as we know it.

Presented for your consideration, pulp art of the apocalypse: