High Times Of The Pulp Era


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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

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by Victor Seach

by Warren King

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Artwork of the Day: Pay Off The Damned (by Bill Edwards)


1965 Bill Edwards

by Bill Edwards

This is from 1965 and, like so many “adult” books of the time, the cover blurb is awfully judgmental.  Franie knew she was doing wrong but someone published a book about it and then someone else decided to read it so is anyone in a position to judge?  This cover was done by Bill Edwards, who has a definite skill when it came to capturing the sordidness of small town life.