Celebrating Rural America With The Pulps!


by George Gross

With the Fourth of July just a few days away, let’s celebrate the American countryside with the pulps!  From the early days of the pulps, life in rural America has been a favorite subject.  Here are a few portrayals of that life, courtesy of some of the best artists and illustrators to work in the pulp industry!

by Rudy Nappi

by Victor Kalin

by Rudy Nappi

by Saul Levine

by Lou Marchetti

by Sam Cherry

by James Avati

by Paul Rader

by Warren King

by Robert Bonfils

by James Meese

by TW McClean

American Images, Part One


Every 4th of July, I like to consider the diversity of America.  We’re a nation of large cities but we’re also a nation of small towns and rural highways.  We are one nation but we are also fifty states, each with its own identity.  In honor of America’s 250th birthday, here are some photographs that capture America outside of the cities.

by Dorothea Lange

Photograph by Tim Richmond

Photograph by Tim Richmond

by Carol Highsmith

by Carol Highsmith

by Carol Highsmith

by Carol Highsmith

 by Scott Wishart

by Erin Nicole

By Erin Nicole

By Erin Nicole

By Erin Nicole

by Erin Nicole

 

A Blast From The Past: Make Mine Freedom


With the 250th birthday of America approaching,  here’s a rather odd but charming blast from the past (1948, to be exact) called Make Mine Freedom.  It’s a cartoon about why America rules and the rest of the world sucks.   

This cartoon was produced by Arkansas’s Harding College and there is some debate over who actually directed it.  Some sources claim that this was one of the first projects on which Joseph Barbera and William Hanna ever worked.  Others insist that this film should be properly credited to either Fritz Freling or Fred Moore.

The important thing is that the film did a good job of exposing Dr. Utopia and his empty promises….

 

Get Ready For The 4th With “American” Pulp!


Unknown Artist

Are you still struggling to get into the 4th of July spirit?  Really?  What’s wrong with you!?

Well. don’t worry.  The Pulps are here to help!

by Mitchell Hooks

by Rudolph Belarski

Unknown Artist

by George Erickson

Unknown Artist

Unknown Artist

by James Trombata

by Ken Fagg

by George Quintana

by J. Oval

by Walter Baumhofer

by James B. Settles

Get Ready For The 4th With These American Paintings!


by Tom Cannady

We are just a few days away from the 4th of July and the 250th birthday of America.  Here to help you get in the mood are a few paintings that capture America and Americans at different times over the past 250 years.

by Mort Kunstler

by Tom Lovell

by Graig Kreindler

by Gil Cohen

by Gil Cohen

by Tom Cannady

by Graig Kriendler

by Tom Cannady

by Graig Kriendler

by Gil Elvgren

by Max Ginsburg

by Max Ginsburg

by Tom Lovell

Artist Unknown

by Alan Bean

by Alan Bean

by Juan Valesquez