Artwork of the Day: Master Detective (by Joe Little)

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Dazzling Erin

By Joe Little

This sordid cover is from 1961. That doesn’t look like much money to me. Talk about insulting!

Artwork of the Day: True Detective (by Joe Little)

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Joe Little

This alarming cover is from 1956.

Artist Profile: Joe Little (1915 — 1986)

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Joe Little

I searched but I couldn’t find much biographical information on the illustrator Joe Little. He was born in 1915 and passed away in 1986. From the 40s through the 60s, his work appeared on the covers and inside of several Hearst publications. In this case, the work will and can speak for itself.

The Totally True Covers of True Adventures

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Mort Kunstler

True Adventures was a pulp magazine that ran from 1955 to 1971. Each issue featured stories about manly men doing manly things and they were all supposedly true. Today, True Adventures not because of the stories but the very pulpy and often very violent covers.

Here, for our adventurous readers, is just a sampling of the covers of True Adventures:

by Basil Gogos

by Doug Rosa

by Earl Norem

by Joe Little

by John Leone

by Norm Eastman

by Robert Schulz

by Victor Olson

by Victor Prezio

Art Profile: The True Detective Covers

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Dazzling Erin

Long before it lent its name to HBO, True Detective was one of the most popular of all the pulp magazines. Founded in 1924, the American version of True Detective was published for 71 years, while the British version is still going! True Detective started out publishing a mix of crime fiction and nonfiction. Eventually, fiction was phased out and True Detective became the first “true crime” magazine.

Over 71 years, there were many covers that were painted by many different artists, some well-known and others forgotten. Below is a small sampling of the True Detective covers: