Artwork of the Day: Shantytown Tease (by Lou Marchetti)

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

This is from 1954. No one wears shoes in a shanty town, I guess.

Artwork of the Day: Big Beverage (by Lou Marchetti)

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

by Lou Marchetti

This is from 1953 and I guess it’s about a dangerous soda salesman. The cover is by the prolific Lou Marchetti.

Artwork of the Day: Give Me This Woman (by Lou Marchetti)

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

by Lou Marchetti

This is from 1962. She had love in her eyes and sin her heart. That sounds like a lot o people. This cover was done by Lou Marchetti.

Artwork of the Day: Love Hungry Doctor (by Lou Marchetti)

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

No matter how hard he tried … he couldn’t resist his patients.

It doesn’t look like he’s trying very hard!

This cover was done by Lou Marchetti.

Let’s Go To The Cities With The Pulps!

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

by Glen Orbik

With the 4th of July approaching, let’s celebrate the American city with the pulps! Ever since the early days of the pulp industry, writers and artists have excited readers with stories about the lives of those living in America’s cities. Here, curtsey of some of the best artists to have worked in the industry, is a pulp-guided tour of those cities!

by Al Rossi

by Barye Phillips

by C.C. Beall

by James Avati

by James Meese

by Lou Marchetti

by Mitchell Hooks

by Owen Kampen

by Rafael DeSoto

by Raymond Johnson

by Robert Maguire

by Robert Schulz

by Robert Stanley

by Rudy Nappi

by Stanley Meltzoff

by Victor Olson

by Walter Popp

by William George

Artwork of the Day: The Pleasure Seekers (by Lou Marchetti)

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

by Lou Marchetti

Artwork of the Day: Shameless Playgirl (by Lou Marchetti)

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

by Lou Marchetti

The Covers of Manhunt

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Dazzling Erin

Artist Unknown

From 1953 to 1967, Manhunt was one of the best-selling and most highly regarded of the crime-themed pulp magazines. Manhunt featured hard-boiled stories from authors like Mickey Spillane, James Cain, James T. O’Farrell, William Irish, and others. Along with attracting some of the top pulp literary talent, it also featured some of the most memorable covers of the era. Below are just a few of the overs of Manhunt. As always, the artist has been credited when known!