Born in Oxford, New York, Richard Lillis served in World War I and worked as a salesman at his family’s store before he relocated to New York City and took classes with the Art Students League.  He began his illustrating career around 1928 and is responsible for some of the most definitive tough guy covers of the pulp era.

Here’s a small sampling of the work of Richard Lillis.

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