Celebrating New Orleans With The Pulps


Unknown Artist

Tomorrow is Mardi Gras.  For many people, it will be their last chance to celebrate and indulge before the start of Lent.  Though there are annual celebrations across the country, the city that everyone think of when they hear the words “Mardi Gras” is New Orleans.  If you’ve not going to be able to get down to New Orleans this year to celebrate Mardi Gras, don’t worry.  Through the Shattered Lens has got you covered with these New Orleans and Mardi Gras-related pulp covers!

by Bernard Barton

by Earle Bergey

by Harry Bennett

by Mitchell Hooks

by Philip Ronfor

by Rudy Nappi

Artist Unknown

by William George

by Stanley Zuckerberg

Artist Profile: Rudy Nappi (1923 — 2015)


Rudy Nappi was one of the most prolific of the great pulp artists and also had one of the longest careers.  Though Nappi is mostly remembered for being the long-time cover artist for the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy book series, he also did a countless number of magazines and pulp paperback covers.  Check out a sampling of his work below:

0 The Magnate1 Girl Hungry2 Gang MollFour Year HitchFrench AlleyGambLove NestLulieOne Deadly DawnQueer PatternsReefer GirlRunning ScaredScarlet LilScratchShe Tried To Be GoodThe Men She KnewThe Place of JackalsWeep For A Wanton