Artwork of the Day: Dime Mystery Magazine (by Tom Lovell)

Posted on July 23, 2026 by Dazzling Erin

by Tom Lovell

Look out behind you1

The Action-Packed Covers Of Star Western

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Dazzling Erin

Star Western was one of the more popular western magazines of the pulp era. Each issue promised 160 pages of shoot ’em up excitement. The majority of the covers had a red background, which undoubtedly distinguished Star Western from all of the other western magazines of the 30s and 40s.

Here is small sampling of the action-packed covers of Star Western!

by Tom Lovell

by Richard Lillis

by Walter Baumhofer

by William Soare

by Sam Cherry

by Norman Saunders

Get Ready For The 4th With These American Paintings!

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Dazzling Erin

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 Tom Cannady

by Graig Kriendler

by Tom Cannady

by Graig Kriendler

by Gil Elvgren

by Max Ginsburg

by Tom Lovell

Artist Unknown

by Alan Bean

by Juan Valesquez

Have A Culty Halloween With The Pulps

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Dazzling Erin

Since the start of the pulp era, cults have been a popular subject. Usually dressed in red and concealing their faces behind hoods, cult members have menaced and frightened.

For this Halloween, here are some of the cults of the pulp era.

by Walter Baumhofer

by Arnold Kohn

by John Newton Howitt

by Rudolph Zirm

by Tom Lovell

by John Walter Scott

by George Hargis

by Harry Lemon Parkhurst

by Hugh Joseph Ward

by John Drew

by J. Allen St. John

Artwork of the Day: Cowboy Stories (by Tom Lovell)

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Tom Lovell

This is from 1935.

Artwork of the Day: Detective Tales (by Tom Lovell)

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Tom Lovell

Look out behind you!

Artwork of the Day: Panama Threat (by Tom Lovell)

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Tom Lovell

This painting is from 1941.

The Dastardly Cults of the Pulp Era

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Dazzling Erin

by John Walter Scott

Since the start of the pulp era, cults have been a popular subject. Usually dressed in red and concealing their faces behind hoods, cult members have menaced, tortured, and frightened. Luckily, there’s often a strong-jawed hero right around the corner to take them out and save the day.

Here’s a few of the cults of the pulp era!