Tag Archives: Verne Tossey

The Dangerous Lives of Models

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by Enoch Bolles

Sometime glamorous.  Sometimes sordid.  Sometimes dangerous.  The life of the model has always been a popular subject for the pulps.  Below are some pulp covers that deal not only with the experience of being model but also the weight of being an artist.   There’s a price for everything.

by Ann Cantor

by Arnold Kohn

Artist Unknown

by Bernard Safran

by John Drew

by Paul Rader

by Rafael DeSoto

by Robert Bonfils

by Verne Tossey

by Hugh Joseph Ward

 

 

Artwork of the Day: Mercy Island (by Verne Tossey)

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by Verne Tossey

Mercy Island was originally published in 1941.  Theodore Pratt was a Florida-based writer and all of his books, including this one, took place in the Sunshine State.  The edition above came out in 1953.  The cover was by Verne Tossey, who has been featured on the site in the past and who will be featured in the future.

The thing I like about this cover is the facial expressions of the three people involved.  The man throwing the punch looks like he doesn’t even know where he is anymore.  That shirt is about to get ripped.

Artwork of the Day: The Insiders (by Verne Tossey)

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by Verne Tossey

This novel about Washington insiders and corruption was first published in 1958.  Washington corruption has obviously been a popular topic for a very long time.  It was written by Booth Money, which I’m assuming was a pseudonym.  Whether it’s real or not, it’s a great name for a writer.

The cover art is by Verne Tossey, who I profiled back in 2017.  It features a stereotypical corrupt pol (they’re always overweight and bald) and a woman who I assume is meant to be his mistress.  While talking on the phone, she’s holding a newspaper that features headline about the Senate investigating a lobbyist.  Influence is definitely about to be peddled in the shadow of the Capitol Dome!

 

Artist Profile: Verne Tossey (1920–2002)

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Like many of the artists that have been featured on this site, Verne Tossey got his start as a student at the Art Student’s League in New York.  As an illustrator, he’s probably best known for his western covers but he worked in all genres.  I like the energy of Tossey’s covers.  His covers are exciting and realistic at the same time.

A small sampling of Verne Tossey’s work can be found below: