This cover is from 1955.
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Celebrate Rural America With The Pulps!
To help you get in the mood for the 4th of July, here is a very pulpy celebration of rural America!
Artist Profile: Warren King (1916 — 1978)
Born in Brooklyn and educated in New York City (he received a Bachelor of Sciences degree from Fordham University), Warren King began his career as a freelance artist in 1940. Though King was responsible for several paperback and pulp magazine covers, he was best-known for his work as the Chief Editorial Cartoonist for The New York Daily News. King began his work for the New York Daily News in 1955 and would stay with them for the next twenty years.
Here are a few examples of King’s work.
Artwork of the Day: Dirt Farm (by Warren King)
This is from 1953. The dirt farm never looked so good!
High Times Of The Pulp Era
Drug abuse is not a new problem in the United States. The pulp era wrestled with the problem too, with many publications and novels telling the story of young women and young me who fell afoul the pushers and were enticed into a life of sin.
Here’s just a sampling of the high times of the Pulp Era:
Artwork of the Day: Tramp Girl (by Warren King)
This is from 1952 and the artwork was done by Warren King. She may have the morals of an alley cat but that is a pretty dress. Wanton country girls were a popular subject for pulp paperbacks.