May 02, 2009

Tom Lovell, Pulp Artist

Thanks to the efforts of Anthony Tollin and Will Murray, more pulp fans today are more familiar with the artwork Tom Lovell created for the pulp magazines. - Read this article

March 04, 2009

Blue Book Artists

I want to pass along some links to a dandy blog I visit on a frequent basis, Today's Inspiration. It focus on illustration -- for magazines, books, whatever -- and the illustrators who have made their mark in our cultural awareness of our world. Many of them toiled away, basically unknown -- not everyone became a household word like Norman Rockwell. - Read this article

July 07, 2006

Harvey Dunn, Artist

By Duane Spurlock. Harvey Dunn isn’t usually on the list of famed pulp-cover artists -- his work more often appeared in the slicks. But the subjects of his paintings -- historical adventure, the frontier, pioneer life -- and his influence on many subsequent illustrators make him worth examining by pulp fans. - Read this article

October 02, 2002

Dean Cornwell

Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators by Patricia Janis Broder, published by Collector's Press. Reprint of 1978 edition, with new preface. 238 pages. This big book is a beauty. - Read this article

September 26, 2002

The Illustrator in America

Compiled and edited by Walt Reed, and published by the Society of Illustrators, The Illustrator in America: 1860 - 2000 is quite an impressive and a valuable tome. The third edition goes back to examine the illustrators at work during... - Read this article

September 17, 2002

Pulp Culture

Frank M. Robinson and Lawrence Davidson have performed a tremendous job of introducing the pulp magazines to potential new fans and delighting existing pulp fans by presenting the marvelous art of the pulp cover in this coffee-table book. - Read this article

September 04, 2002

Each Issue a Feast for the Eyes

The art of the pulp magazine is a many-splendored thing. Early pulp covers were in most cases merely decorative, and only occasionally depicted a scene described on the pages within. As the 20th century wore on, painting styles similar to those of the great book illustrators -- Howard Pyle and N.C. Wyeth, among others -- gave way to more flamboyant styles with garish colors: the point of the cover was to SELL the magazine it wrapped. - Read this article