Pulp fiction covers

1962

A vivid, sexy, and titillating journey into the steamy underworld of the dime novel. In the scandalous world of pulp fiction in the 1950s and into the 60s, detectives, gangsters, and mad doctors were joined on the racks by bad girls, dissolute youths, drug-crazed beatniks, and other assorted ...

Behind Her Baby Stare Of Innocence She Kept The Secret Of His Life -- Or Death! via

I love used book stores. I have never really been attracted to new book stores, for a couple of reasons. As a child and teen, I couldn’t afford to pay cover price for a book. I think the only…

Robert McGinnis is an American painter and illustrator. The member of the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame Robert McGinnis was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1926. He studied fine art at Ohio State University. McGinnis apprenticed at Walt Disney Studios for some time.

Last month at CrimeReads, Rebecca Romney looked at a few classic detective novels that had, at one time or another, gotten makeovers as sexy pulps—because as we all know, the easiest way to sell so…

Detective Story Magazine September 13 1930

We had many goals in mind with our book, but two of the most important - and ultimately most rewarding for us as authors - were: 1) That we pack in as

I’m a great collector of rare and vintage horror comics and magazines, but this is a whole new genre to me, discovered during a recent Robed in Desire rehearsal, when we were looking for insp…

Today's treat is pulp covers from the collection.

The Sins of Hollywood 1922 I have the May 1922 version