Vintage Pulp | Aug 22 2017 |
Tell you what—no-strings-attached sex, plus a twelve pack, and I'll order pizza. Now do you wanna come over?
Above, James Howard's I'll Get You Yet, 1954 from Popular Library's sub-imprint Eagle Books, with art by an unknown generally suspected to be Ray Johnson or Owen Kampen. The cover wraps around, and the rear gives you the gist of the plot, which involves a man trying to defend a woman and her sister from organized crime baddies. Regarding the art, we think Johnson is the more likely perpetrator, though we may never have an official answer. But you can see why we're guessing Johnson by taking a look at another of his pieces here. See if you don't agree there's a strong stylistic similarity. Also, this uncredited cover is definitely the same artist. Johnson too? We suspect so.
Vintage Pulp | Apr 12 2016 |
You know what's really tough? Watching you spill good liquor all over my new shag carpet.
Above is a cover for James Howard's 1955 thriller I Like It Tough, with a nice wraparound illustration from an uncredited artist. The novel deals with an ace reporter named Steve Ashe who has inside information on the “vice syndicate” and finds himself marked for murder when the crooks get wind of his snooping. It was first in a series of Steve Ashe novels, which of course means the hero survives this one to sleuth again. Hope that didn't spoil anything.