NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING

Who's that woman on the wall? Not who we thought.

We have a bit of modern pulp for you today. When we were in Mexico we shot this photo at a place we nicknamed the Three Fingers Bar. We were curious about the Coca Cola placard you see above, and debated whether it was vintage or new. When we got back to our computers we found that it was new, and part of an entire series of faux vintage Coke items, which you see a few of below. All the women are actually computer generated, despite a few Monroesque iterations. Actually, in the bar we were fooled for a bit. Monroe on an unlicensed Coke ad? Gotta have it on the website.

We posted it for another reason, which is to let you know we do plan to share a couple items from the trip, but we’ve been delayed on that and other fronts due to a mishap that occurred, a couple of blows to the head that required PSGP to get his skull drained of blood. He’s fine, though the surgery was extremely painful. They did it under local, but the anesthesia doesn’t go into the bone. So basically, you get a hole drilled in your head and feel every second. You’re thinking we left some details out from the trip. It’s no biggie. He had no idea there was even a problem until days later, and the only true casualty was a bit of luxurious hair, which will return. Just another day in the life of Pulp Intl.

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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

1949—First Emmy Awards Are Presented

At the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles, California, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presents the first Emmy Awards. The name Emmy was chosen as a feminization of “immy”, a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were common in early television cameras.

1971—Manson Family Found Guilty

Charles Manson and three female members of his “family” are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, which Manson orchestrated in hopes of bringing about Helter Skelter, an apocalyptic war he believed would arise between blacks and whites.

1961—Plane Carrying Nuclear Bombs Crashes

A B-52 Stratofortress carrying two H-bombs experiences trouble during a refueling operation, and in the midst of an emergency descent breaks up in mid-air over Goldsboro, North Carolina. Five of the six arming devices on one of the bombs somehow activate before it lands via parachute in a wooded region where it is later recovered. The other bomb does not deploy its chute and crashes into muddy ground at 700 mph, disintegrating while driving its radioactive core fifty feet into the earth.

1912—International Opium Convention Signed

The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague, Netherlands, and is the first international drug control treaty. The agreement was signed by Germany, the U.S., China, France, the UK, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Persia, Portugal, Russia, and Siam.

1946—CIA Forerunner Created

U.S. president Harry S. Truman establishes the Central Intelligence Group or CIG, an interim authority that lasts until the Central Intelligence Agency is established in September of 1947.

1957—George Metesky Is Arrested

The New York City “Mad Bomber,” a man named George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs. Metesky was angry about events surrounding a workplace injury suffered years earlier. Of the thirty-three known bombs he planted, twenty-two exploded, injuring fifteen people. He was apprehended based on an early use of offender profiling and because of clues given in letters he wrote to a newspaper. At trial he was found legally insane and committed to a state mental hospital.

We can't really say, but there are probably thousands of kisses on mid-century paperback covers. Here's a small collection of some good ones.
Two Spanish covers from Ediciones G.P. for Peter Cheyney's Huracan en las Bahamas, better known as Dark Bahama.
Giovanni Benvenuti was one of Italy's most prolific paperback cover artists. His unique style is on display in multiple collections within our website.

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