| Vintage Pulp | Jul 3 2015 |
Well, mostly thumbs.
The hitchhiker has been a central element of many a mid-century thriller, with the results of these rides ranging from hot sex to bloody murder, and several outcomes between. Above you see a cover for Jean Holbrook's Girl on the Run, and below is a collection of more paperback covers depicting various characters casting their fates to the road. Wish them luck—they’ll need it. And thanks to all the original uploaders on these.
Jean HolbrookEdward D. RadinDavid WadeGerald KramerBen BensonGeorges SimenonAmos HatterCass Regan. M.J. JacobsRobert C. Du SoeJean LillyCarter BrownReese HayesBill LaurenPaul RaderBarye PhillipsA. I. BezzeridesHoward PeaseErskine CaldwellC. A. GonnetPeter WillowJef de WulfJerome JansErle Stanley Gardnercover artcover collectionliterature
| Vintage Pulp | Jan 7 2014 |
Never trust a man in expensive clothes.
The Pulp Intl. girlfriends want more depictions of men on the site. Can we oblige them? Probably not. Vintage paperback art features women about ninety percent of the time, and they’re often scantily clothed. Men, on the occasions they appear, are not only typically dressed head to toe, but are often sartorially splendid. There are exceptions—beach-themed covers, bedroom depictions, gay fiction, and romances often feature stripped down dudes. We’ll assemble some collections of all those going forward, but today the best we can offer is an assortment of g’d up alpha males, with art by Victor Kalin, Robert McGinnis, and others. Enjoy.
John D. MacDonaldVictor KalinRoy HugginsGeorge SavaRobert McGinnisAgatha ChristieGeorges SimenonEdgar WallaceGraham GreeneEric LambertOrson WellesMaurice BessyWalt SheldonJohn ComleyDorothy B. Hughescover artcover collectionliterature
