We just talked about Bruno Fischer’s The Lustful Ape, but we’re circling back to it to highlight this cover from Eclipse Books because it’s an example of a brief trend in crime and adventure paperbacks of nude models on covers. We shared a few French examples seven years ago, and we have more we may compile into a post later. Obviously, the classic painted GGA covers sold sex too, but subtle like. Here Eclipse has stripped away the fig leaf of artfulness—along with everything else. Still, it’s a nice bit of erotic photography.
Eclipse Books strips buyer motivations bare.