Vintage Pulp

May 17 2020

LIP SYNCING

Kiss me and I'll kiss you back.

Below, another collection of covers featuring characters expressing a little affection, a continuation of the lip locks we put together way back in 2013, and an adjunct to our collection of Harry Barton neck kisses from 2017.

Bonus action: see more kisses here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Tiffany Thayer, Michael Avallone, Franklin M. Davis Jr., Von Hoffman, Ruth Livingston, Florenz Branch, Rex Weldon, Ruth Park, Kathleen Norris, R. G. Mayzk, Robert Carse, Robert Paul Smith, John Dexter, Peter Cheyney, J.B. O'Sullivan, Perry Lindsay, Harry Best, Erskine Caldwell, Watkins E. Wright, Don Elliott, Van Nize, William E. Gordon, Edith Roberts, Frank Yerby, Kyle Onstott, Lance Horner, Dick Dale, Vicki Baum, Nancy Hale, John Bramlett, James Ramsey Ullman, Viña Delmar, Ian Stuart Black, Dana Wilson, James M. Cain, John B. Thompson, Judith Heiman, Gordon Merrick, Kim Savage, Daoma Winston, Vladimir Nabokov, William Faulkner, Alberto Moravia, Dylan Thomas, Émile Zola, Robert Wilder, Martha Gellhorn, Ellen Caren, Robert Briffault, Anthony Thorne, Theodore Pratt, Vincent James, Faith Baldwin, cover art, cover collection, literature

ABOUT

EMAIL

LEGAL

SEARCH PULP INTERNATIONAL

PULP INTL.
HISTORY REWIND

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

October 7

1959—Dark Side of Moon Revealed

The Soviet space probe Luna 3 transmits the first photographs of the far side of the moon. The photos generate great interest, and scientists are surprised to see mountainous terrain, very different from the near side, and only two seas, which the Soviets name Mare Moscovrae (Sea of Moscow) and Mare Desiderii (Sea of Desire).

October 6

1966—LSD Declared Illegal in U.S.

LSD, which was originally synthesized by a Swiss doctor and was later secretly used by the CIA on military personnel, prostitutes, the mentally ill, and members of the general public in a project code named MKULTRA, is designated a controlled substance in the United States.

October 5

1945—Hollywood Black Friday

A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators becomes a riot at the gates of Warner Brothers Studios when strikers and replacement workers clash. The event helps bring about the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, which, among other things, prohibits unions from contributing to political campaigns and requires union leaders to affirm they are not supporters of the Communist Party.

October 4

1957—Sputnik Circles Earth

The Soviet Union launches the satellite Sputnik I, which becomes the first artificial object to orbit the Earth. It orbits for two months and provides valuable information about the density of the upper atmosphere. It also panics the United States into a space race that eventually culminates in the U.S. moon landing.

October 4

1970—Janis Joplin Overdoses

American blues singer Janis Joplin is found dead on the floor of her motel room in Los Angeles. The cause of death is determined to be an overdose of heroin, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol.