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Collecting and Collectibles in Other Areas => Show Us Your Other Collectibles => Topic started by: 50s on December 01, 2015, 02:41:05 AM
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A while back I branched out into a few new collecting areas and one was Pulp Magazines. I liked the cover art on them.
I am interested to see any pulp magazines in your possession for which you particularily like the front cover art.
Here are a couple of mine to get the ball rolling...
Aug, 1957
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/pulp_SuperScienceFict_5449_750.jpg)
Jan, 1952
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/pulp_BeautyParade1952_5458_750.jpg)
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I can see the appeal ... They are very colourful thumbsup.gif
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I can see the appeal ... They are very colourful thumbsup.gif
Yeah, I just collect on the colours... not sure why so many women on those covers though :P ... I trawled the archive for pulps without women and found just a solitary pulp at the bottom of the pile:
Jan, 1940
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/pulp_StartlingStories_5443_750.jpg)
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Wow.. Steve...seriously, this one is wonderful. Great artwork. I want one too! Hehe
Ps, Veruka calling :-* eyeroll
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A while back I branched out into a few new collecting areas and one was Pulp Magazines. I liked the cover art on them.
I am interested to see any pulp magazines in your possession for which you particularily like the front cover art.
Here are a couple of mine to get the ball rolling...
Aug, 1957
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/pulp_SuperScienceFict_5449_750.jpg)
Jan, 1952
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/pulp_BeautyParade1952_5458_750.jpg)
These are great, Steve. clap clap clap
What size are the mags?
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These are great, Steve. clap clap clap
What size are the mags?
he's showing 2 sizes. post 1950 material is almost all digest size, others are comic book size.
if you folks want to see lots of covers, even though small.
check out my image sales site
http://www.graffixmultimedia.com/
when you click through to see galleries, you land here
http://www.graffixmultimedia.com/lists/pulps.htm
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These are great, Steve. clap clap clap
What size are the mags?
Thanks Jeff.
The sizes are:
Jan, 1940. 17.4cm x 25cm
Jan, 1952 21.5cm x 29cm
Aug, 1957 not sure... my size data appears wrong for this one
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Here are a couple more:
I like the title!
Aug, 1952
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/pulp_Eyeful1952Aug_5444_750.jpg)
Winter, 1946
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/pulp_StartlingStories_5446_750.jpg)
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These are all awesome, Steve. Another look into the "pulp world" back then.
What great, almost pinup kind of art, too.
thumbup
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Aug, 1957 not sure... my size data appears wrong for this one
this is definitely a digest size pulp
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here are some cool ones
I should note that you are really into one of my expert areas now. I need to find images of pulp cover paintings I have sold
I used to own Finlays, Hannes Bok, Brundage, Shadow covers and much more..
Spider with cover art by John Newton Howitt
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/pulp_00003.jpg)
Shadow by George Rozen
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/pulp_00004.jpg)
Virgil Finlay
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/pulp_00007.jpg)
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one of the most notorious paper back digests
my copy, the photo doesn't show how NM this copy is
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/pulp_00005.jpg)
Frederic Brown's classic hop head paperback
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/pulp_00006.jpg)
Lester Dent was the author of Doc Savage pulps under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson (others also used the pseudonym)
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/pulp_00008.jpg)
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Planet pulp #1
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/pulp_00009.jpg)
cover by Margaret Brundage
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/pulp_00010.jpg)
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These are GREAT, Rich.
Love the pulp art.
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I need to hook up my master pulp scans drive. I have the best stuff on that
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Thanks Rich. Those 10 cent mags must be old. I've been tempted to get some Shadow mags
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I used to have hundreds of pulps, now maybe only 20-30.
I try and post one pulp cover per day on my blog as I never get tired of the images.
Walter Baumhofer's run on Doc Savage was one of my favorites.
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/e1af1f92a04295174e06a80abcf64dd8/tumblr_mmtiu6XMqG1s2pocso1_r1_500.jpg)
Artist Allen Anderson had a thing for space girls (and who didn't back then, eh?)
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/ea86f4f81d24cc24aff0759ea5d09538/tumblr_nqli8z6eWV1s2pocso1_r1_500.jpg)
Norman Saunders cranked out an incredible body of work for decades, this one having two of my favorite bodies...
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/10871242e7a85981c7ad2af2240105bc/tumblr_mm9lhdkEsJ1s2pocso1_r1_500.jpg)
Graves Gladney (what a name, eh?) did some exceptional work back then... this Shadow proves my point.
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/ed08a851865c8a4634e75dd21951ac3d/tumblr_nne77rR4V11s2pocso1_500.jpg)
This Air War by Rudolph Belarski (1944) is a powerhouse.
(http://40.media.tumblr.com/49887bd0e575c98d6dad666c2d3f6e37/tumblr_nmlzrvjOn51s2pocso1_500.jpg)
I'll wrap up with one by HJ (Hugh Joseph) Ward, whose covers were a bit disturbing. I've read that in later years, Ward was so ashamed of what he perceived as the misogynistic nature of many of his early horror covers, that he had a bonfire of the original canvases. Maybe Bruce, Grey or Rich can confirm?
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/ce9841690bad9df47732374f20e507b9/tumblr_nx37j5dIKT1s2pocso1_500.jpg)
Here's a link to several hundred other images (most of them the largest HD scans on the internet) set to infinite scroll (so there's no page turning). Sprinkled amongst the covers are a collection of fine BW interior art, too. There are also hashtags for individual artists, so you can make a day of it.
http://brudesworld.tumblr.com/tagged/pulp (http://brudesworld.tumblr.com/tagged/pulp)
cheers
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Thanks for sharing these Ted. Are those yours shown? That air war is great!
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I do own the Allen Anderson Planet Stories and the Norm Saunders Thrilling Detective.
At one point I had several boxes of them, but the older they get, the quicker they fall apart, so I sold most of them off.
cheers
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Nice looking art on those Ted thumbsup.gif
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Ted, those are some great looking covers!
Each of those is so striking, and some are so intense.
And to think that Ward did (or may have) burned all those original canvases? Ugh..
(But perhaps it aint actually so?).
We can only hope and prayer.gif
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I don't believe HJ Ward destroyed his paintings.. but John Newton Howitt did. he had a bonfire in his yard with them sometime in the 40s after he moved in more noteworthy publications and Coca Cola advertising
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A couple more:
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/Flirt1951Oct_5438_750.jpg)
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/PopularDetective_5462_750.jpg)
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Death has a poker face. Brilliant.
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I'm photographing the 1500 pulps in stock so I can sell them at a paperback convention next month, so I may as well post some
I'm surprised no one has posted any cool back covers yet
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/2015_05a_0153.jpg)
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/2015_05a_0154.jpg)
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/2015_05a_0271.jpg)
(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/2015_05a_0272.jpg)
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Love the dolly being offered a piece of Ex Lax! happy1
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(http://www.comicbidz.com/cgc_setsale/apf/2015_05a_0272.jpg)
Love the dolly being offered a piece of Ex Lax! happy1
I think that is one doll offering another doll a chocolate laxative... A bit creepy looking
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I think that is one doll offering another doll a chocolate laxative... A bit creepy looking
And the dolly on the right (being offered the chocolate) has an almost, disjointed (at the elbow), left arm. faint2.gif
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And the dolly on the right (being offered the chocolate) has an almost, disjointed (at the elbow), left arm. faint2.gif
Maybe that is what the ex-lax does? or maybe it helps pull yourself together?
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Years ago, I had British artist Ron Turner re-create for me a few of his 1950s pulp covers.
Here are a couple of examples of Ron's re-created paintings (with copies of the original pulps under each painting):
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These are great, Terry. thumbup
How did he go about the recreations? Did he do each from scratch? The re-dos looks to match the originals almost exactly, layout wise.
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Far as I'm aware, Ron did these re-creations from scratch - using copies of the pulp mags at hand as his guide. There are (slight) noticeable differences if you look hard enough, but otherwise close as dammit.
Ron was also a terrific comic-strip artist. Here's an original painted strip I own from his 1960s run on 'The Daleks' (from the Dr Who TV series) ;
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I suggest that like other artists doing recreations of their work, he probably lightboxed or did a projected image onto his art table so he could recreate the work.
below.. I have owned hundreds of paintings and a few dozen pulp covers. For some reason I can't find my scans of Rozen 'Shadow' covers, Baumhoffer 'Doc Savage', HJ Ward 'Spicy' covers or the paperback cover paintings.. Of course I know they are somewhere.
I don't own any of this anymore of course as I have moved on, but here are some pics.
maybe if I can find my Famous Monsters files I can show the dozens of FM covers I owned
Stanley Borock 'farmers daughter' paperback cover circa 1953
(http://www.comic-art.com/apf/borack_00.jpg)
Ed Emsh (Emshwiller) Gnome Press book cover circa 1957
(http://www.comic-art.com/apf/DCP_1635.jpg)
artist unknown, cover to Queen of the Pirates paperback 1961
(http://www.comic-art.com/apf/DCP_1639.jpg)
Virgil Finlay "Famous Fantastic" pulp interior circa 1941
(http://www.comic-art.com/apf/finlay_rebel_soul_illo.jpg)
Virgil Finlay digest pulp cover circa 1946
(http://www.comic-art.com/apf/virgil_finlay_001.jpg)
Alex Raymond 'Colliers' magazine interior 1936 from his peak period/b]
(http://www.comic-art.com/apf/raymond.jpg)
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I suggest that like other artists doing recreations of their work, he probably lightboxed or did a projected image onto his art table so he could recreate the work.
below.. I have owned hundreds of paintings and a few dozen pulp covers. For some reason I can't find my scans of Rozen 'Shadow' covers, Baumhoffer 'Doc Savage', HJ Ward 'Spicy' covers or the paperback cover paintings.. Of course I know they are somewhere.
I don't own any of this anymore of course as I have moved on, but here are some pics.
maybe if I can find my Famous Monsters files I can show the dozens of FM covers I owned
Nice stuff there, Rich.
And, yes, if you can find some of the Famous Monsters covers, I for one, would love to see them. bed1
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Cool stuff, Richie, would love to see the FM artworks if you stiil have them on file.
You may well be right about my Ron Turner re-creations.
I have this small Jack Gaughan prelim for his paperback cover of The Zap Gun. Nothing spectacular, but I picked it up years ago for small change:
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Cool stuff, Richie, would love to see the FM artworks if you stiil have them on file.
You may well be right about my Ron Turner re-creations.
I have this small Jack Gaughan prelim for his paperback cover of The Zap Gun. Nothing spectacular, but I picked it up years ago for small change:
thanks!
Jack has always been a very under-rated artist. I used to have a stack of b&w illos that took me forever to sell
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I did, at one time, have some other Ron Turner re-creations. George Hagenauer traded them away from me some time back.
When I commissioned Ron to do these, he was retired and would undertake commission work to supplement his old age pension. He would charge something like £75 a pop (whatever that equates to in $s), so really good value for money.
The guy who sold me the Gaughan also sold me a Kelly-Freas and Ed Emsh for similarly next-to-nothing prices. The Emsh was a scratchboard illustration and when sent through the post, the seller didn't use any serviceable packaging material and the Emsh arrived damaged (parts were cracked). Was pi**ed about that, but because I didn't have much money invested in the piece let it ride. Doug Ellis later bought the Kelly-Freas and Emsh illustrations from me at a far higher price than what I paid, so it all turned out good in the end.
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These are great, Terry. thumbup
How did he go about the recreations? Did he do each from scratch? The re-dos looks to match the originals almost exactly, layout wise.
My first Ron Turner re-creation was of 'The Micro Men' (loved that image). At the time, I hadn't realised that Ron was a proficient letterer, so I went for just the painted image. Lettering's a real skill and I just didn't know that Ron was gifted in that discipline. Shortly afterwards, I had Ron paint-in the title lettering for each subsequent re-creation.
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Ron Turner was a gifted artist with a flair all his own.
While I don't own any of his original art (and I wish I did), I often blog his work.
Here's a dozen or so of his paperback covers.
http://brudesworld.tumblr.com/tagged/ron-turner (http://brudesworld.tumblr.com/tagged/ron-turner)
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Cool stuff, Brude.
I did have the Black Avengers cover re-created for me by Ron, but it's one of the ones that I later traded away to George Hagenauer.
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Found scans of the two Ron Turner re-creations I later traded away to George.
The Black Avengers and The Lie Destroyer. Must have forgot to ask Ron to include title lettering on The Black Avengers . . .
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Found scans of the two Ron Turner re-creations I later traded away to George.
The Black Avengers and The Lie Destroyer. Must have forgot to ask Ron to include title lettering on The Black Avengers . . .
sweet
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Those are beautiful pieces of art, Terry.
Good for you.
cheers