November 11, 2009

VENGEANCE IS MINE


Now, that is super classic broad-with-a-gun pulp illustrating. The artist did great stuff with light - the hair, the slip, the gun half hidden in shadows under her.

Spicy Detective Stories
1936
from Cover Browser

11 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

And the hair. Oh yes! The hair! Which includes the eyebrows.

That Hank said...

It's a cut above the average pulp cover, for sure.

leila said...

Honestly, sci fi and pulp artists don't get the credit they deserve.

May said...

The pumps are especially realistic and good. That cover makes me want to read the book.

That Hank said...

I'm fascinated by the slip. I just noticed the small tear in the seam and the lace at the bottom.

Leila: I agree wholeheartedly.

May: Magazine, actually, but yes.

Sarcastic Bastard said...

DTG,
You are so clearly a visual person. You notice shit I never would.

Love, SB.

That Hank said...

I just like looking at tough broads in their underwear.

Sarcastic Bastard said...

Who doesn't?

That Hank said...

Blind people?

Ms. Moon said...

Blind people like it too, they just aren't able.

That Hank said...

Like vampires are the world's best golfers, but no one will ever know?