Except Her Heart

Man, that gal is in motion.

Strip Tease Queen - 1964 - Vintage Sleaze

The Poison Fiend

That is one whacked out Death, and I especially like the pitchforks at the bottom. Lydia Sherman, not someone you would have wanted to marry.

Philadelphia - 1873 - The National Library of Medicine

Mug

Good draft, bad draft.

Temperance Pamphlet

WW II era

from Jan Tonnesen's flickr stream

XYZ

Alienated youth at its finest.

Canada

in the 60s or 70s

from BArPh

Psych-Out Freak-Out

I grabbed this one because the image is, frankly, awesome. The staring eye! The naked band! The spanking! But then I looked up J. X. Williams and found out that he was a blackballed, mafia-funded underground/porn director who's now withdrawn from public life*. And now I have to share with you his filmography:

The 400 Blow Jobs (1964); Peep Show (1965); L'Homme La Femme Le Film (1966); Hollywood Play Girls (1966); E.S.P. Orgy (1967); Supermaniacs (1968); Mondo Vietnam (1968); The Phantom of the Cinema (1969); Norwegian Wood (1970); The Virgin Sacrifice (1970); Prison Girls (1972); kaboom! (1973); Sex Crimes of the 21st Century (1974); L.A. Death Trip (1975); Morrie (1976); You Axed For It (1978); Nunf*cker (1979)

ESP Orgy cover

1968

from retro-space's flickr stream

*this is probably actually a big hoax, but I'm still a fan  -
any number of people wrote stroke books for Greenleaf Press under the name

She Wasn't Ready for Death

I love this! Look at those hands, and her hair and her cleavage. I even kind of love the blinds in the window behind her.

The Old Battle Ax

1943, artist Rudolph Belarski

from x-ray delta one's flickr stream

History of Science Fiction

I don't usually choose to feature stuff that's making the rounds, but this is so beautiful that I honestly couldn't help it. If blogger doesn't want to host the full size of this one and you can't make it large enough to see all the details, go to Ward's site, below, and enlarge it there. 

Artist Ward Shelley

seen at Virtual Futures 2.0

a good book

I get that this was a posed dirty picture, but what fetish are we addressing? I don't think their heads know what their asses are doing.

Paris, probably

1920s, photographer Jacques Biederer

from Jenny Dreadful's flickr stream

the boys said okay - - feet first

There's something that I really, really enjoy about this cover. The man's face, determined, hers, adoring. Her hand on his back, the gun in his hands. Even his watch and the pattern of her dress.

Dig My Grave Deep Cover

1956, artist Lou Kimmel (a master of cover art)

from UK Vintage, seen at Pulp Covers

Sin Orgies and Reefer Brawls

Like: the tagline, that the fellow looks so satyric, "an evening reader" (nudge nudge wink).

Dislike: her diaper-like panties.

Also, I debate the existence of "reefer brawls".

Beatnik Wanton

1964

from Biff Bang Pow's flickr stream

keep in touch

I'm inspired. I'm going to put this aside for a bit and work on a personal letterhead. Want mail? Send your street address and two questions for me to answer (I have to have something to write about, right?) to me at drunkonpabst at gmail dot com.

Ray Bradbury's Letterhead

from Swann Galleries Auction,

seen on Letterheady,

that side suggested by nursing buddha, abridged

A Simple Question

That's just beautifully done, is all.

Robeson Razor Co. booklet
early 1900s
from RobesonsRme

Halloween Visitors to the Oval Office

Strange days indeed. Most peculiar, mama.

Caroline Kennedy, President Kennedy, and JFK, Jr. at the White House

1963

from The US National Archives

there are no fighter pilots down in hell

Design-wise, this is a mess, but I love it. I'd love to talk to the guys who put this together.

Fighter Squadron 192 Squadron Hymnal

1954

from Drinking Songs

The Reading Room

I love the guy in the chair, completely absorbed in whatever he's reading.

London Library

1935, photographer Sylvia Lewes

from The London Library

Get Out of My Sky

Some classic sf was hopeful and bright. Some, not so much.

Science Fiction collection
1957
from cdrummbks' flickr stream

Better livinhg through chemicals.

You can always trust the bespectacled man in the clean white coat.

About Jerry and Jimmy and the Pharmacist
1964
from Awful Library Books

rear cover

Burt No Pants! Some of my friends do this at parties.

Hot Line: The Letters I Get... And Write!
1972
from Awful Library Books

Repent, Harlequin!

You may be the coolest guy at the sf convention, Harlan, but you are still at the sf convention.

Harlan Ellison at Westercon XXVII
Santa Barbara, California
1974, photographer Dik Daniels
from The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society

Wench!

They got right to the point with this one.

Novel Books pulp novel cover
1960s
from Good Girl Art