Welcome to the PULP-O-MIZER where, thanks to Bradley W. Schenk, you too can join the annals of pulp cover history.Screenshot There are plenty of design and text options and if you're happy with your creation you have the opportunity to merchandise the pants off it.Here's what the t-shirt would look like:WARNING! This could be a time vampire, proceed accordingly.PULP-O-MIZER: the custom pulp magazine cover generatorThanks to Booklicious for the lead
Season’s Mystery Readings
First published in 1941 by Penguin Books (UK). Shown here is the 1954 Penguin Books paperback edition. What would make this cover even more perfect would be to see the hint of a large abominable snowman peering over the spine. ::From Chocolate Cobwebs A 1944 White Circle version of the same mystery. Artist unknown.::From UK VintageA Dell mystery classic by Rufus King, with equally classic cover art by George Gregg. ::From UK VintageA 1952 Pocket Book No. 901 by Howard Rigsby. Someone is not going to have a good holiday. Cover art by George Mayers.::From UK VintageAn outstanding 1942 Norman Saunders cover...
Harlequin Goes Soft On Hard-Boiled
Those who know Harlequin Books only as a major publisher of romance novels will be startled to learn that it has a shady past: It once issued pulp-noir in the murky post-WWII era.Last October they reissued six titles from their Top Secret vault as their Mini-Series Vintage Collection. Hats off.The series’ genesis was as a hip art project in celebration of Harlequin’s 60th Anniversary. The assignment, according to Executive Editor Marsha Zinberg in Harlequin's blog, was to piggy-back onto the success of a recent a 60th Anniversary art exhibition featuring vintage paperback covers from Harlequin's origins and “choose six books...