Sijun Forums :: View topic - That "lurid pulp paperback crime novel" style of a

jfrancis · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 8:32 am

That lurid pulp paperback crime novel style of art is back in this new set of novels:

http://hardcasecrime.com/index.shtml

...and they are using newer artists to make cover art to resurrect the genre

http://hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi?type=artists

...and some well established artists like Robert Mcginnis as well

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I think it looks pretty cool.

balistic · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:06 am

I have to get in on this. I love pulp art.
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jfrancis · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:08 am

http://www.vintagepbks.com/covers_by_artist.html

jfrancis · Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:38 am

Regarding the first link, to hardcase crime, I notice on their site they now say:

If you are an artist interested in submitting your work, please send a query to [email protected].

jfrancis · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:23 am

And for an amazing collection of fonts related to this era (and earlier) . . .

these are AMAZING

http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/PROPDOCS/PropFonts.html

...and crazy cheap, too!

Impaler · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 12:19 pm

This whole thread evokes a holy crap from the very depths of my soul. Those fonts is BADAZZZZZZZ.
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jfrancis · Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:33 am

http://a23.com/babesinspace/contents.html

urbunner · Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 4:19 am

heres a link to some nice cover art

http://people.uncw.edu/smithms/D-mystery.html