← Back

Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines

Robert Lesser

First published 1997
Publisher Gramercy Books
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Richard Lillis
Pages viii+182
Price $19.99
ISBN 0517200589

Contents incomplete. Essays and artwork unrelated to speculative fiction have not been detailed. First printing per full number line The first appendix (page 157) contains many letters to several pulps. All but one of these are signed only with initials and thus have not been detailed.

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Introduction: Populist Culture and Pulp Art Robert Lesser Essay
8 The Pulps: Their Weaknesses Were Their Strengths Roger T. Reed Essay
12 The Cover Artists and Their Publishers Fred Cook Essay
20 Yes, I Was There Shirley Steeger Essay
24 Science Fiction, Science Fact, and Fantasy: Painted Answers Robert Lesser Essay
26 When Pulp Art Was in Flower Forrest J. Ackerman Essay
30 Collecting Pulp Paintings: Dramatic Imagery and Color Steve Kennedy Essay
34 The Science Fiction Pulps Sam Moskowitz Essay
48 The New Knights Robert Lesser Essay
50 The Pulps and Their Illustrators: A Brief Survey Walt Reed Essay
56 The Lure of the Pulps: An Artists Perspective Jim Steranko Essay
60 Remembering Rafael de Soto John de Soto, AIA Essay
76 The Noblest Savage Robert Lesser Essay
78 Important Pulp Paintings in the Burroughs Collection Danton Burroughs Essay
82 A Conversation with J. Allen St. John, Dean of Fantasy Illustrators (1950) Darrell C. Richardson & J. Allen St. John Interview
86 The Paper They're Printed On Allison M. Scott Essay
97 Ladies in Terror Robert Lesser Essay
98 Painting the Story John Locke Essay
104 The Art That Dared to Be Wild James Van Hise Essay
108 Remembering Norman Saunders Zina Saunders Essay
122 To Dare the Devil: Aviation, War and Western Art Robert Lesser Essay
136 Where Have All the Paintings Gone? Charles G. Martignette Essay
157 Vox:Populi: Letters to the Pulps' Editors, 1929—46 uncredited Essay
160 Letter (Fantastic Novels, January 1941) Ray Bradbury Essay
163 Original Pulp Paintnigs: A Collector's Guide Robert Lesser Essay
167 Artists' Biographies Robert Lesser Essay
175 Bibliography (Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines) Robert Lesser Essay