{"product_id":"the-art-of-pulp-horror-and-illustrated-history","title":"THE ART OF PULP HORROR An Illustrated History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable companion to the award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Horror\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Horror Movies\u003c\/em\u003e, from the same creative team behind those acclaimed illustrated volumes, looks at the sexy, sleazy, and sensational subject matter in books, pulps, vintage magazines, comics \u0026amp; comic magazines, and movies, that has helped to shape modern horror. Profusely illustrated with more than \u003cstrong\u003e800 rare and unique images\u003c\/strong\u003e from around the world -- including book and magazine covers, interior illustrations, movie posters, comic books, promotional items, tie-ins, and previously unpublished artwork commissioned especially for this book -- this handsome volume charts the history of escapist horror and the individuals who created it.\n\nFrom the Frazetta frontis (from an early issue of \u003cem\u003eCreepy) \u003c\/em\u003eto a powerful final double-page by \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Whelan, \u003c\/strong\u003ethis is a treat for any fan. It begins with rare vintage pre-pulp art from back to the late 1800s, then offers the best of the early pulp work by artists like \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Brundage, Virgil Finlay, Norman Saunders \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eH.J. Ward.\u003c\/strong\u003e Then it's on to comics, with EC, cool pre-code books, rare early magazine and digest artwork, and into the offbeat horror comic mags and men's magazines of the 1960s that circumvented the comics code.\n\nAn outstanding selection of artists featured also includes \u003cstrong\u003eSanjulian, Berni Wrightson, Emsh, Richard Powers, Rowena, Gary Gianni, Lee Elias, Vincent DiFate, Joseph Clement Coll,  Bob Eggleton, John R. Flanagan \u003c\/strong\u003e(a favorite of Steranko's), \u003cstrong\u003eBasil Gogos, Alan Lee, Dave McKean, Rudy Palais\u003c\/strong\u003e--these and many others are among their \"featured artists.\"\n\nSo often associated with cheapness and low quality, pulp fiction and film-making have influenced the way we live for more than a century. Many respected authors and artists worked for the pulp and paperback markets, while films made for the low budget or youth markets are now rightly regarded as classics as they continue to inspire the movies and television we watch today. Compiled by multiple award-winning writer and editor \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e, and with a foreword by prolific and acclaimed author \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Silverberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, this visual history brings together insightful and revelatory commentary from some of the genre’s most highly esteemed experts, including \u003cstrong\u003eMike Ashley, Barry Forshaw \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Fowler\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n\nChapters, each with an essay by the noted authorities, begin with \u003cem\u003ePenny Dreadfuls \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePre-Code Horrors, \u003c\/em\u003emove on to \u003cem\u003eThe Shudder Pulps \u003c\/em\u003eAND \u003cem\u003ePulp Fiction, Poverty Row, Seduction of the Innocent, Drive-In Delinquents, Exploitation Explosion...\u003c\/em\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003eThe Art of Pulp Horror\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning and informative guide to how, for over 100 years, we have enthusiastically embraced and exploited the gratuitous and the gory into our popular culture. Very well done, with an outstanding selection of artwork, sometimes from the originals and some done especially for this book, as well as rare covers, posters and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leonard Corporation, Hal, Applause","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59640042225950,"sku":"ARTPHH","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/artphh-art-of-pulp-horror-book.jpg?v=1784484754","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-pulp-horror-and-illustrated-history","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}