CLICKBAIT!: A Treasure Trove of Pulp Fiction Cover Art
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University Campus 1401 S University Parks Dr, Waco, TX 76706, USASex, war, communists, cowboys, and killers. What do these all have in common? With the advent of cheap, mass production of books and magazines, these shocking subjects dominated popular American literature in the mid-20th century. Cover artists had a rather different, and challenging job- transforming pulp authors’ words into visually dynamic scenes that would grab...