tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post6187854992903976346..comments2024-03-22T05:09:57.169+00:00Comments on Cloud 109: The Art of Restoration, McLoughlin, Minton and the Bloody Pulps!Peter Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-72766257071813530762011-04-23T19:16:41.697+01:002011-04-23T19:16:41.697+01:00For some reason I generally associate Norman Saund...For some reason I generally associate Norman Saunders with the rough impasto style he used for his bubblegum card series such as 'Mars Attacks' and 'Batman' - I tend to forget just how slick his earlier pulp covers were (presumably the example above was in oil?). And then of course there were all those 'Men Only' covers he did for Stan Lee's uncle which used to catch my eye from the upper tiers of Thorpe & Porter's old spinner racks, causing my adolescent self to be appalled and aroused in equal measure - pretending all the while to concentrate on the wholesome Jimmy Olsen comics placed below.<br /><br />Maybe it's just as well that Fredrick Wertham never got to see these fiendish contraptions which slyly beckoned a whole generation of British youth down the four-colour path of moral degradation!Phil Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115717268103349676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-22487878591790632072011-04-23T12:23:14.421+01:002011-04-23T12:23:14.421+01:00P.S. The toppermost of those Pulp paintings is by ...P.S. The toppermost of those Pulp paintings is by the legendary Norman Saunders, whose son David wrote both the books on The Art of Norman Saunders and more recently The Art of H.J. Ward. His daughter Zina Saunders is also an illustrator. I've exchanged a few emails with her and she is just so funny as well as being highly talented. Check out her website and blog:<br /><br />http://www.zinasaunders.com<br /><br />and there is a really brilliant interview with her in issue 2 of Dan Zimmer's ILLO mag.<br />Available from:<br /><br />http://www.bookpalace.com<br /><br />The bottom illustration is by Rafael De La Soto and like the Saunders is fantastic and was an influence on a truly terrible Denis McLoughlin pulp cover for TVB.<br /><br />Which now I've gone and mentioned it, I suppose I'll have to run at some point.<br /><br />Much as the thought of it grieves me.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-13203688081955801892011-04-23T12:12:40.412+01:002011-04-23T12:12:40.412+01:00I think those Steranko pulp covers are sensational...I think those Steranko pulp covers are sensational Phil. But for me that's the thing about all great art, it's at it's best when it references the past to create something new and vital for tomorrow.<br /><br />Steranko was amongst the many collectors of Pulp art that provided material for that fabulous Robert Lesser book mentioned above.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-72167741618859373472011-04-23T12:03:56.230+01:002011-04-23T12:03:56.230+01:00Are those last two covers by De La Soto? They'...Are those last two covers by De La Soto? They're gorgeous! It's fascinating to see how everybody seems to end up influencing everyone else in any creative community: at one point during the 1970s almost all American comic artists wanted to imitate Jim Steranko's revolutionary fusion of Kirby and Eisner, yet Steranko himself went on to carve out a whole new career as a painter by going even further back to the great pulp artists.<br /><br />There may be nothing new under the sun, but it takes a special talent to make the old stuff sing again for a new generation!Phil Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115717268103349676noreply@blogger.com