Darwination

Gotta be, though it always helps when contained in such a pretty package. I'm thinking I've got some Doyle in turn of the Century Cosmo and Collier's I should check the value on A gent at pulpscans has been running down and analyzing all of his work in the Strand and has put together quite the collection of his nearly complete works. Nice cover! That's one I *wouldn't* have pegged as Mucha, but I admit I know him mostly from what I see on art noveau posters and graphics.

Sweet posts, Sarg! These issues with both Benda and Flanagan (and Rohmer) are super cool. I'd very recently corresponded with Evan, @Yorick on the subject of Benda (and make a practice of sending him any new entries for his Flanagan index I come across). Evan just shared a neat Benda item, a bound edition of the Shrine, over in "Non-Comics Magazines" where much excellent material seems to be exiled (and not surprisingly, one of my haunts). We need a "Slicks" spot but it seems almost sacrilegious to put it in the pulps area even if there is A TON of crossover in terms of art and fiction. It's not like a whole class of writers and artists sold exclusively to one or the other, as many walked in both worlds. Flanagan's a good example as far as an old school fine artist that had to adapt to changing tastes in illustration and a changing marketplace. He's all over Blue Book in the 30s (maybe the best illustrated pulp ever). My most recent correspondence with Evan on Benda had to do with a neat piece in the upcoming HA illustration auction even though it's not quite an illustration The Mask of Fu Manchu cover you posted there fits into Benda's long running preoccupation with masks, and Evan tells me he did theater production work. Some other mask covers: I recently scanned this Collier's with a Rohmer/Flanagan feature (and I'm always happy to show off the cover, still have it on display in my office) https://archive.org/details/colliers-v-087n-19-1931-05-09.-p.-f.-collier-son-darwin-ia Rohmer's Fu Manchu also appeared in another slick, Liberty, later on (cover by Arnold Freberg) The illos aren't Flanagan, though. I guess Flanagan and Rohmer had a falling out over Flanagan's work in Wu Fang which he felt was a Fu Manchu knock-off, but I don't really know any details on that (Yorick knows all this stuff and has a long thread regarding Flanagan's DC work and other art somewhere on the boards). (scan courtesy of the immensely talented Miss Saskia at the pulpscans group) Flanagan did have later appearances in Liberty, though, as they sometimes used him in the wartime "complete novel" feature which was actually a sort of retro throwback to the pulps in illustration style as well as cheaper paper used in the center section where the novels were contained. A surprising find for Flanagan last year was in an issue of Ballyhoo which was probably some remaindered artwork from Fu he managed to sell to Delacorte (scan courtesy of Vaguery at the IA): I came across that one when did a feature on Ballyhoo (slick paper but not a slick by any means) at the DCM last year. But Collier's is a magazine I have a special attachment to, as it's my namesake. My grandparents used to have covers framed around their house - never the cool ones, though In fact, it's the title I use for a pulp APA I belong to. There's no shortage of title and masthead illustration to plunder and play with

I just checked that story out (Love Journal 11). Kind of Wild. Dunno how some of those messages would go over seventy years later I liked it, though. My take? Fred likes em thicc and vulnerable. One of the ending lines, "If I ever slip again, beat me! That's an order, Mister!"

Fred looks a little wolfish there

Heh heh, these are waters I'm scared to dip my toes into. I've never had much luck with the hero books, but the fans are vociferous and steadfast

Ah, cheers, Adam. That made it much easier. Actually, it did, but it didn't I picked 7 and had a hell of a time narrowing it down to 5. Also, one of my picks only has two votes. What is wrong with you people. (I'm actually kind of surprised to see such a strong consensus throughout these polls ) Tensions are bound to rise as we go on with this

You're not kidding, holy cow, he did 85 novels in a span of 12 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Whittington_(author) He's got a bunch of appearances in late pulps but especially the crime digests, too.

Do you have this one in grade (or just a nice pic)? Not quite the same ring as The Maltese Falcon I'm afraid I have to go there, too

I think we have a few "pulp sales" talk threads going, but I'm just gonna use the most recent one with convo. Nothing too crazy this Sunday night, but this one did catch my eye - a trimmed Planet Stories v01n01. You aren't gonna catch me using the CGC numbering system, sorry bros, nuh uh, not doing it Somebody recently pointed to an eBay auction of the issue in similar condition on the Planet Stories thread asking about trimming at eBay for what seemed like a high price (since sold), but apparently not: High hammer of the night:

Damn it, John. Another book title gets scribbled on my hunt list

I'm gonna have to get to a big screen and look up some of these for proper consideration. Choices, choices.

Yep, maybe he should start paying more than $75 dollars a cover, seems to be upsetting the help

I noticed that one at Heritage in the April Signature Auction, a cover I'd never really seen before. I was shocked at the hammer *cough*, but that's a total specimen and absolute stunner. I love that she's not giving the look of terror typical of the damsel in distress on pulp covers. She looking right into your eyes - it's complicated. Will be looking for this one "in the wild."

Sharp! No dusting required - maybe just a little glass cleaning. You married well if she's buying another one Of course, maybe you had your books spread out all over the place - We've got some built in shelves in the living room in very public space. It's mostly photos and objects, but my wife also picked out some shelves of books from my collection (and hers as well) strictly for presentation and color of the spines, mostly classics and art books. The lowbrow stuff lives in my office (not to mention the poor exiles on the attic shelves ). Wouldn't want these Memphis highbrows thinking we lack culture

Mucha, right? Absolute stunner. I've got a few Jets I'm looking for https://archive.org/details/duke-v-01n-01-1957-06-darwination-ia Seeking the sixth issue of Duke (only one I don't have, have dupes of most), absolute *top* of my hunt list with O.K. Comics #2. I love that cover. I've scanned a couple of these - will stick em up at the IA here in a sec, cool material, lots of appearances by jazz stars: uh, oh drifiting here - o.O

Yeah, pretty nice shape. This group of books from Frank Armer (Broadway Nights, Real Story Book, Ginger Stories) are pretty charming with good content but the cover stock is kind of rough, and the production values in general weren't very high. I've got this ish with really popping colors which would be a real gem minus the corner creases. And who am I kidding it's a gem anyways, I don't mind a little imperfection in my girlies. *insert wife joke here* This one was discovered between the floorboards of a house during a renovation of a house built the same year as publication, wicked pocket crease and all. Dirty carpenter Physically beat and mangled, but really not too shabby for a yellow cover. https://archive.org/details/broadway-nights-v-02n-02-1929-08.-king-darwination-ia

Pocket-sized

Ha! Thanks

I'm in agreement with both sentiments here. Ascribing nobility to the publishers of sleaze is hilarious, but there's no doubt a lot of what gets peddled as sleaze were actually very human stories. And some representation/discussion, even in the fringes of culture, is far better than nothing at all, and there's all sorts of that happening with various taboos in the paperbacks I watched Carol this week and thought it an excellent and subtle film, even if it was far from what I was expecting based on my encounters with Highsmith's crime-tinged books. I'm told it's faithful to the original novel which I intend to check out. It's slow, though - don't hate me if you're looking for thrills. I picked up an epub but would much prefer to read the first printing. IF IT DIDNT COST A MILLION DOLLARS

A *slightly* different premise, but this one had me googling for this masterpiece from my childhood or this one from far earlier (wonder if this ever made it to paperback)

Don't worry, muh dude, if you set up a good number of pb sales between now and then, you may just be able to afford this masterpiece: https://fineart.ha.com/itm/paintings/american-artist-20th-century-study-for-proposed-magazine-cover-watercolor-and-gouache-on-board-11-1-2-x-8-1-2-inches/a/8161-71246.s Wait, maybe you don't want to spend there but here: https://fineart.ha.com/itm/pin-up-and-glamour-art/joyce-ballantyne-american-1918-2006-beauty-in-pink-oil-on-canvas-30-x-24-inches-762-x-610-cm-stamped-and/a/8161-71250.s Cough, but for real, there's some "low end" items in there, too, I suspect you may be interested in (I know I am, but the price has to be so low for me to play, sigh) I think I predicted elsewhere that the McCauley will blow the estimate out of the water, but that's pure conjecture. I love this Georgi, but it has some unfortunate markings right on the forehead. This image is altered, as I took a moment to remove those and some other physical marrings: I think this Fried is a stunner, too. You know, it'd never hurt to ask the Mrs. about the possibility of second mortgage for Reefer Girl What a stunner that one is. The painting looks to be in great condition, too. The little bit of inpaint wouldn't deter me in the slightest. If I had all that cash lying around, that is

So that's the final magazine sized issue? Pretty sweet. Ten bucks? 300 bucks means somebody's been exposed to a little too much of that spice, but I can see it as being in the realm of possibility for somebody that really wants a nice copy without having to look for it. Seems like Analog is the sort of thing you buy a long run of for dirt cheap in a big box, but I'm sure I'm out of touch per usual