Color Your Own Pulp Fiction Art

This graphic gallery of 30 stylized illustrations from pulp fiction magazines of the 1920s-40s offers delightfully over-the-top images -- from seductive dames to fearless heroes. Classic and campy fun!

Judge these books by their covers! Get immersed in the definitive visual history of pulp fiction paperbacks from 1940 to 1970. The Art of Pulp Fiction: An Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks chronicles the history of pocket-sized paperbound books designed for mass-market consumption, specifically concentrating on the period from 1940 to 1970. These three decades saw paperbacks eclipse cheap pulp magazines and expensive clothbound books as the most popular delivery vehicle for escapist fiction. To catch the eyes of potential buyers they were adorned with covers that were invariably vibrant, frequently garish, and occasionally lurid. Today the early paperbacks--like the earlier pulps, inexpensively produced and considered disposable by casual readers--are treasured collector's items. Award-winning editor Ed Hulse (The Art of the Pulps and The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction) comprehensively covers the pulp-fiction paperback's heyday. Hulse writes the individual chapter introductions and the captions, while a team of genre specialists and art aficionados contribute the special features included in each chapter. These focus on particularly important authors, artists, publishers, and sub-genres. Illustrated with more than 500 memorable covers and original cover paintings. Hulse's extensive captions, meanwhile, offer a running commentary on this significant genre, and also contain many obscure but entertaining factoids. Images used in The Art of Pulp Fiction have been sourced from the largest American paperback collections in private hands, and have been curated with rarity in mind, as well as graphic appeal. Consequently, many covers are reproduced here for the first time since the books were first issued. With an overall Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff, novelist, essayist, pop-culture historian, and author of The Great American Paperback (2001).

An ancient Hindu meditation symbol, the yantra is a sacred design that represents the universe. Artfully composed of interlocking geometrics and other shapes, this splendid array of 30 images is an inspiring source for creative coloring.

Follow Barack Obama's extraordinary journey to the White House with 30 handsome illustrations and captions that mark significant events in his life ? from his childhood, education, and marriage to his historic victory as the 44th President.

A feast for the eyes that offers endless coloring possibilities, this dazzling collection of 30 black-and-white geometric patterns features kaleidoscopic designs, interlocked ovals, rectangular weaves, swirling circles, repeating stars, and other hypnotic illustrations. Each page is a new discovery of designs just waiting to come alive with color!

These 30 wild designs spin outward from a center point to create geometric patterns reminiscent of twisters, tornadoes, black holes, and other spiral storms. Unique and complex designs will appeal to colorists looking for a challenge.

Thirty original drawings depict sexy, sophisticated, and often savage creatures of the night. These bloodthirsty characters will seduce fans with a hunger for contemporary vampire books, television shows, and movies.

Inspired by nature's elements, paisley patterns derive from a centuries-old art tradition. Colorists will enjoy hours of creative pleasure with this all-original gallery of paisley designs! 30 full-page illustrations swirl with organic themes.