American WW II Pulp magazines - gallery 1

The most bizarre WW II art ever produced must be the drawings that used to grace the covers of the countless american Pulp magazines in the fifties, sixties and seventies. They may well be offensive to some people but they are still part of western cultural history, and therefore it is only fair that they can also be on display. Thousands were produced and many covers were exported to other countries around the world for different types of magazines. The volume of titles suggest that the scene was popular and that many publishers wanted a piece of the cake. The first gallery will feature covers in slightly larger format, the following will be the standard size that we normaly use in our galleries. So, lets see why they used to call these magazines "sleaze" and "sweat" in old days...

 

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