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The Erotic Nostalgia of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

by Sarah Rose Sharp August 4, 2021August 4, 2021

Published from the 1950s through 1970s, their covers are colorful, kitschy, and anachronistic.

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The Lurid Covers of 20th-Century Pulp Fiction

by Allison Meier June 30, 2017June 30, 2017

Pulp cover artists recognized the American appetite for lurid and violent imagery, and the Wolfsonian is exploring the social issues embedded in their illustrations in a new exhibition.

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The Fantastical Pulp Art of 1960s and ’70s Mexico

by Allison Meier February 24, 2015February 26, 2015

The lurid art created for paperbacks in the 1960s and ’70s includes a cat man superhero surrounded by feral felines, a woman fleeing a cop while cradling a piglet, and a blonde vixen looking back in shock as a skeleton delivers her a letter.

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