Mad Science pulp art — H.J. Ward
There are unfortunate implications in this illustration, but it’s a bit of mad science heritage all the same.
By the pulp artist Hugh Joseph Ward, for the cover of Spicy Mystery, February 1940. You can find more of his work at this site. I wonder what experiment is planned…
JAZZ HANDS!
I always knew that naughty modern rhythm-type music would bring trouble…