Or perhaps, “Eye Candy.” Original post here.
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Tag Archives: pulp art
Tumblr favorite #389: Oceanic discovery
Tumblr favorite #367: Implausible life on the moon
Another example of how if you’re pretty enough, you can breathe in space. Original post here.
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Moon Base, art by Earle Bergey. Detail from cover of Thrilling Wonder Stories – August 1951.
Implausible space costume.
Tumblr favorite #366: Captain Future and the bagel gun
Well, that’s what it looks like to me. Original post here.
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Captain Future: Wizard of Science by toyranch on Flickr.
Back in the day I thought that “Captain Future” was just a character made up as a joke by S.J. Perelman. But I was wrong.
Tumblr favorite #339: The mad science ray
It’s a pity this illustration comes only so small, because it’s a classic example of certain pulp-era mad-science tropes. Original post here.
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Tumblr favorite #338: Escaping the space battle
Sometimes you really have to question how much some pulp-era illustrators understood about how outer space works. Original post here.
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Art by Allen Anderson for Planet Stories
Seriously implausible space costume.
Tumblr favorite #335: Snake girl
Original post here.
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Tumblr favorite #333: Uh oh
“The punishment of Faust,” indeed! Original post here.
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Tumblr favorite #309: Fetishes and mind control
Paging Dr. Robo! Original post here.
Sourced to Old Erotic Art, and probably not the sort of thing you would want to be seen reading on your morning train ride.
Tumblr favorite #301: A laboratory of the classic age
Original post here.
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GOLDEN AGE COMIC BOOK STORIES: Roy G. Krenkel 1918 ~ 1983
Tales of Three Planets by Edgar Rice Burroughs Published by Canaveral Press ~ 1964