Tag Archives: pulp art

Tumblr favorite #267: Another bad octopus

What is it with dudes firing guns at octopuses underwater? Original post here.

Sourced to GROTTU ORLOFF’S PAD!.

Bonus Image Provenance: I commissioned Bacchus at ErosBlog to research this image further, and he has come up with the following additional details.

As the style and artist’s signature make clear, this image is by famous fantasy artist Frank Frazetta:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta

It turns out to have been the cover art for Famous Funnies #215 (1955), as seen here:

http://www.comicvine.com/famous-funnies-215/4000-116646/

There is a whole series of these Frazetta covers:

http://www.erbzine.com/mag31/3125.html

Bacchus is actively taking image research commissions, and if you have adult imagery you’re curious to learn more about, I encourage you to visit Bacchus’s introductory post for his image-searching service, where you can find details about how to commission him.

Tumblr favorite #208: The lady and the tiger

Let us hope that our hero can choose wisely. Original post here.

Sourced to Tomorrow and Beyond via littlebunnysunshine.

Bonus Image Provenance: I commissioned Bacchus at ErosBlog to research this image further, and he has come up with the following additional details.

The originating post for this image in your tumblr stream is:

http://tomorrowandbeyond.tumblr.com/post/19237190308

Your image there is tagged “emsh” which is a reference to pulp artist Ed Emshwiller:

http://www.pulpartists.com/Emsh.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Emshwiller

This LiveJournal post identifies your art as “Arena of Decisions” by Ed Emshwiller, and says that it was the cover of the March 1964 Amazing:


http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n19/eldarsuperstar/retrofuture/4126624216_6a894fd503_b.jpg

Here’s a Blogspot blog post with a copy of the Amazing cover where you can see the art as cover art:

http://supersecretclubhouse.blogspot.com/2010/08/cover-art.html
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qC4nHuRToFk/TH3OtzdBFxI/AAAAAAAAAnI/uGWn6nnlWvg/s1600/Amazing.jpg

There’s some information about the physical format of the original art at this 2008 auction page:

http://fineart.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7001&lotIdNo=25001

Bacchus is actively taking image research commissions, and if you have adult imagery you’re curious to learn more about, I encourage you to visit Bacchus’s introductory post for his image-searching service, where you can find details about how to commission him.