Featured on the cover and inside is pulp cover artist Rafael DeSoto (1904-1992), with more than 70 colorful examples of his covers for detective and adventure magazines, plus a checklist of over 700(!) covers by him. Next, Lone Ranger artist Tom Gill is profiled, with several examples of his work in color and b&w. Mitchell Hooks, the quintessential paperback cover artist, has more than 50 dynamic illustrations reprinted, plus a checklist of his work. Also: an article on caricaturist Jack Lane; and the lurid war paperbacks of Horwitz Publications, with 20 cover reproductions in color. First class, with high-caliber contributors--great material, beautifully reproduced and informatively examined.
Out of print
Publisher: Illustration, 2004 Binding: Dimensions: 9x12 Pages: 80pg Color:
Full Color throughout