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Tribute to Pulp
Art Exhibition
Pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps"), also
collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction
magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. Pulps were
printed on cheap paper with ragged, untrimmed edges.
The name pulp comes from the cheap
wood pulp paper on which the
magazines were printed. Although many respected writers wrote for
pulps, the magazines are best remembered for their lurid and
exploitative stories and
sensational cover art. Modern superhero
comic books are sometimes
considered descendants of "hero pulps"; pulp magazines often
featured illustrated novel-length stories of heroic characters, such
as
The Shadow,
Doc Savage, and
The Phantom Detective.
Pulp covers were printed in color on
higher-quality (slick) paper. They were famous for their
half-dressed damsels in distress, usually awaiting a rescuing hero.
Cover art played a major part in the marketing of pulp magazines. T Covers were important enough to sales that
sometimes they would be designed first; authors would then be shown
the cover art and asked to write a story to match.
Previous guidelines
&
requirements can be found here
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