Thanks. Definitely gonna pick up Hardboiled America in the
near future.
Nathan Cain
On 8/14/07, Nigel Algar <
montana@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> In addition to Steve Novak¹s recommendation of
Geoffrey O¹Brien¹s
> HARDBOILED
> AMERICA (which was re-published in an expanded
edition in 1997) I would
> strongly recommend Piet Schreuders¹ THE BOOK OF
PAPERBACKS (1981) which
> takes a lovingly detailed look at the graphic styles
of publishing houses
> and individual artists, UNDERCOVER by Thomas L Bonn
(1982), OVER MY DEAD
> BODY (1994 ) and DANGER IS MY BUSINESS (1993) both
by Lee Server, and THE
> GREAT AMERICAN PAPERBACK (2001) by Richard A Lupoff.
Some of these deal
> more with paperbacks than with the pulp magazines,
and some privilege the
> content of the stories over the style of their
illustration, but all are
> generously illustrated and worth hunting
down.
>
> Nigel
>
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