Gloria Stoll Karn talks on video

Gloria Stoll Karn painted covers for Black Mask, Rangeland Romances, Detective Tales and Dime Mystery. This video was made as part of a recent exhibition of her work; she talks about how she got into pulp illustration. Worth watching.

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  1. I've met her at Pulpcon several years ago and also recently at Pulpfest in Pittsburgh. She's in her 90's but appears quite a bit younger. What a great story about how she became a pulp artist! She was throwing her artwork away when it was discovered by the trashman and Raphael Desoto! You could not sell such a plot to a pulp! But it's a true story…

  2. The building super cum janitor was a model for Rafael De Soto. He found the illustrations and took them to De Soto, the rest is history. as you say, it's hard to believe we're so lucky.

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