As I have been realizing over time, the artists of Adventure magazine are an even more obscure lot than the authors. So I decided to put together an article on them, but realized it was becoming too big. So I broke it into a two part article, with the first part being the top cover… Continue reading Top Artists of Adventure
Category: Illustrators
Some illustrators of Blue Book magazine
[Originally appeared in Blue Book, April 1938] Who’s Who in Blue Book Among the Illustrators Austin Briggs He was born in a private car on a railway siding in Minnesota; for his father was an electrical engineer engaged in revising a telegraph system, and his wife traveled with him. . .… Continue reading Some illustrators of Blue Book magazine
Mystery artist revealed: Laurence Sterne Stevens
The illustration I posted last week was by Laurence Sterne Stevens. It was from Adventure magazine, January 1944 and was an illustration for the poem Vulture Blood by Helen von Kolnitz Hyer, who went on to become the poet-laureate for South Carolina. It’s really a story in poem form. You can read it here. He… Continue reading Mystery artist revealed: Laurence Sterne Stevens
Guess the artist: illustration for Adventure magazine
I know Blue Book magazine is the pulp that is supposed to have the best illustrations of all of the pulp magazines, and from the few 1940s issues I’ve read, I’ve no doubt that on average the illustration quality was much better than other pulps. But I’ve also read Adventure in the 1940s and think… Continue reading Guess the artist: illustration for Adventure magazine