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Why is pulp art the best?

>> No.5776670
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>>5776657
Because is made to catch the eye.

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>>5776670
That's the correct answer.

>> No.5776695

>>5776657

why is pulp actually good?

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>>5776695
Because it gets to the point

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>>5776695

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>> No.5776713

Anyone know any places where I can download pulp sci-fi and fantasy in bulk?

>> No.5776716

>>5776713
I'm also looking for something like this, I've only found a site that has some rips, http://www.pulpmags.org/magazines.html

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Bitchi'

>> No.5776730

Anyone know where to buy real copies of pulp in bulk? I wanna start a collection

>> No.5776738

>>5776730
ebay.
shitty paperback emporium, a.k.a the most ruined used book store that you can find.

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>>5776710
>>5776702
I like these.

>> No.5777114

>>5776695
It's not, people just think it is because of nostalgia. Most pulp stories are godawful shit that should never have been printed.

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>>5777114
Some are pretty interesting.

>> No.5777156

>>5777124
Pulp is shit printed in pulp magazines, not 'crime novels written in a certain period'. Pulp stories are basically comic books in word form, some being crime stories, but even those are almost always awful unless they were written by someone who was also a very good novelist.

>> No.5777170

>>5777156

all pulp is good, it just depends on how you read it and what you want out of it.

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>> No.5777190
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i am here only for the art.

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>>5777190
That looks fake, like fan art? Is that a real release?

>> No.5777208

>>5777170
Anything printed in a pulp fiction magazine is good? You really should reconsider this statement, because a lot of it is shit you could write up on your lunch hour. Even if you're reading it for the same reason people watch Machete, most of it is still shit by those standards, because it's not even cheesy enough to be good, it's just very low quality literature that tries to be exciting.

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>>5777190
>>5777203
I just looked up Pulp! The Classics. I see what they are going for. I don't like any of their art though.

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>> No.5777365
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WHO DUN IT

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WHY DID THEY DO IT QUICKLY

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and why would anyone bother abridging a short pulp novel

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William Faulkner's brother John wrote some books.

Looks more fun than his bro's ones.

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>>5777380
Sorry, that was terrible image quality. This version's better.

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I like how they sold everything with a pulpy-looking cover, no matter what the actual content was.

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>> No.5777435

http://www.strangesisters.com/

A site that collects book covers of lesbian pulp erotica from the 50s and 60s

>> No.5777437
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This one is credited with kicking off the lesbian pulp/PBO sub-genre.

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>>5777406
>dem titties

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>>5777406
I like how they put the editor on the cover but not the author.

>> No.5778478

I have thousands of these old pulp novels and magazines. I'll try to post some pics if this thread exists when i get home.

>> No.5779114

>>5778478
Please do.

>> No.5779410

>>5777156
I agree. 90% of pulp is dogshit, but there are gems like Jim Thompson or Raymond Chandler.

>> No.5779417

>>5777362
Bukowski a shit.

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>> No.5779759

>>5779638
ayy

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>>5779627
>>5779633
>>5779638
Let's get back on track. There is enough real pulp art, we don't need to start posting fake stuff.

>> No.5779997

>all these vargas style girls

time to fap

>> No.5780010

>>5779957

Lol, that's beautiful, the way he furiously microscopes.

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>> No.5780145

>>5776670
Who would've thought Gibson liked vaporwave

>> No.5780260

>>5780010

"Must... science... HARDER!"

>> No.5780262

>>5779759
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSDNvNesMxE

>> No.5780361

>>5776657
I remember reading an interview with one of the more prolific pulp authors of the 50's and 60's. He said that he pumped out a 90 thousand word novel every month for nearly 16 years. Remember that this is in the era of typewriters.
tfw you will never be a pulp author getting paid to pump out 90 thousand words of sex and murder with a garish cover every month.

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>>5780361
Interesting.

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>>5777120

fucking hell. 90's book artwork was atrocious

>> No.5781327

>>5781323
yeah, i figued now that we're in the 2010s i'd starting getting some serious 90s nostalgia and the 90s would seem as cool as the 80s did last decade but... nope, the 90s are still awful. other than a little bit of neat rap music the 90s was pretty much ass culturally.

>> No.5781331

>>5776670
this is the only answer

the pulp is was printed on was fucking garbage so they sprinkled a little eye candy on it and boom what do you know, there is some edge in the pages and since parents didn't like it shitty pulp exploded and now due to social conditioning over the years it has been dubbed as something that was 'good', much like Joyce or Pynchon.

>> No.5781341

>>5781327

uhh yeah i don't think i'd take it that far. i was just talking about the fucking popular book art, man.

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>> No.5781346

>>5781342

why are there curtains in the barn?

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>>5781346
My question is, why are their hay bales in the living room?

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>> No.5781672

>>5777120
Fuck, I remember that book. The dude was a pussy magnet who became a total faggot in the second half. I don't even think I finished it.

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>> No.5781682

>>5777156
>implying the medium of comic books is inherently shit
>it is categorically impossible to put pictures in order to tell a story and have it not be shit

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>> No.5781689

We should all read the Spider's "Black Police" trilogy.

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A very specific fetish, this one.

>> No.5781745

>>5781734
Sweet plump knees?

The title even?

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>>5781745
I sometimes wonder if editors at these publishers had bets going on who could get the most ridiculous title through to publication.

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Probably not the title that'd get used on a reprint.

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William Faulkner, cover blurb whore.

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>> No.5781876

>>5777406
Brilliant.

>> No.5781893

>>5781684
>>5781678
So, some of these books might competently written?

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>>5781893
Sure, all kinds of books got the cover treatment.