Vintage Paperback Cover Art
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
History of Vintage Cover Art VII
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Along the way there were intriguing confluences and connections [1]. The exuberantly subversive aesthetic of the vintage cover art style par...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
History of Vintage Cover Art VI
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All told, it was a glorious run for these and other publishing houses, but the vintage style and the white hot intensity of its disturbing i...
Saturday, April 10, 2010
History of Vintage Cover Art V
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The packaging as well as the stories then had to reflect male tastes [1], and this largely accounts for the trend to more sordid, i.e. v...
Friday, March 26, 2010
History of Vintage Cover Art IV
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All this was reinforced by paperbacks’ already somewhat tawdry and unsavory reputation [1]. It was no accident then that the vintage cover...
Friday, March 12, 2010
History of Vintage Cover Art III
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Several factors contributed to this new art form, which sprang seemingly full-blown in all its over-the-top glory : greater competition;...
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