Flight Into Yesterday

Earle Bergey had a way with painting women who were all woman, and painting men that were . . . well . . . um . . . that is . . . well, anyway.

Earle Bergey — Startling Stories — May 1951

Earle Bergey — Startling Stories — May 1949

Nostalgia for the Future

I have a real nostalgia for the future when I see pulp covers like these. When they stopped doing covers like these first four, the pulps died a whimpery death. I'm not saying there was a direct correlation, I'm just saying. 

I really miss the 40s and 50s vision of the future.

And then covers like the one below were less titillating, but grabbed me all the more with the concept of Ancient Alien Civilizations. Discovery of AACs are my favorite sub-genre of sci-fi. I dreamed of becoming a Space Archeologist. Alas, I got distracted along the way.

My Favorite Romance Magazine Cover

Let's start out my new favorite things category with My Favorite Romance Magazine Cover. From 1936, it's unsigned, but I'm venturing a guess, or maybe a hope, that it is an Andrew Loomis painting or pastel. Parts of it don't quite seem his style, but I know he worked in a variety of ways and mediums. Another guess might be an early Earl Bergey, but, well, I just don't know who dunnit. But it just doesn't matter . . . it's one of my favorite things.

The eyes have it.

And Loomis sure had a way with eyes.

Bonfire Survivors

These are a few more items that survived the bonfire. The Thrilling Wonder cover by Bergey is my favorite pulp cover of all time, so iconic and, well, beautiful. Some pulps were saved intact, others were so mangled I had to salvage only individual pages. McCauley's Moon Slave is one of the very few interiors I've seen of his. His covers are wonderful gems. Finlay's covers were never quite as good as his interiors, but his Weird Tales example here is pretty nice. That one survived intact. This post is being uncooperative, so I'm not able to label that one. But I think you'll recognize it.

Bergey

McCauley

Finlay

Stevens