Mexican Pulp Art

The lurid images and garish colors found on the covers of Mexican exploitation pulps are a source of inspiration to me. Mexican Pulp Art is a 140-page celebration of Mexican pulp novel and comic book covers from the 1960s and 1907s. Published by Feral House, the color reproduction of these images is superb.

The artists who painted these images -- space aliens, three headed reptilian beasts, sexy but dangerous spacegirls in tight catsuits, fire breathing disembodied ghoul heads, demonic children, drug addled hoodlums, animated corpses, and tentacled giant flying eyeballs, etc. -- were clearly having a grand time.

Don't be fooled by the seemingly primitive subject matter -- the backgrounds and overall composition of the paintings are masterful and worthy of careful study. $13.22 on Amazon