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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: "Uncovered: The Hidden Art of the Girlie Pulp", October 1, 2003 Reviewer: A reader UNCOVERED is the kind of book that revives that old line people used to use with PLAYBOY magazine: "I don't know...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: "Uncovered: The Hidden Art of the Girlie Pulp", October 1, 2003 Reviewer: A reader UNCOVERED is the kind of book that revives that old line people used to use with PLAYBOY magazine: "I don't know about you, but I just buy it for the writing." In fact, UNCOVERED is a perfect balance of pulp-magazine scholarship and wild pin-up style cover illustrations, impeccably reproduced in full color. I've been following Douglas Ellis' work for quite a long time now, and it's always been first class. With this one, he's achieved the perfect balance of art and story, sharing the history of the '30s girlie fiction magazines and their creators with a breeziness that belies what must've been an incredible amount of research, and sharing also some of the rarest and most appealing pulp covers I've ever seen. You don't have to know anything about pulp magazines to enjoy UNCOVERED. Anyone who enjoys classic pinup art or weird American pop culture will find... See less
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