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James Alfred Meese

In this gouache-on-board cover illustration for 1952’s The Scarlet Slipper, James Meese captures the unique mixture of the American homestead with a tough-talking private eye in the mix.

The Scarlet Slippers

Artist: James Alfred Meese

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, James Alfred Meese, lurid, original cover art, paperback, pulp, risque
Added to Gallery: April 13, 2018

The aptly titled Teen-Age Terror shows a lurid, youth gone wild, over the top image of a highly sensationalized girl gang initiation. In this oil-on-masonite cover painting, American illustrator James Alfred Meese captured the moral panic over juvenile delinquency that was a focal point of American culture in the 1950s, most notably explored in films like Rebel Without a […]

Teen-Age Terror

Artist: James Alfred Meese

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: James Alfred Meese, James Meese, lurid, original cover art, paperback, rebel without a cause, sleaze
Added to Gallery: December 15, 2017

 

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