You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but sometimes the book (or exploitation movie trailer, or hair metal album cover) comes out the winner – a good, lurid book cover sometimes makes promises the prose itself can’t keep. That’s why pulp covers are such a blast, and have become so beloved, clever artists have begun to replicate their aesthetic.
Take graphic artist and screenwriter Todd Alcott, who hit upon an ingenious idea: he begins with iconic rock songs and imagines what their pulp cover would look like, cleverly transposing lyrics and narratives, creating a fabulous mashup of pop culture faves. His Etsy shop offers up affordably priced prints of his work, which not only includes his rock/pulp fusions, but similarly music-inspired advertisements and promo art; we selected a few of our favorites.
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