I had previously posted on the excellent Illustration magazine, published by Illustrated Press. It was published quarterly for several years and then ended with issue No. 84 in 2023. It featured articles on a variety of illustration artists who did advertising art, book and magazine covers, and interior artwork, including some pulp magazine artists.
Daniel Zimmer is the person behind it and was a main contributor, though others such as David Saunders also contributed articles. Some of these pieces were later expanded into large-format hardcover books.
But Zimmer brought it back with No. 85, now on a subscription basis, with back issues available on its website while supplies last. I do not believe it is being carried by any reseller. He is offering subscriptions for four issues.
I previously looked at issues No. 85-88. Now I will look at the next four issues. Subscriptions are available for the upcoming issues. As always, since this blog is pulp-focused, I will concentrate mainly on the pulp illustrators featured in these issues.
No. 89 (November 2025) features Daniel Zimmer providing articles on two artists: Carlo Demand and Bruce Bomberger. Carlo Demand seems to have specialized in illustrations of vehicles, cars, planes, and boats, often shown in action. Bomberger mainly did artwork for The Saturday Evening Post, and his work was very enjoyable. Completing the issue is another article by Zimmer on “The Marginalized Male Gaze in Postwar Women’s Magazines.”
No. 90 (December 2025) again has Daniel Zimmer providing articles on two artists: William P. Welsh and James Bingham. I found Welsh’s artwork particularly interesting. It has a somewhat Art Deco feel. While Bingham mainly worked on mainstream magazines, I very much enjoyed his work as well. Rounding out the issue is an article by Dennis Raverty, Ph.D., on “Representing the ‘American Dream’: Postwar Optimism and Cold War Dread,” which looks at advertising art of the period.
No. 91 (January 2026) looks at three artists, all covered by Daniel Zimmer: Emmett Watson, David Levine, and Dan Content. Watson worked in the pulps for magazines such as Argosy, Adventure, Detective Fiction Weekly, Railroad Stories, and others. I have seen many of his covers reused for recent reprints from Steeger Books. I believe I have seen Levine’s caricature artwork dating back to the 1970s.
No. 92 (February 2026) features three more artists, again all covered by Daniel Zimmer: Keith Ward, Sarah S. Stillwell, and Walter Everett. None of them worked for the pulps, but I enjoyed Keith Ward’s children’s cover art and advertising illustrations. Walter Everett created many magazine covers and had a distinctive artistic style.
I have subscribed for the next four issues and encourage others to do the same. This is a high-quality magazine, and the artists featured are consistently interesting.
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