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Fantastic Pulp Fiction Covers

"The term pulp fiction originally referred to "pulp" paper magazines of the late 19th century, such as Weird Tales and The Strand, which featured the work  of such prolific literary masters as H.G. Wells  (The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (The Lost World, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) J.R.R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) and Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan of the Apes). Generally, pulp fiction stories focused on man struggling with dark, powerful and often, evil forces -- both internal and external -- beyond his control. By the early and mid-20th century, pulp fiction, with its mix of science fact and speculative fiction, launched a new era and genre of fantasy stories with compelling alternative or parallel realities." Source: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3992 and http://www.coverbrowser.com/

'Garo' Avant-Garde Manga Magazine Covers | Japan 1960's - 1970's

Garo was a monthly manga anthology magazine in Japan, founded in 1964 by Katsuichi Nagai. It specialized in alternative and avant-garde manga. Here's a collection of over 50 of the front covers...for more info visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_(magazine)

Source:
The Three Steps Over Japan blog is a real labour of love, all the Garo magazines have been archived, scanned and reviewed by TSOTE, really good http://threestepsoverjapan.blogspot.com/

http://www.tcj.com/international/garo-1992/
http://vintageninja.net/?p=550

Barbarella! Barbarella!

Jean-Claude Forest created the science fiction comic character of Barbarella for V-Magazine in 1962, which was then made into the film with Jane Fonda in 1968 and directed by Roger Vadim. The content of Barbarella, a young woman sexily strolling through adventures around the galaxy, has inspired a raft of psychedelic and downright groovy graphical styles some of which I have gathered for this post. There's also some cool Curzon Cinema Midnight Movie posters that feature Barbarella by Tom Hodge.

Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarella_(film)
http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/2009/10/barbarella-1968-france-italy/
http://www.hollywoodcomics.com/forestbbd.html
http://www.hollywoodcomics.com/forestbarbgallery.html
http://thedudedesigns.blogspot.com/2010/02/midnight-movies-sci-fi-london.html
http://www.ultraswank.net/film/thoughts-on-barbarella/
http://www.atthemovies.co.uk/movie-posters/4198.html
http://www.morbidmonster.com/LobbyCards/index.html
http://www.annyas.com/screenshots/

'Violence Becomes Tranquility' Trippy Manga

Violence Becomes Tranquility by Kaze Shinobu Published in the March 1980 issue of Heavy Metal. Scans of the complete 10 page comic tracked down on eBay by Ryan who runs the excellent 'Same Hat' blog - from article page: http://samehat.blogspot.com/2010/02/violence-becomes-tranquility-march-1980.html - find out more about Kaze Shinobu here http://comipress.com/special/manga-zombie/incredibly-strange-manga-part-2/kaz...

'Moyasimon' Manga: Super Cute Bacteria

Moyasimon is very popular in Japan with the comics selling out on release. The creator, Masayuki Ishikawa, was inspired to create it from a trip to an agricultural college where he visited the sake brewing room. The professor told him that when the sake was ready it 'spoke to him' - that gave Masayuki the idea.

"Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, known in Japan as Moyashimon (もやしもん?), is a manga series created by Masayuki Ishikawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen magazine Evening since August 2004. It won the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Grand Prize and the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.The series follows Tadayasu Sawaki, a first-year college student at an agricultural university, who has a unique ability to see and communicate with bacteria and other micro-organisms." From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyasimon:_Tales_of_Agriculture

They go up to 11, all on youtube...

More...Moyasimon Vol. 1: Tales of Agriculture - http://www.readaboutcomics.com/2009/12/11/moyasimon-vol-1/ and some Bento Moyasimon: http://www.annathered.com/2009/01/24/bento29-moyashimon/ - Figurines http://en.gigazine.net/index.php?%2Fnews%2Fcomments%2F20100726_wf2010_s_moyas... - Is being made into a real-life film http://asianmediawiki.com/Moyashimon