Virgil Finlay's epic illustration for Poe's Tell Tale Heart

Virgil Finlay: Master of Dark Fantasy Illustration

Virgil Finlay was a contemporary of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch and Robert E. Howard. He started his career as an illustrator on ‘Weird Tales’ and went on to create fantastic art for the best sf, fantasy and horror fiction of his day, (Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury).

Great Movie Posters: Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction. Smart, sassy, anarchic and deliciously retro. Elliptic story-telling with Tarantino, Travolta and Sam Jackson at their absolute best (for some great reviews, see the Rotten Tomatoes site). Such a brilliant poster too, it somehow manages to combine the fantastic pulp magazine feel of the 1930s and 40s pulps, with a slicker modern sensibility. Here’s a review of almost …