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Noun - Singular: pulp magazine
Plural: pulp magazines
1. A magazine made with inexpensive paper and printing, containing shocking or sensationalist fiction by low-paid writers.


Sometimes I wish I'd been born in the 40s; especially when I get asked to do these wondeful commissions on characters I have a deep (albeit intuitive) love and care for. I never read much of the original pulps these great personas stemmed from, but I've bought paperbacks and hunted a bit on the Internet so I have a great fondness for these adventures.

Many, many, many of you asked for it, and so here (thanks to *erlkoenig) you have it: the inimitable Doc Savage; and who's he up against? None other than the infamous Fu-Manchu! Well, him and two of his thugs, being quickly dispatched by the Man of Bronze, of course...
There are a lot of thing sthat came out looking really nice and I tried certain techniques (especially on the skin tones) that I was afraid would mess things up. Fortunately, you'll agree they haven't.
As for details that I pick out, I think the skin tones are my favourite part. I managed to make Doc Savage's skin look tanned enough for him to look like the "Man of Bronze" without his skin looking like actual BRONZE (which was something I always hated about his latest renditions; it looks as though he was made of metal, when he was supposed to be an idealised human being). The poses of the thugs being dispatched is also something I really like, and the whole composition really took a lot of dynamism enhancing the pencils. Everything conspiring to make this one look like a true pulp magazine cover.

But enough from me, as I say! Let's hear it from you and what you think!

Enjoy!

Nic.-

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:iconcomrade-k-rad:
I'm not familiar with the story at all, but this is a wonderful piece. Great job as always.

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:iconbrookm:
Damn it, you've made me all soggy and nostalgic now! :D

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:iconeye-of-terror:
*eye-of-terror
:iconlifeisaglitch:
I am a pulpaholic and i have found that DA is a great place too keep abusing..so cheers to that :D

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:iconhangmansfable:
Well played brother. You nailed this one like always.
:icon1mpact:
Doc Savage and Fu-Manchu!!!
Of course your "2-seconds-turned into ten minutes" was some sort of posting of material online :p

I like this, very much.
Then again, I'm a sucker for those characters.

Nit-picking...

Teeth of the skulls look a bit Weird... those of the skulls you see from underneath that is... nothing major.

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:iconspectorknight:
Doc Savage? Pulp? Awesome! I love pulp adventures and sci-fi. Doc Savage looks great. I know this is unlikely but would you consider doing a Flash Gordon picture as a sequel to this one? I think he'd look great in your style. :)

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Proud to be an optimistic cynic! :flagcanada:

“Fairy tales are more then true -
Not because they tell us dragons exist
But because they tell us they can be beaten.”

~GK Chesterton
:iconorvandor:
Like usually you let me with my mouth falling down XD !

PULP !! :P It's really good. :P Maybe now you should make something apoun spies stories or... maybe.. Harmony series XD !!!

Great pieces as usual!!!

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... I'm drunk !
... I'm mentally frustated to see other people that draw much better than me !
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:iconthekiltedstranger:
I've always preferred this original hairstyle over the crazy wicked widow's peak that happened later. Love this.

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:icongamiel:
Yes, Yes , YES. This is what I have been waiting for.
:iconevildeadness:
Man, I may be young, but I am a sucker for the pulp aesthetic, even if I'm not familiar with the stories themselves. Fu Manchu is a classic, though.

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...it made me feel horrible, like a train had hit me, and the train was angry, and then it called my mother to tell her I was a bad son.
-Pictures For Sad Children

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