H.J. Ward needed to write his signature a little higher than he did. Putting it at the bottom of every painting allowed the printer to cut it right off. Or, maybe that was his plan all along?
In his 2010 biography of H J Ward David Saunders lists this as being by Joseph Szokoli, repainting Ward’s Oct 1939 Spicy Mystery Stories cover with alterations.
H.J. Ward needed to write his signature a little higher than he did. Putting it at the bottom of every painting allowed the printer to cut it right off. Or, maybe that was his plan all along?
Ward !?… No, no, nanette !
Ward-like art by Joseph Szokoli, compare with :
https://pulpcovers.com/gunsight-savvy/
Well, right, Hugh Joseph Ward’s cover.
In his 2010 biography of H J Ward David Saunders lists this as being by Joseph Szokoli, repainting Ward’s Oct 1939 Spicy Mystery Stories cover with alterations.