This cover has always bugged me. I have never been able to see Hugh Joseph Ward’s signature strokes in it and still can’t.
In 1936, three artists worked on this pulp; Hugh Joseph Ward, Harry Lemon Parkhurst and Delos Palmer. The order was as follows:
Jan – Ward; Feb – Parkhurst;
Mar – Ward; Apr – Palmer;
May – Ward; Jun – Parkhurst;
Jul – Ward; Aug – ? (This cover);
Sep – Parkhurst; Oct – Ward;
Nov – Palmer; Dec – Parkhurst.
These artists appeared to be on a rotation, yet this issue’s cover artist is supposedly the same as the previous cover’s artist? So, this cover is out of the normal rotation (plus the style doesn’t seem to fit). If the rotation order is followed (namely, that no two consecutive covers have the same artist), then PALMER should have painted this cover.
Does anybody else have a problem seeing this cover as Ward’s, or am I just missing something?
You know, if she ever manages to connect with that shoe heel, she’s going to do some damage.
This cover has always bugged me. I have never been able to see Hugh Joseph Ward’s signature strokes in it and still can’t.
In 1936, three artists worked on this pulp; Hugh Joseph Ward, Harry Lemon Parkhurst and Delos Palmer. The order was as follows:
Jan – Ward; Feb – Parkhurst;
Mar – Ward; Apr – Palmer;
May – Ward; Jun – Parkhurst;
Jul – Ward; Aug – ? (This cover);
Sep – Parkhurst; Oct – Ward;
Nov – Palmer; Dec – Parkhurst.
These artists appeared to be on a rotation, yet this issue’s cover artist is supposedly the same as the previous cover’s artist? So, this cover is out of the normal rotation (plus the style doesn’t seem to fit). If the rotation order is followed (namely, that no two consecutive covers have the same artist), then PALMER should have painted this cover.
Does anybody else have a problem seeing this cover as Ward’s, or am I just missing something?
No, honestly it looks more like Allen Anderson than Ward.