EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 25 © 2019 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

80 Margaret Brundage Illustrating pulps at a time when the genre w s mainly dominanted by male artists, Brundage proved to be one of the most popular illustrators for the iconic Weird Tales magazine, by always including a nude girl on her covers. BELOW: The Altar of Melek , pastel on paper, 17.5” by 20”. Cover for Weird Tales , September 1932 issue, illustrating a story by G. G. Pandarves. The first cover Brundage did for Weird Tales . It proved quite popular, and she began her long run with the pulp magazine through the ’30s until the mid-’40s. All images of original art courtesy of Heritage Auctions