Ace Double D-1 Paperback Original (1952). Cover Art by Norman Saunders
This is the first Ace Double. Pulp and paperback writer Keith Vining was a man of many talents, which included work as a musician and orchestra leader. Norman Saunders (1907-1989) was a prolific commercial artist who produced paintings for pulp magazines, paperbacks, men’s adventure magazines, comic books and trading cards. He painted for all the major pulp magazine publishers, including Fawcett Publications from 1928-1934 and as a free-lancer from 1935-1942. He was well known for his fast-action scenes and beautiful women and he worked in almost any genre – western, detective, sports and the saucy pulps (sometimes signed as “Blaine,” his middle name).
Saunders got his first assignment from the trading card company Topps in 1958, painting over the photos of baseball players who had been traded so that they would appear to be wearing the jersey of their new team. By 1962, he was creating artwork for other cards, including the infamous Mars Attacks series. Saunders painted the 55-card set.
Ace Double D-1 Paperback Original (1952). Cover Art by Norman Saunders
This is the first Ace Double. Pulp and paperback writer Keith Vining was a man of many talents, which included work as a musician and orchestra leader. Norman Saunders (1907-1989) was a prolific commercial artist who produced paintings for pulp magazines, paperbacks, men’s adventure magazines, comic books and trading cards. He painted for all the major pulp magazine publishers, including Fawcett Publications from 1928-1934 and as a free-lancer from 1935-1942. He was well known for his fast-action scenes and beautiful women and he worked in almost any genre – western, detective, sports and the saucy pulps (sometimes signed as “Blaine,” his middle name).
Saunders got his first assignment from the trading card company Topps in 1958, painting over the photos of baseball players who had been traded so that they would appear to be wearing the jersey of their new team. By 1962, he was creating artwork for other cards, including the infamous Mars Attacks series. Saunders painted the 55-card set.