Pulp Macabre
The Art of Lee Brown Coye's Final and Darkest Era
"There was never an artist who came close to capturing horror and dread like Lee Brown Coye. He was master of the weird and grotesque illustration. Coye's sketches had the shape of nightmares."—Robert Weinberg, The Weird Tales Story
"It was always my belief that a good drawing was a good drawing, whether it was in the archives of the Metropolitain Museum or in a pulp magazine."— Lee Brown Coye
No other artist working in mid-century pulp fiction created work as twisted as Lee Brown Coye. By the 1970s, after surviving a life-threatening illness, Coye would outdo himself, creating lurid illustrations exclusive to rare privately published books and fanzines. With nearly one hundred gloriously rendered Coye-penned images, Pulp Macabre showcases Coye's final and darkest era, containing some of the most passionately ghoulish artwork ever made.
Mike Hunchback is an enthusiast of various eras of extreme and bizarre underground art, and is currently working on a biography of original Fangoria magazine editor Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin.
Caleb Braaten operates Sacred Bones Records, which has recently teamed with David Lynch to release his new album The Big Dream.
Mike Hunchback (NYC) is an enthusiast of various eras of extreme and bizarre underground art, with an affinity for artists working in the field of Weird Fiction and Pulps. His interests are covered in depth on his blog: www.witchcraftnation.blogspot.com; including EC Comics, film, and of course the work of Lee Brown Coye. He is currently working on a biography on original Fangoria magazine editor Robert “UncleBob” Martin.
Caleb Braaten owns and operates Sacred Bones Records, a record label with a focus on dark and macabre contemporary sounds. In addition to releasing dozens of new independent artists’ albums, Sacred Bones has recently teamed with David Lynch to release his new album The Big Dream, proceeded by a deluxe LP reissue of the Eraserhead soundtrack, with plans for more collaboration in the future.
