Killer’s Kiss (United Artists, 1955). Half Sheet (22″ X 28″). Film Noir. Starring Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Ruth Sobotka, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Ralph Roberts and Phil Stevenson. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Day: March 15, 2024
cover sketch by James Meese
Time to step up. Possible study for an unknown pulp cover. Mixed media, including watercolor, gouache, graphite, and glaze on onion skin paper mounted to board. 335×198 mm; 13 1/4×7 3/4 inches, mounted to 13 3/4×8 3/4-inch board. Signed “Meese” at lower right.
1961 Gold Medal paperback original with final, finished cover
better image than previously posted
March 1941 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst
cover art by H.L. Parkhurst
January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
April 1938 issue
better image than previously posted
1951 issue #1 – cover art by Louis Zansky
cover art by Louis Zansky
March-April 1932 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer
April 1945 issue
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