Western Heroes of Pulp Fiction: Dime Novel to Pop Culture (2016)
Softcover, 116 pages, 9 x 11 inches, full color illustrations throughout
Foreword by Dr. Robert Knight, CEO, and essay by Christine Brindza, Senior Curator, James and Louise Glasser Curator of Art of the American West. Designed by Melina Lew, with printing by Arizona Lithographers, Tucson, Arizona. Published by the Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition by the same name at the Tucson Museum of Art, Oct 24, 2015 - Feb 14, 2016
Examines artistic expressions and the development of myth found in the Western genre in mass media with emphasis on dime novels, pulp magazines, comic books, and modern and contemporary art, as well as film and television.
Artists featured in the exhibition and catalog: Maura Allen, Allen Anderson, James Bama, Walter Baumhofer, Marshal Bravestarr, Gerald Brom, Richard Case, Fred Craft, Gerard Delano, Maynard Dixon, Albert Drake, Bill Draut, W.H. Dunton, Fred Harman, R.G. Harris, Levey, Roy Lichtenstein, Earl Linderman, Danny Martin, Lon Megargee, Stan Natchez, Richard Pettibone, Frederic Remington, Aaron Riley, Thom Ross, George Rozen, Bill Schenck, H. Winfield Scott, John Severin, Jeane Quick-to-See Smith, Paul Stahr, Ben Steele, Jeffrey Veregge, Andy Warhol, Dennis Zienienski.
