This 1924 Film Fun cover is the earliest Bolles' reference to Valentine's day I've found. T he helpless little men theme may ...

It's a fact of life that illustrators busy with looming deadlines sometimes resort to "borrowing" from the work of their p...

Was there a "Weed Appreciation Day" back in 1936 when Enoch came up with his kinetic vision of lawn care?  If so, what kind of wee...

No punny holiday celebrations today. In fact, no puns at all (well, maybe one or two). The theme today is that there isn't one, and so ...

I'm back to using Bolles covers to celebrate national or not so national holidays, and here's a fun example from a 1930 issue of S...

It's only too bad that I don't have a better scan of this 1937 issue of Spicy Stories , or a real copy for that matter. She truly pu...

Do you have a favorite style of Bolles girl? On display today are three prime examples spanning 13 years, all in the same pose and predicam...

A question by frequent visitor Gary about how many Bolles paintings got me onto this project, which is something I've been meaning to d...

Just a short post this time around. I've been in England this week and have discovered that our man Bolles has been misleading us about...

Yes, it is. Really! Once again, we have a perfectly topical example by Bolles on hand to help us in acknowledging this most inexplicable ...

I've just been reading a recent post in an art blog (to remain anonymous) which I typically enjoy, but not today. The post is on the to...

After the pain of pulling together today's post, it may be a long while before you have to endure another of my blathering entries where...

... ..... Today's topic continues with a subject I've glanced over a few times but have yet to truly face head on, and that concern...

Looking back at the short life of this blog, there is much to celebrate. In the early days, no matter how deep you Googled Enoch Bolles, The...

After the post last week on bulls-eye covers my Bolles pal, Beau reminded me about a great one from Spicy Stories that I had omitted. In the...

Feeling guilty about all that turkey stuffing you stuffed yourself with? Well, you're not alone. On your left is the first of a recurrin...

This is a real oddball for Bolles and for a time I wondered whether somebody else painted it. I also found the photo he used and this painti...

O ne of my favorites in the cowgirl theme. Bolles lavished attention on shoes and in this cover the boots (aren't they great) serve as ...

O h the abuse pulp magazines took to survive 70 or 80 years. First they were thumbed to death, especially the spicy pulps that bore repeated...