



He was myriad comic book heroes including Captain America and Superman. Steve Holland was variously noir crime protagonists and old west avatars. Our “PulpFest Profiles” focus on contemporary creators who have drawn inspiration from these rough-paper fiction magazines.Īctor-model Steve Holland was literally a chameleon when it came to embodying the archetypal American White male figure between the 1950s through at least the early 1990s.įor decades, Holland’s image - explicitly and implicitly - was front and center in literally thousands of cover and interior illustrations of paperbacks, men’s adventure magazines, and comic books. Pulp magazines have influenced writers, artists, film directors, software developers, and countless others over the years.
