Vault Announces Pulp and Paint, a New Line of Pulp-Inspired Variant Covers for 2020

Vault Comics is thrilled to announce Pulp & Paint, a new line of variant covers by Tim Daniel and Nathan Gooden inspired by the aesthetics of the pulp era of novels and magazines.

Following in the footsteps of 2018's Women In Front and 2019's Vault Vintage variant cover initiatives, Pulp & Paint draws from the very origins of genre fiction, harkening back to an age when pulp magazines and novels were commonly fronted by exquisitely painted covers.

"There's been a resurgence of interest in richly rendered imagery stoked by alternative movie posters from Mondo and Bottleneck, publishers like Hard Case Crime, or deep dive studies of the form such as Paperbacks From Hell by Grady Hendrix," says Tim Daniel, EVP Branding and Design. "Readers and collectors have shown a real desire for something authentic and striking in the age of digital perfection."

"Over the course of the last year, artist Nathan Gooden has demonstrated an incredible versatility using a variety of traditional and digital techniques to homage some of our industry's greatest legends and their respective landmark works," continues Daniel. "His background in painting strongly evokes the Pulp era. After a year of tribute covers, Vault Editor-In-Chief Adrian Wassel was eager for us to clear our throats and really let readers see what we're capable of outside those parameters."

“Once Adrian suggested PULP & PAINT, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to get back to my roots," Nathan Gooden adds. "My love for Sci-Fi & Fantasy can be traced back to one moment: the time I held my first Frank Frazetta cover. Our Vault Vintage initiative started us down this road, but PULP & PAINT gives me and Tim the chance to fully explore what inspired our careers in comics."

PULP & PAINT debuts with the return of Vagrant Queen in January, 2020. Every new first issue from Vault in 2020 will ship with it's own unique PULP & PAINT variant.

The first two PULP & PAINT covers can be seen below, one of which is a tease of an unannounced Vault series that will debut in February 2020.