Margaret Brundage
7 albums/76 artworks – Margaret Hedda Brundage, (1900 – 1976) née Johnson, was an American pulp magazine cover artist renowned for her sensational, pastel-rendered illustrations that defined the visual identity of Weird Tales during the 1930s. Often called the “Frank Frazetta of the 1930s” for her lurid depictions of fantasy and horror, Brundage was one of the few women working in the male-dominated pulp industry, creating 66 covers for Weird Tales (including all nine for Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian stories) and several for its sister publication Oriental Stories (later The Magic Carpet). Her work blended elements of peril, eroticism, and the supernatural, frequently incorporating BDSM themes such as bondage and flagellation, which stirred both controversy and acclaim among…
