Max Plaisted
3 albums/15 artworks – Charles Maxwel Plaisted (1902 – 1956) was an American illustrator and comic artist best known for his work in the “spicy” pulp magazines of the 1930s and early comic books. Born in Penn Yan, New York, Plaisted studied at the University of Pennsylvania (1919–1923) and later at the Art Students League of New York. In the mid-1930s he entered the pulp field and became a regular contributor to Culture Publications’ notorious “spicy” line. He drew illustrations for Spicy Mystery, Spicy Detective, Spicy Adventure, Spicy Western, Private Detective, and Hollywood Detective. He rarely signed his work for the spicy pulps, but he received a credit line for Diana Daw (sometimes spelled Diane Daw), a comic strip that regularly appeared in Spicy Adventure Stories. Written and drawn…
