Pulp Non-Fiction

How to explain Washington dysfunction in 10 pulp-fiction posters.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 11, 2013

Life would be simpler if it were a pulp novel. Yes, American politics today is stranger than fiction, but wouldn't it be great if the Space Patrol could disintegrate political gridlock with one blast from their ray guns?

With that hope in mind, here are how those brave heroes and heroines of 1930s pulp fiction might have confronted today's issues. These covers were created using the Pulp-O-Mizer, by artist Bradley W. Schenck, which allows anyone to create their own old-fashioned pulp science fiction magazine cover.

Michael Peck/Pulp-O-Mizer

 

Michael Peck is gaming editor for Foreign Policy.