Pulpmania #[nn]

Fred de Heij brings his painterly sensibility to this XTRA publication, delivering a cover that channels classic pulp fiction with unmistakable style — a glamorous, red-dressed woman lounges in an ornate armchair, pistol in hand, with an unsettling clown doll perched beside her. The tension between her cool composure and that grinning puppet gives the image a wonderfully strange, noir-tinged edge. It's a striking showcase for de Heij's ability to blend pin-up elegance with just the right touch of the uncanny.