Pulp
Written by Ed Brubaker. Art by Sean Phillips.
An aging Western writer is pulled into a crime story harsher than the ones he sells.
Overview
In 1930s New York, pulp writer Max Winters confronts bank robbers, Nazi spies and pieces of his own past. Brubaker and Phillips published the original graphic novel in 2020.
Why It Matters
The book places cheap heroic fiction beside a world where violence has lasting political and personal consequences.
Genre & Themes
Historical crime thriller, Western memory and anti-fascist noir.
Art & Visual Identity
Sean Phillips shifts between Max’s lived world and his imagined Western tales, making the contrast part of the reading experience.
Read This If You Like
- Pulp magazines
- 1930s crime
- Late-life reckoning