From the exhibition
Pep! Magazine Cover
· January 1927

Catalog Note
*PEP!* is a pulp magazine mixing short stories with photographic artwork. The cover features an "Earl Carroll Vanities" dancer. Featured fiction includes "Still Waters Run Deep" by Edith Sheila Nicholas, concerning a diner waitress's encounter with a besotted customer; "Automobile Accidents" by Jack Woodford, a comedic piece about a man who damages a woman's car and persistently pursues marriage as atonement, culminating in a rushed ceremony; and "Enid's Escapade" by Robert Dumont, depicting a man recently returned from Paris attempting to teach his wayward romantic interest a moral lesson through shock. Additional content includes "A Sinner in Horeville" and "The Spiceror Lafe," separated by photographic studies emphasizing figure composition and lighting technique. The magazine also features theatrical commentary on New York stages and miscellaneous prose.
Public domain (pre-1929), restored and presented by comicbooks.com public-domain