JAMES MEESE

15.03.2014 17:15


Master Cover Artists No. 3


JAMES MEESE

 

James Alfred Meese nasce in Ohio l'8 ottobre 1917. Frequenta il college per due anni. Nel 1940 risiede nella circoscrizione di Totowa a Passaic, New Jersey.

Lavora già come illustrator aquando viene richiamato alle armi a Newark, New Jersey il 21 aprile 1942.

Dal 1951 in poi dipinge copertine di paperbacks per Avon, Cardinal Editions, Crest, Dell, Gold Medal, MacFadden, Perma Books, Pocket Books, Popular Library e Signet Books. Realizza pure copertine e illustrazioni per varie riviste quali Bluebook e Real. Di solito Meese dipinge a olio su Masonite. I suoi lavori si distinguono per la bellezza delle donne che raffigura.

Ha soltanto 53 anni quando scompare  il 1°luglio 1971.

 

James Alfred Meese was born October 8, 1917 in Ohio. He attended college for two years. By 1940 he was residing in Totowa Borough, Passaic, New Jersey. He was already working as a commercial artist when he was drafted in Newark, New Jersey on April 21 1942.

Starting in 1951, he painted paperback covers for Avon, Cardinal Editions, Crest, Dell, Gold Medal, MacFadden, Perma Books, Pocket Books, and Signet Books. He also did covers and illustrations for various magazines, including Bluebook and Real. Meese usually did his paintings in oils on Masonite. His artwork usually featured shapely women.

He was only 53 when he passed away on July 1, 1971.


ILLUSTRAZIONI PER RIVISTE / MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATIONS

Editore/Publisher: CROWELL-COLLIER

The American Magazine - Illustrazioni / Illustrations 02/1956.

Editore/Publisher: LITERARY ENTERPRISES/EXCELLENT PUBLICATIONS

Real - Copertine / Cover art 02/1960; 02/1961. Illustrazioni / Illustrations.

See for Men - Illustrazioni /Illustrations c.1960-61.

Editore/Publisher: McCALL CORPORATION

Bluebook - Illustrazioni / Illustrations 05/1952; 09/1952.

The Blue Book Magazine - Illustrazioni /
Illustrations 12/1947; 1/1948 [with John R. McDermott].

Editore/Publisher: MacFADDEN PUBLICATIONS

Saga - Illustrazioni / Illustrations 05/1953.

Editore/Publisher: MALE PUBLISHING CORP.

Male - Illustrazioni / Illustrations 01/1956.

Editore/Publisher: OFFICIAL MAGAZINE/ATLAS

Stag - Illustrazioni / Illustrations.

Editore/Publisher: STANLEY PUBLICATIONS

Real Men - Illustrazioni / Illustrations 06/1961.

Editore/Publisher: SWANK

Swank - Illustrazioni / Illustrations 05/1956.


COPERTINE PER TASCABILI / PAPERBACK COVERS

 

Editore/Publisher: AVON BOOKS

Case of the Red Box - #T-216 (1958).

Ivan The Terrible - #T-498 (1961).

Stool Pigeon - #551 (1953).

Turn Back the River - #AT-70 (1954).

 

Editore/Publisher: CARDINAL EDITIONS

Carolina Corsair - #C-228 (1956).

Cast of Characters - #C-306 (1958).

The Gadget Maker - #C-215 (1956).

The Great Man - #C-223 (1956).

The Gown of Glory - #C-198 (1956).

The Greek Coffin Mystery - #C-390 (1960).

Peril at End House - #C-349 (1959).

The Saracen Blade - #C-124 (1954).

The Swordsman - #C-262 (1957).

The Virginian - #C-209 (1956).


Editore/Publisher: CREST BOOKS

Bad Girls - #S254 (1958).

Dagger of Flesh - #142 (1952).

The Girls in 3-B - #S290 (1959).

Lie Down, Killer - #132 (1956).

Under the Evil Power of a Hypnotic Spell! - #142 (1957).


Editore/Publisher: DELL PUBLISHING

The Body That Wasn't Uncle - #645 (1953).

Diamond Lil - #525 (1951).

Fatal in Furs - #623 (1952).

The Fifth Key - #644 (1956).

Good Luck to the Corpse - #639 (1956).

A Graveyard to Let - #543 (1951).

Gypsy Sixpence - #D103 (1952).

Love Stories of India - #530 (1951).

Messalina - #F103 (1960).

Murder Leaves a Ring - #662 (1953).

The Scarlet Slippers - #685 (1953).

Stairway to an Empty Room - #659 (1953).

Sudden Fear - #604 (1952).

What Rhymes with Murder? - #631 (1952).


Editore/Publisher: GOLD MEDAL

A Bullet for My Lady - #472 (1955).

The Dangerous One - #435 (1954).

Dark Heritage - #486 (1955).

Forever Is Today - #468 (1955).

God's Back Was Turned - #S1134 (1961).

The Golden Frame - #493 (1955).

Hell's Our Destination - #345 (1953).

Hostage for a Hood - #687 (1957).

The Hunger and the Hate - #S454 (1954).

I Came to Kill - #349 (1953).

Killer in White - #546 (1956).

Lusty Conquest - #539 (1955).

Rain of Terror - #671 (1957).

Return of Sumuru - #408 (1954).

77 Rue Paradis - #448 (1954).

Teen-Age Terror - #S734 (1959).

Whisper His Sin - #426 (1954).

Young and Violent - #S941 (1959).

 

Editore/Publisher: MacFADDEN PUBLICATIONS

Come On Out, Daddy - #75-138 (1964).

A Day in Late September - #75-149 (1964).

Editore/Publisher: PERMA BOOKS

Air Surgeon - #M-4053 (1956).

The Big Water - #M-3017 (1955).

Crimson Clue - #M-3010 (1955).

Daybreak - #M-4130 (1959).

Dead Game - #M-3012 (1955).

Death in the Wind - #M-3072 (1956).

The Forbidden Road - #M-4121 (1959).

The Highwayman - #M-4070 (1957).

Live and Let Die - #M-3048 (1956).

Marcia Blake, Publicity Girl - #M-3102 (1958).

The Mean Streets - #M-3032 (1955).

Murder Is Where You Find It - #M-3066 (1956).

The Murder of Ann Avery - #M-3058 (1956).

One-Way Ticket - #M-3100 (1956).

The Saint Around the World - #M-3103 (1958).

The Smiling Rebel - #M-4071 (1957).

Snow Fury - #M-3034 (1956).

Too Hot to Handle - #M-3070 (1957).

Vanishing Ladies - #M-3097 (1957).

The Velvet Ape - #M-3122 (1958).

Widow's Pique - #M-3096 (1957).

 

Editore/Publisher: POCKET BOOKS

The Beautiful Frame - #1039 (1955).

Captain Nemesis - #1176 (1957).

The Crooked Frame - #961 (1953).

Dark Dream - #913 (1953).

The Deadly Climate - #1077 (1955).

Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal - #1096 (1955).

Don't Hang Me Too High - #1109 (1956).

The Drowning Pool - #2821 (1959).

Evil Under the Sun - #2285 (1956).

The Glass Village - #1082 (1955).

A Hearse of Another Color - #1259 (1959).

The High Window - #2320 (1955).

Hunt the Man Down - #1141 (1956).

Junior Miss - #2332 (1956).

Kill and Tell - #934 (1953).

Margin of Terror - #1062 (1955).

Mark Kilby Solves a Murder - #1283 (1959).

The Murderer Is a Fox - #2517 (1956).

The Mystery of the Blue Train - #2038 (1956).

The Case of the One-Eyed Witness - #1041 (1954).

A Pocket Full of Rye - #1036 (1955).

Rebecca's Pride - #1178 (1957).

Sinners and Shrouds - #1136 (1956).

The Sulu Sea Murders - #1201 (1958).

Widow's Web - #1157 (1957).

Worse Than Murder - #985 (1954).


Editore/Publisher: POPULAR LIBRARY

A Bullet For My Love - #462 (1952).

The Diary - #477 (1952).


Editore/Publisher: SIGNET BOOKS

The Final Hours - #1191 (1955).

The General's Wench - #1163 (1955).

Go Tell It on the Mountain - #1138 (10/1954).

A House of Her Own - #S1137 (1954).

Kiss Me, Deadly - #1000 (1953).

A Private Stair - #1172 (1955).

Shoot to Kill - #1013 (1953).

The Street - #1123 (1954).

Street of the Barefoot Lovers - #S1197 (1955).



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