Issue Socks
Description: The December 12, 1925 pulp magazine from the Frank A. Munsey Company bursts with drama on its cover, masterfully painted by famed artist Paul Stahr. An elegant early 20th-century lady, dressed to the nines in a theatrical gown, stares in wide-eyed disbelief as a cowboy thunders past on a galloping horse—right in the middle of what appears to be her big moment, proving that even in the roaring twenties, photobombing was alive and well.
Description: A forgotten Halloween issue crawls back out of the grave. A pulp-horror tribute built around midnight graveyards, rotten comic ink, jack-o'-lantern glow and the wicked anthology spirit of 1982. Designed like a battered horror comic discovered at the bottom of an old October candy bag.
Description: A forgotten Halloween issue crawls back out of the grave. A pulp-horror tribute built around midnight graveyards, rotten comic ink, jack-o'-lantern glow and the wicked anthology spirit of 1982. Designed like a battered horror comic discovered at the bottom of an old October candy bag.
Description: Classic comic mashup recreating X-Men #1 with your favorite Peanuts characters! Featuring Charlie Brown as Professor X, Snoopy as Wolverine, Woodstock, Lucy as Jean Grey / Phoenix, Linus as Magneto, Sally as Mystique, and Peppermint Patty as Cyclops. A unique collectible design for comic fans and Peanuts enthusiasts!
Description: Overthinking Humor Minor Issue Major Text Typography pairs a bold typography overthinking humor theme with a natural, wearable feel, for anyone who enjoys mental health and overthink. Made for gift for friends who want an easy overthinking humor piece for tees, stickers, hoodies, mugs, and everyday gear.
Description: Laugh off your worst defeats with this high ping gaming humor graphic featuring a lagging rogue dodging attacks. Perfect for players experiencing lag frustration, this online gamer joke captures the struggle of dying to server latency. Wear your high ping gaming humor with pride and blame the connection!
Description: An antique American automotive magazine cover from February 1914, courtesy of the Hearst organization, proudly unveils its “Chicago Show Number” with a portrait so elegant you’d think the lady just invented driving. Illustrated by H. Richard Boehm, it portrays a stylish early 20th-century woman wrapped in a blazing red head wrap and a snug green winter scarf, flashing a sly smile as she peeks from behind the wooden steering wheel of her vintage motor car—clearly ready to out-charm the horsepower.
Description: The April 1947 cover of Adventure, courtesy of Popular Publications, bursts with the over-the-top drama only pulp could deliver. Painted by the illustrious Peter Stevens, it features a burly, bald sailor—or possibly a very determined dockworker—gritting his teeth like he’s in a toothpaste ad from hell, straining heroically as he clutches a massive wooden oar or some other ridiculously heavy object, presumably to save the day or just prove he can.
Description: In August 1927, the McCall Corporation released a women’s fashion and lifestyle magazine cover so charming it could make even the most cynical character blush—quite a feat, considering the star was Becky Sharp herself. Illustrated in dreamy pastels by the celebrated Neysa McMein, this romantic portrait captures Thackeray’s sly social climber looking ready to outwit high society, one fabulous outfit at a time.
Description: A retro parody inspired by vintage humor magazines! Featuring a massive, disgruntled yellow cartoon kid head as the crown, bursting with pop culture characters like SpongeBob, Bender, Stan Marsh, Buttercup, and Scooby-Doo. A chaotic, funny piece for counter-culture and comic book nerds.
Description: The vibrant front cover of the September issue of Honey magazine, a groundbreaking British publication targeted at working women. The cover features a playful group shot of five women in colorful pillbox hats ("honey-buns") surrounding a man holding a bowler hat, alongside the tagline "Young, Gay and Get-Ahead" and content pillars "careers, clothes, beauty, fiction."
Description: The cover highlights the start of a "new mystery series" featuring Leith, who was a popular fixture in the magazine during this era. The bold, red background and the character's mischievous expression are characteristic of the "pulp" style of the late 1930s, designed to catch the eye of newsstand browsers. The art is widely attributed to Modest Stein, a prominent freelance illustrator for Street & Smith who was known for his detailed and expressive portraiture on magazines like The Shadow and Crime Busters.
