"Bohemian Stud Bums" Original Art.

Okay, so I've shared two sleaze illustration art originals from the same publishing company. Now, let's get to the third, "Bohemian Stud Bums" (1966) by Carlo Torres. This imprint is "Royal Line" and the number is RL128. Oh to be a bohemian AND a stud AND a bum...that character must have quite the life. I wonder if Kerouac ever saw any of these wacky beat-exploitation pulps?

Beat-exploitation is the genre that first got me interested in collecting vintage paperbacks. And I also met my husband through collecting vintage paperbacks. Without beat exploitation, my life would be very different. Thanks beat exploitation writers for a job well one! Where would I be without you?

All three originals laid out together
(ABOVE)

Hope I Die Before I Get Old

Collecting 1950's juvenile delinquent movie posters and paperbacks has been a passion of ours and an obsession that lasted until we procured all of the best pieces for our collection. We still buy up minor items when we spot them for sale but feel that we've already gotten most of the "high-spot" items, so to speak. These two "juvie" posters are two of my favorites from our poster collection. I find it interesting how "Live Fast, Die Young" manages to tie the Beat Generation in with juvenile delinquency. I guess sometimes rebels get lumped together whether they are anti-establishment literary trail-blazers or "bad" kids shirking the values of ma and pa and society. As for "Juvenile Jungle," just what is "Naturama"? I suppose I could look it up... All I see is that it was a "wide screen technique." Not sure if the source on that was valid either.

Just Beat It

When I was 16, I purchased a 3-CD box set of readings from the Beat Generation. I was already a fan of Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg, the whole crew. In the back of the box set, a booklet was included. Inside the booklet, the authors listed vintage books that were in the category of "beat exploitation" (i.e. pulpish vintage paperbacks that sensationalized the beat movement to make some quick money off it). Seeing just a few sample pics, I had to see more. I went onto eBay and perused the vintage paperbacks for beat exploitation titles. I was obsessed. I loved the idea of amassing a collection of this genre. It seemed the perfect supplement to my interest in Beat writing. Later on, this interest in Beat paperbacks led me to collect vintage paperbacks generally. Vintage paperbacks led me to vintage movie posters and to vintage men's magazines and to vintage detective magazines. I could go on and on. So, what I'm sharing in this post are a few of my favorite Beat exploitation movie posters. Enjoy the weird "way-out" world of beatnik strippers in their jungles of "strange kicks"! But most of all, enjoy the kooky Kerouac lookalike, and wonder why they made him so violent? Beats me. I guess a little hair pulling was good for business.