Still More of Lesser

Today begins the final week of Killer Covers’ month-long tribute to American painter and paperback cover artist Ron Lesser. The series, which began with this post in mid-May, is set to conclude on Friday. Between now and then, Killer Covers will look back at Lesser’s memorable fronts for Frank Kane’s Johnny Liddell novels, tally up his most noteworthy artistic influences, and roll out a final collection of softcover façades proving that he deserves mention in the same breath as Robert McGinnis, James Avati, Harry Bennett, Barye Phillips, and other greats from the heyday of paperback publishing.