Bim, BEM, Bum
English edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of bimbo + BEM (“Bug-Eyed Monster”) + bum (“incompetent man”). From a typical composition for the cover art of science fiction pulp magazines such as Thrilling Wonder Stories, notably by artists such as Earle K. Bergey and Rudolph Belarski, featuring a woman (the "Bim") being attacked or threatened by a monster (the "BEM"), while a man (the "Bum") protects her and/or attacks the monster.
Phrase edit
- (fandom slang, art) Retro art composition; composition stereotypical of the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.