Attended Pulpfest this year and took a few photos which I thought were worth sharing. All thanks to the wonderful work by the organizing committee – Jack Cullers, Barry Traylor, Mike Chomko, Chuck Welch, Sally Cullers and William Lampkin and a supporting cast of thousands :-). This was a tough year, with a changed venue and first time setup to deal with, but they pulled off a magic trick and got us a better location than last year, with better lighting and facilities.
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| Convention hospitality room was through the door to the left of the elevator banks |
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| View of the DoubleTree Cranberry hotel lobby late at night (taken from the elevator) |
I arrived late, left my luggage in the car and went straight to the registration desk – hoping to beat my fellow collectors to the early bird shopping spree.
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| The registration desk; dealers room is in the background. |
Entered the dealers’ room – a veritable Alladin’s cave of dusty paper treasure, piled up in boxes all over the place.
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| Dealers room entrance |
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| Dealer’s room – view from the entrance |
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| View of the dealer’s room at the furthest point from the entrance |
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| Laurie Powers and Sheila Vanderbeek |
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George A. Vanderburgh of Battered Silicon Dispatch Box with his new
collection of Seabury Quinn’s Jules De Grandin short stories |
Volume 1 is available now, 2 and 3 are available for pre-order.
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Pulp artist John Fleming Gould’s son was there exhibiting and selling his father’s work
(Bethlehem Art Gallery) |
Many treasures on display:
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| Final issue of Speakeasy Stories October-November 1931, cover by Walter Baumhofer |
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| Scott Hartshorn holding an original manuscript of a Clark Ashton Smith poem |
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| David Lee Smith showing off a Argosy magazine newsstand advertising display |
Pulps on the tables in the dealers’ room:
I missed getting a photo of myself holding Action Comics issue #1, the first appearance of Superman.
That’s probably as close as i’m ever getting to one.
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| Action Comics first issue (first appearance of Superman) was on display |
Artwork on sale:
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| Imaginative Tales, May 1955, cover by Harold W. McCauley |
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| Frank Kelly Freas illustration for story “Computer War” in Analog, June 1967 |
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| Frank R. Paul illustrations for story “Wild Wullie, the waster” in Famous Fantastic Mysteries, September 1942 |
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| Peter Sterne Stevens illustration from American Weekly |
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| Dick Tracy premiums |
Finally, a few photos from Pulpfest programming:
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| Talk on Dime Detective magazine |
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The photo on the left is of Matt Moring, who gave a great talk on Dime Detective magazine’s publishing history. Or is that the one on the right? I forget 🙂
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| She even autographed a couple of my copies of her covers |
All in all, an excellent show.
Nice photos Sai. The convention was great, the hotel was fine, and the breakfast buffet was delicious. I liked the hospitality room also because of the beer and pizza. I'm ready for next year!
Thanks, Walker. The best part of conventions is meeting old friends and making new ones. Going by that, this was a great success.
Sai, after carefully considering all the Pulpfest reports, I have decided that you are the winner of the best photos award. The prize is as many free beers that you can consume in the hospitality room next year.
Thanks Walker, I look forward to it.