Here are a few things to keep your mind off the current circumstances for a while: Ohio man donates a collection of comics, paperbacks, pulps and magazines to University of South Carolina. They needed two 26 foot trucks to move it. https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2019/05/uofsc_receives_major_comic_book_collection.php Northern Illinois University to digitize ~4000 dime novels and story papers from Street… Continue reading Pulp Round-Up May 2020 (Coronavirus edition 1)
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Early SF story: The Human Brick by Mary C. Francis
It’s been a while since i posted some fiction on this blog. So here’s a story i read about when i was glancing through The Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of The Scientific Romance in the Munsey Magazines 1912 – 1920, by Sam Moskowitz. The author, Mary Cornelia Francis, was born in Ohio,… Continue reading Early SF story: The Human Brick by Mary C. Francis
Photos of Walt Coburn’s house in Tucson, Arizona
Walt Coburn was a famous western author in the pulps. He started his career as a writer when his lifetime goal of being a cowboy was ended after an accident. With a little encouragement from author Robert J. Horton, who had heard Coburn’s stories earlier and realized his talent for storytelling, Coburn parlayed his start… Continue reading Photos of Walt Coburn’s house in Tucson, Arizona
What is a pulp?
Recently had a disagreement about what constitutes a pulp magazine. Thought you might find the discussion interesting. For the canonical definition, I’m going to refer you to David Saunders’ PulpArtists website. Follow this link, and come back once you clicked through all the next links there. Back? All right, keep in mind that i’m not… Continue reading What is a pulp?
Rafael DeSoto covers on my new illustrator spotlight blog
Started a new blog on illustrators sometime ago but haven’t found time to do more posts :-). Hopefully this post makes up for the gap between posts. https://illustratorspotlight.blogspot.com/2020/01/rafael-desoto-art-teacher-illustrator.html
The Shadow, The Spider and Doc Savage in a title match
I was looking at some Spider pulps on EBay and ran into three titles with Satan in them. I decided to take a quick look at the most common words in the titles, then went on to do the same with Doc Savage and The Spider. Thought you might like to know the results. The… Continue reading The Shadow, The Spider and Doc Savage in a title match
Rothvin Wallace – Editor, Author
I came across Rothvin Wallace while reading The Cobra Woman in the Thrill Book, September 1 1919. A quick search turned up an obituary which I thought was worth sharing. A brief bio: Born: February 23 1882 in Christiana, Pennsylvania Died: November 14 1922 in Oceanport, New Jersey Of interest to the readers of this… Continue reading Rothvin Wallace – Editor, Author
J.C. Leyendecker exhibition of illustrations
Wondering what to do as vacation time approaches? Go to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, of course, and find out what these two are looking at. A new exhibition at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Leyendecker and the Golden Age of American Illustration, includes 42 original paintings and 101 Saturday Evening Post covers from the… Continue reading J.C. Leyendecker exhibition of illustrations
Happy Thanksgiving everyone
As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly! Probably had a cover like this to blame. Alberto Vargas cover for Burten’s Follies, November 1933
John Randolph Phillips – author bio online
I came across John Randolph Phillips’ name when i was looking at an issue of The Popular Magazine in the 1930s. At this time Popular was past its peak in the early 1900s-1919 or so, and was further handicapped by the death of its long time editor, Charles Agnew McLean, a couple of years earlier.… Continue reading John Randolph Phillips – author bio online