Message brought to you by Adventure, March 3, 1919 cover by Will Crawford. Adventure, March 3, 1919 cover by Will Crawford
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Frontier – September, 1925 issue review
Walker Martin has a high opinion of this magazine when it was published by Doubleday. I was curious to find an issue to review, never got one till recently, when I managed to snag a readable copy of the September 1925 issue at the Pulp AdventureCon in November 2017, and this review is the belated… Continue reading Frontier – September, 1925 issue review
Pulp Proverbs #1 – Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Merry Christmas everyone, be sure to appreciate gift-givers. Message brought to you by Street and Smith’s Western Story Magazine, September 21, 1935. Cover by Sidney Riesenberg Cover for Western Story magazine. September 21, 1935 by Sidney Riesenberg
Pulp News Roundup – Pulp Art Exhibitions, Santa Claus , Book recommendations from Michael Dirda
Pulp Art Exhibitions The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA is exhibiting some of the work of pulp artist Gloria Stoll Karn on February 10, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. More information here: https://www.nrm.org/event/gloria-stoll-karn-pulp-romance/ Santa Claus in Science Fiction Tor.com has an article about Santa Claus in the comics and science fiction digests: https://www.tor.com/2017/12/19/depictions-of-santa-claus-in-science-fiction-magazines-and-superhero-comic-book-covers/ Book… Continue reading Pulp News Roundup – Pulp Art Exhibitions, Santa Claus , Book recommendations from Michael Dirda
George Bronson-Howard – Author, Playwright, Movie Director, Scriptwriter
I came across George Bronson-Howard in some early issues of The Popular Magazine. I read a couple of stories about the diplomatic agent, Norroy. They’re well-written stories. The pace is best described as genteel, and the evil-doers much more gentlemanly than you’d expect, but they’re redeemed by the characterization and settings. A partial description of… Continue reading George Bronson-Howard – Author, Playwright, Movie Director, Scriptwriter
Black Friday ebook deals from Amazon
I know that many readers of this blog don’t take to ebooks, but they’re a great complement to my physical book library – I can read them anywhere, no additional space needed in my house for them. Disable your adblockers to see the full links, or click the inline links. Here are a few ebooks… Continue reading Black Friday ebook deals from Amazon
Happy Thanksgiving everyone…
Hope you had an easier time getting your turkey than this guy. Happy Thanksgiving Western Story Magazine, November 29 1930 cover by Sidney Riesenberg
Swipe or inspiration – you decide
I saw a post on a Facebook group about an artist copying (swiping) a cover from a previous issue of another magazine, and i also heard that it was done many times. I decided to take a deeper look into this, you decide if it’s swipe or inspiration. Leave comments with your thoughts. Shadows at… Continue reading Swipe or inspiration – you decide
Pulp AdventureCon 2018 – photos
The door to paper treasures The dealer’s room Dealer with his collection Some more magazines Adventure House’s wall of pulp Some detective and mystery pulps Art from science fiction digests Stag magazine cover Ken for Men magazine cover More art Frank R. Paul interior illustrations for Famous Fantastic Mysteries Cover for Talbot Mundy paperback “The… Continue reading Pulp AdventureCon 2018 – photos
Review: Art of the pulps
Beautiful art – a retro blast from the past This book takes readers back to an era without television or radio, when magazine covers featured original art designed to lure readers into picking up and buying them. From the early 1900s to the early 1950s, pulp magazines were the popular entertainment media of choice for… Continue reading Review: Art of the pulps