Pick your favorite. Mine’s the German Shepherd in the Argosy. Adventure, July 18, 1919 cover by James Reynolds Argosy, February 7, 1925 cover by Charles Livingston Bull Blue Book, February 1934 cover by Joseph C. Chenoweth The Popular Magazine, March 20, 1916 cover by John A. Coughlin Short Stories January 10th, 1941 cover by A.R. Tilburne… Continue reading Canine Covers in honor of National Dog Day
Category: Pulp Magazines
Index to the fanzine Xenophile – part 2
Had the good luck recently to acquire a complete run of the fanzine Xenophile. Have been reading a few issues, shocked by the low prices and high dudgeon evinced by subscribers at price increases of pulps to as much as $3 for a late 1930s Black Mask issue. Didn’t find it indexed, so this is… Continue reading Index to the fanzine Xenophile – part 2
Five Stahr covers
On his birthday, a few of the artist Paul Stahr‘s cover paintings for Argosy. High resolution photos made from multiple photos taken by me (click on the pictures to view in their full glory), the odd angles are to avoid reflections as much as possible. All paintings except the last one are from the astonishing collection… Continue reading Five Stahr covers
Pulpfest 2018 – trip report
Recently returned from Pulpfest 2018, a 4 celebration of the pulp magazines. This year, the theme was World War 1. As usual, the convention had something for everyone. A fantastic job by the organizing committee – thanks to Jack Cullers and his family, Barry Traylor, Mike Chomko, Chuck Welch and many others. The Panels John… Continue reading Pulpfest 2018 – trip report
Gayle Hoskins – prints from “A Cowboy’s Day” series of covers
[On the occasion of the artist’s birthday] The artist Gayle Hoskins did many covers for Western Story Magazine, starting in 1929. One of the few positive things to emerge from the Great Depression was that many excellent cover artists were forced to do illustrations for pulp magazines as their incomes dropped. This led to improved… Continue reading Gayle Hoskins – prints from “A Cowboy’s Day” series of covers
Index to the fanzine Xenophile – part 1
Had the good luck recently to acquire a complete run of the fanzine Xenophile. Have been reading a few issues, shocked by the low prices and high dudgeon evinced by subscribers at price increases of pulps to as much as $3 for a late 1930s Black Mask issue. Didn’t find it indexed, so this is my… Continue reading Index to the fanzine Xenophile – part 1
Encoded messages in the pulps – Adventure and Detective Story Magazine
Came across this, and thought you might find it interesting. Encrypted messages exchanged in Detective Story Magazine, solution was found and is in the comments on the blog. An unsolved encrypted message from a missed person http://scienceblogs.de/klausis-krypto-kolumne/2018/03/19/an-unsolved-encrypted-message-from-a-missed-person/ Around 1920, a US pulp magazine published an encrypted message exchange in its “missed persons” column. The cleartexts… Continue reading Encoded messages in the pulps – Adventure and Detective Story Magazine
Happy Independence Day to my US readers
The Popular Magazine, July 1906 cover commemorating the 130th Anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence Street and Smith always did a good job with seasonal and event themes on magazine covers, putting out New Year, Thanksgiving and Christmas themed covers for a long time from the 1900s to 1920s. This is one of them,… Continue reading Happy Independence Day to my US readers
Art of the Pulps wins Locus award
The book, which i reviewed earlier, has won the Locus award for 2018 in the best art book category. Congratulations on a well deserved win for the editors – Doug Ellis and the late Robert Weinberg and their team of all-star contributors. My signed copy of The Art of the Pulps – a great book, and… Continue reading Art of the Pulps wins Locus award
The last days of the magazine Short Stories
Last week, I reprinted the editorial from the Mar 25, 1940 (50th Anniversary) issue of Short Stories. This week, i just received a copy of the last issue of the magazine, and thought it would be interesting to look at the changes before the magazine ceased publication. It was one of the last pulps, stopping… Continue reading The last days of the magazine Short Stories