Category: Pulp Magazines

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

Adventures in Editing – Donald A. Kennicott, article on editing Blue Book magazine for 42 years

On the occasion of the 136th birthday of Donald A. Kennicott, the long-time editor of Blue Book magazine, I’m happy to present to you this article written by him in the November 1954 issue of Blue  Book magazine, 2 years after he had stopped editing the magazine. It’s a great companion to Mike Ashley’s article… Continue reading Adventures in Editing – Donald A. Kennicott, article on editing Blue Book magazine for 42 years

Pulpfest 2017 – photos

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… Continue reading Pulpfest 2017 – photos

Issue Review – Blue Book magazine, January 1936

Thought I’d begin this year with a review of Blue Book, another of my favorite magazines. It’s easy to overlook it, most of the covers are not spectacular. However, in the 1930s Blue Book was definitely better illustrated than Adventure magazine, and generally had high quality fiction spanning many genres – science fiction and humor… Continue reading Issue Review – Blue Book magazine, January 1936

Greatest pulp stories ever (from the blog of author P. J. Thorndyke)

Thought you might enjoy this series of blog posts on greatest pulp stories ever (from the blog of author P. J. Thorndyke) : Greatest Ever Pulp Stories #1 – The Call of Cthulhu Greatest Ever Pulp Stories #2 – Tarzan of the Apes Greatest Ever Pulp Stories #3 – Red Harvest Greatest Ever Pulp Stories… Continue reading Greatest pulp stories ever (from the blog of author P. J. Thorndyke)

Holman F. Day – Newspaperman, Novelist, Poet

Holman Day was an author who appeared in “Blue Book”, “Short Stories” and “The Popular Magazine”. I found a biographical article about him in the Lewiston Journal Sunday Magazine, January 18, 1969. It started with a reference to his home. I found a picture of it on Google maps, looks amazing. The interiors look even… Continue reading Holman F. Day – Newspaperman, Novelist, Poet

Article on editing by Ray Long – magazine editor

Here’s an article on editing by Ray Long, one of the top American magazine editors of the early 20th Century. The article originally appeared in the January 1927 issue of The Bookman. At the time that this article was written, Long was at the peak of his career, editing Cosmopolitan magazine, a very different magazine… Continue reading Article on editing by Ray Long – magazine editor

Arthur S. Hoffman – Profile of Fritz Duquesne, adventurer

Fritz Duquesne was an adventurer who wrote some stories for Adventure magazine. Sekokoeni’s Raid (ar) Dec 1910 The Man-Eaters of M’wembi (ar) Jan 1911 When the Rain Was Red (ss) Sep 1911 The Fighting Dwarfs of the Congo (ar) Jun 1912 A Fire-Hunt at Kivu (ar) Dec 1913 Adventurer and Avenger – article about Fritz… Continue reading Arthur S. Hoffman – Profile of Fritz Duquesne, adventurer