Does anyone know who this is? The negative for this picture just came up for sale on EBay, and I thought he might be an author – the collection is small enough to be one author’s output. I see Wild West Weekly, Sky Aces, Texas Rangers, Two Western Books, Argosy in the collection. If you… Continue reading Pulp Magazine collector picture from EBay
Category: Pulp Magazines
Rare interview with a pulp illustrator – Creig Flessel
I was recently looking through some issues of Unknown magazine and came across some illustrations by the artist Creig Flessel. I came across an interview with him, and I didn’t see it linked in any of the usual places. Here it is: http://www.tcj.com/the-creig-flessel-interview/ Very interesting account of his entire career, including working for Street and Smith… Continue reading Rare interview with a pulp illustrator – Creig Flessel
Behind the scenes – how the editorial office worked at Adventure magazine
[This article from Arthur S. Hoffman originally appeared in the February 1, 1927 issue of Adventure magazine. I thought it was an interesting behind the scenes look at how the magazine worked. If you worked on a magazine, let us know what you saw.] LOOKING ABOUT IT MAY be that some of you think our asking… Continue reading Behind the scenes – how the editorial office worked at Adventure magazine
Review of Adventure – January 1, 1928
[Inspired by a post on James Reasoner’s blog] Adventure, January 1, 1928 – Cover illustration by Remington Schuyler An issue after Arthur S. Hoffman had left, but at least some of the stories must have been selected by him earlier. Cover by Remington Schuyler with interior illustrations by Ralph Nelson. The Gorilla of No.… Continue reading Review of Adventure – January 1, 1928
Review of Adventure – March, 1940
Inspired by a post on James Reasoner’s Rough Edges blog. Cover by Wesley Neff, interior illustrations by multiple illustrators. Adventure, March 1940 – cover illustration by Wesley Neff The Knight of Old · Georges Surdez · nv illustrated by Hamilton Greene 4/5 An excellent story from Surdez – not one of his Foreign Legion stories.… Continue reading Review of Adventure – March, 1940
Adventure – Review of May 15, 1933 issue
[Inspired by a post on True Pulp Fiction] Adventure, May 15, 1933 – cover illustration Cover illustration by Walter Whitehead (not for any particular story, the signpost says Gretna Green) and interior artwork by Neil O’Keeffe. This was an issue that had only 96 pages, a big drop from the 192 pages in the 1918-1927… Continue reading Adventure – Review of May 15, 1933 issue
Adventure March 20, 1923 – issue review
Inspired by a post on the True Pulp Fiction blog, here’s my review of the March 20, 1923 issue of Adventure magazine. Adventure March 20, 1923 Cover by James C. McKell, headings by Virgil E. Pyles.How the heck that guy got into that tight fitting shirt with no buttons, i’ll never know. Bad Men Make… Continue reading Adventure March 20, 1923 – issue review
Adventure, March 15, 1928 issue review
Adventure, March 15, 1928 Inspired by a post on the True Pulp Fiction blog: A beautiful cover from D. Cammerrota, an artist about whom i could find almost nothing beyond the fact that he? (The first name D is spelled Dominic, Dominice, Dominick in different places) graduated from the Philadelphia School of Art in 1923.… Continue reading Adventure, March 15, 1928 issue review
Adventure, March 1 1932 – A review
[Inspired by a post on the True Pulp Fiction blog, I read this issue and posted a review. The 1/- sticker on my copy indicates that this issue went from the US to the UK at one time, and it found it’s way back and finally reached me.] A great cover from Gerard C.… Continue reading Adventure, March 1 1932 – A review
New Blog about pulp magazines
http://truepulpfiction.blogspot.com/ The author of the blog used to write pulp articles on his other blog, and decided to move them into a separate blog, updated daily (See this post for more details). Something to look forward to this year. To see his older articles: Enjoy.