Neil Martin (1885-1963) was brought up in Laredo, Texas. The Galveston hurricane of 1900 devastated his family and caused him to take up life as a sailor, before an accident made him leave the sea. By the late 1920s, he was out of work and looking for a way to earn a living. At the time… Continue reading Pulp Reprints: Collected Stories of the Sea by Neil Martin
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Happy Pulpy Independence Day, USA
Some pulp and other magazine covers to celebrate the 4th of July. Happy Independence Day to our American readers. These magazine covers featuring the American flag are from World War 2, in July 1942. Seven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, morale was low, war bond sales (funding the war effort) were low, and the fear… Continue reading Happy Pulpy Independence Day, USA
From the pulps to the slicks – A letter to the Saturday Evening Post from the Argosy magazine’s editor
Many authors made sales to the pulp markets before appearing in the slicks. Usually neither they nor the magazine editors paid much attention to their prior work and did not trouble to call them out. The letter below must have spoken for many pulp magazine editors, surely. This letter originally appeared in the letters column… Continue reading From the pulps to the slicks – A letter to the Saturday Evening Post from the Argosy magazine’s editor
Gone North by Charles Alden Seltzer
Altus Press just released the Argosy Library Series 1 – 10 books that originally appeared in Argosy magazine. I picked up a few of them, and added them to the to be read pile in my ebook library. Then I went over to James Reasoner’s blog, where he wrote a review of Charles Alden Seltzer’s book.… Continue reading Gone North by Charles Alden Seltzer
Pulps in the news – roundup
What’s Zorro doing in Ohio? Editors of 1930s pulp Spicy Detective have some thoughts on keeping it classy Exploring Rusty Hevelin’s sci-fi and fantasy pulp collection at the University of Iowa Retired UNL professor expresses love for sci-fi, ‘Weird Tales’ Book Review: Pulp Macabre: The Art of Lee… Continue reading Pulps in the news – roundup
Interview with Matthew White Jr. – Editor of the Argosy
This interview originally appeared in the magazine, THE EDITOR, dated October 1904. Interviews with Editors. BY BURKE JENKINS. MATTHEW WHITE, JR., OF THE ARGOSY. SOME TIMES we feel in a somewhat light and flippant mood when we go on these little interviewing expeditions. Not that we are not always keenly alive to our… Continue reading Interview with Matthew White Jr. – Editor of the Argosy
Harold Lamb on selling his first story of Khlit the Cossack
This article was originally published in the February 25, 1918 issue of THE EDITOR magazine. Harold A. Lamb talks about the influence of editors on his first story of Khlit the Cossack and how he came to write it. The editor he refers to in the story is likely Arthur S. Hoffman. Original heading for… Continue reading Harold Lamb on selling his first story of Khlit the Cossack
Charles Agnew MacLean – Editor of the Popular Magazine
From the April 10, 1920 issue of the magazine Advertising and Selling, comes this article about Charles Agnew Maclean, the editor of the Popular Magazine. The Men and Women Who Make Our Mediums: Charles Agnew MacLean One of a Series of Informal Visits with the Leading American Editors and Publishers with the Object of Interpreting… Continue reading Charles Agnew MacLean – Editor of the Popular Magazine
Notable artists of Adventure
The previous article covered the top cover artists of Adventure magazine in terms of number of covers. There were many artists who stood out for one reason or another while not being on that list. I decided to write them up here. All covers courtesy of the Fictionmags index. Other notable artists who contributed to… Continue reading Notable artists of Adventure
Top Artists of Adventure
As I have been realizing over time, the artists of Adventure magazine are an even more obscure lot than the authors. So I decided to put together an article on them, but realized it was becoming too big. So I broke it into a two part article, with the first part being the top cover… Continue reading Top Artists of Adventure