Adventure magazine was published by the Butterick Co., which was a sewing pattern company that also published magazines. Their office cum factory was in the Butterick Building, built in 1903, which housed the printing presses and the editorial offices as well as the sewing lines. In its time, this was a skyscraper. This is what… Continue reading Adventure magazine’s office – The Butterick Building
Category: Pulp Magazines
Profile of Bob Davis, All-Story and Munsey’s magazine editor, from 1920
This article originally appeared in Advertising and Selling, January 24, 1920. The Men and Women Who Make Our Mediums “BOB DAVIS OF MUNSEY’S” One of a Series of Informal Visits With the Leading American Editors and Publishers With the Object of Interpreting What They Mean to Advertisers. By WILLIAM C. LENGEL I HAVEN’T… Continue reading Profile of Bob Davis, All-Story and Munsey’s magazine editor, from 1920
Profile of Arthur S. Hoffman, Adventure magazine editor, from 1920
We now recognize Arthur S. Hoffman’s work in making Adventure one of the foremost pulp magazines. What did contemporaries think of him? To find out, read this article that originally appeared in Advertising and Selling magazine, April 3, 1920. The Men and Women Who Make Our Mediums ARTHUR SULLIVANT HOFFMAN One of a… Continue reading Profile of Arthur S. Hoffman, Adventure magazine editor, from 1920
Collection of Frank Gruber’s Black Mask short stories about Oliver Quade, Encyclopedia salesman just released
MysteriousPress just released the complete short stories of Oliver Quade, encyclopedia salesman. These stories originally appeared in the Thrilling Detective and Black Mask magazines. Kevin Burton Smith has an excellent summary of the Oliver Quade series over at the excellent Thrilling Detective website. I have the earlier collection Brass Knuckles, and when this released, I bought… Continue reading Collection of Frank Gruber’s Black Mask short stories about Oliver Quade, Encyclopedia salesman just released
Pulp art – original paintings and cover photos from the Robert Lesser collection – slideshow
Close to 500 pictures in this slideshow: Courtesy the New Britain Museum of American Art Some really beautiful cover paintings there, covering all genres: Adventure, Hero, Fantasy, Weird, Science Fiction, Crime and Detective etc. A background article about the collection. You can get closer to some of this art in this book (highly recommended) A… Continue reading Pulp art – original paintings and cover photos from the Robert Lesser collection – slideshow
Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Best of Adventure, vol. 1, 1910-1912
This book collects the best stories from the first three years of publication of Adventure magazine, a pulp magazine that was considered one of the best pulp magazines. In this review, I’ll focus only on the highlights, which are reason enough to buy the book in my opinion. The Soul of a Regiment – This… Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Books: The Best of Adventure, vol. 1, 1910-1912
Stars of Adventure
Like most magazines, Adventure had a core group of authors who wrote an amazing amount of fiction for the magazine. The top 20 appeared at least 50 times each in the contents page with a serial, novella, novel or short story. They wrote more than a quarter of the fiction appearing in the 753 pulp… Continue reading Stars of Adventure
On account of a woman – short story by Theodore Roscoe
This short story by Theodore Roscoe originally appeared in the January, 1936 issue of Adventure. It’s set in the Middle East, and is similar in structure to the Thibaud Corday stories. The ending is different though. Two companions are working in the Middle East when they come across a very striking statue of a woman. They steal it away from the… Continue reading On account of a woman – short story by Theodore Roscoe
The Seal of Jenghis Khan – short story by H. Bedford-Jones
H. Bedford-Jones was the King of the Pulps before Erle Stanley Gardner took over, writing more than a million words of fiction a year. The Seal of Jenghis Khan is fairly typical of his writing style, building a story on historical fact and lore around the legendary Genghis Khan. The Seal of Jenghis Khan… Continue reading The Seal of Jenghis Khan – short story by H. Bedford-Jones
Free story: Swain the Viking’s last adventure
Arthur D. Howden Smith‘s best writing is generally considered to be the Grey Maiden series. I personally prefer his stories of Swain the Viking that are based on the character of Swein Asleifsson as recorded in the Orkneyinga saga. Adventure magazine inspired Robert E. Howard, and I feel sure that at least some of that inspiration… Continue reading Free story: Swain the Viking’s last adventure