This article by and about B. M. Bower, author of Chip of the Flying U and many other novels and stories, appeared in the December 10, 1928 issue of Western Cattle Markets and News. My Own Tally SheetBy B. M. Bower Note—B. M. Bower, author of “Chip of the Flying U,” which was written in… Continue reading Hidden Sex: The Origin of B. M. Bower
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Types of beautiful women: Artist Patrick J. Monahan
An article on illustrator Patrick J. Monahan that I found interesting mainly for the photo of him working in his studios, and the accompanying photos, one of which reminds me of the woman frequently seen in Monahan’s pulp covers. Plus a reminder that the views expressed in this article are Monahan’s and do not carry… Continue reading Types of beautiful women: Artist Patrick J. Monahan
Exhibition of the work of Modest Stein in 1956
Prolific pulp cover artist Modest Stein (mentioned in my earlier post on prolific pulp artists) painted professionally well into his 80s. This article, a rare profile of him, mentions his pulp work as well. OF CONSIDERABLE interest to art lovers, or for that matter to anyone who likes to marvel at human accomplishment is the… Continue reading Exhibition of the work of Modest Stein in 1956
Cartoonist and Illustrator Quin Hall
This article is a combination of a slightly edited version of an article that appeared in the Miami Herald shortly after the death of Quin Hall in 1968 and an earlier profile in Editor and Publisher, May 31, 1941. Both the above articles cover his newspaper career but omit entirely his work in the 1910s… Continue reading Cartoonist and Illustrator Quin Hall
Henry Bassett Comstock – Author, Editor, Illustrator
Henry Bassett Comstock (1908 – 2003), the son of illustrator Enos Benjamin Comstock and Christine Frances Bassett, was an illustrator, journalist and editor of Munsey’s Railroad Magazine in the 1940s. This profile of him originally appeared in The Journal News, White Plains, New York, August 6, 1972. Locomotive tootles way into one man’s heartBY VIRGINIA… Continue reading Henry Bassett Comstock – Author, Editor, Illustrator
Off-beat Tales: Western Trails, November 1943
Last week, we took a look at the May 1938 issue of Western Trails. Let’s now look at the November 1943 issue. Cover by John Krank, which could be a pseudonym. The content structure looks similar to the earlier issue, two novelettes, seven short stories and one fact article. Western Trails [Vol. XXXVII No. 3,… Continue reading Off-beat Tales: Western Trails, November 1943
Off-beat Tales: Review of Western Trails, May 1938
Why read a second-tier title like Western Trails? Most of my western reading in the pulps has been from Street & Smith’s Western Story. I’ve also sampled Doubleday’s West, Popular Publications’ Dime Western, Star Western and a few issues of Clayton’s Cowboy Stories and Ace-High. Flirted with a few Ranch Romances. But the western was… Continue reading Off-beat Tales: Review of Western Trails, May 1938
Issue Review: Sea Stories, Feb 1922, the first issue
Following up on last week’ post on author reactions to Street & Smith’s all-reprint first issue of Sea Stories comes this review of the first issue. Let’s start with the mission statement, printed inside the issue: Sea Stories Magazine, the first number of which you hold in your hand, will deal with the adventures of… Continue reading Issue Review: Sea Stories, Feb 1922, the first issue
Right To Reprint Or Not? That Is The Question
The question of whether to reprint old stories or not was always a thorny one for pulp publishers. While many know about the so called “reprint menace” of the 1930s and 1940s when publishers like Harry Donenfeld and Martin Goodman pushed out pulps full of reprints without identifying them as such, few know of an… Continue reading Right To Reprint Or Not? That Is The Question
John Alan Maxwell, Illustrator of Romance
A few days ago, I was reading the first issue of Sea Stories and happened to glance through some of the covers of that magazine. The December 1925 issue, unattributed in the FictionMags Index, caught my eye. Ah! A signature on the bottom left of that cover. I squinted at it and tried to see… Continue reading John Alan Maxwell, Illustrator of Romance