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Convention April 27 - 29, 2012! PULPS - PAPERBACKS - ORIGINAL
ART - MOVIE MEMORABILIA
OLD TIME RADIO - SCIENCE FICTION - POPULAR CULTURE - GOOD OLD STUFF!
CELEBRATING EDGAR
RICE BURROUGHS AND
THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF TARZAN OF THE APES‼ MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only (but see the HOTEL section for details on how to get a $10 refund on your membership!). We are also offering Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public). Ages 13 & under are free. Please note that we can now accept payments online through paypal (account register@windycitypulpandpaper.com). DEALER INFO: Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday. For dealers, tables are 6’ long. Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs. Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80. The dealer room will have around 130 tables. Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35). PROGRAM BOOK: All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $40 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card size $25 (3.25" x 2"). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 15, 2012. Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net for ad and other program book matters (other than payment). ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art. For the eighth year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine. If you have any art you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The art show hours will be posted to the website when they are set. AUCTIONS: We will have 2 auctions, Friday and Saturday nights. PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories. More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood ‘N’ Thunder magazine. WEBSITE: www.windycitypulpandpaper.com is the con’s website. We’ll be posting updates to it periodically up until the time of the con, so please check it for the most recent information. Also be sure to check out and join our Facebook page! CON SUITE: Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby! HOTEL: For our twelfth show, for the fifth year in a row we’re at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $109/night, same as the last 2 years (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on April 5, 2012!). Parking is free. The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center. For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos. Movie theaters are also a short walk away. And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away. If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel. Please mention the con when booking rooms. Also, since it greatly benefits the convention to have folks stay at the Westin during the show, if you attend the con and stay at the Westin, we will refund you $10 of your membership at the show (limit 2 refunds per hotel room). PAY BY: Paypal (account register@windycitypulpandpaper.com) or check payable to Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, LLC. Send checks to: 13 Spring Lane, Barrington Hills, IL 60010) |
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Adventure House - Frank M. Robinson auction to begin February 2012!
Coming up February 25,
2012 is the first of twelve auctions that will run through the middle of
May.
Nearly 10,000 items sold
over the twelve auctions including
the finest set of WEIRD TALES ever to come to auction. Check it out by going to the Adventure House website and click on the auction logo. WIth nearly
10,000 items, most of them in pristine condition,
this is the largest multi-auction Adventure House has ever attempted. The auction book is being finalized and will be going to the printer soon. |
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 55:
"The Time Terror" and "The Talking Devil"
The pulp era's greatest superman returns in two classic pulp
thrillers by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc and
Patricia Savage enter an Arctic abyss where dinosaurs and prehistoric
humans survive, and race against Japanese agents to uncover the secret
of The Time Terror that could change the outcome of the war. Then, a
series of crimes committed by "graduates" of the Man of Bronze's Crime
College threaten to destroy Doc's reputation. What is the sinister secret
of The Talking Devil? BONUS: "The Skull Man," a lost Doc Savage radio
adventure by Edward Gruskin! This special collectors edition showcases
both color pulp covers by Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's classic interior
illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin
(who recalls the Man of Bronze's epic battles with The Skull during the
golden age of comics. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-073-1 Softcover, 7x10,
112 pages, B&W,$14.95 
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First
Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and
packaging
2 books: $29.90
(cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid] (includes bonus variant and ring premium) Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid] Check, Money Order,
or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume 57:
"The Five Chameleons" and "The Wasp" - Supervillain Special
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!
The Knight of Darkness battles evil supercriminals in two action-packed
pulp novels by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, in a
never-reprinted 1932 epic, The Shadow seeks to unmask The Five Chameleons,
master villains whose uncanny ability to blend with their surroundings
rivals his own. Then, the Dark Avenger feels the savage sting of The
Wasp in his first confrontation with one of his deadliest foes. This double-novel
reprints the classic cover paintings by George Rozen and Graves Gladney
and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Earl Mayan, with
historical articles by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-072-4 Softcover,
7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95 
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First
Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and
packaging
2 books: $29.90
(cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid] (includes bonus variant and ring premium) Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid] Check, Money Order,
or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE WHISPERER #5: "School for Murder" and "Murder
on the Line" - "Commissioner Gordon before Batman!"The double life of Police Commissioner James Gordon is explored in a pair of two-fisted thrillers that inspired classic Batman stories! First, The Whisperer goes undercover to close down a "School for Murder" that prepares teenagers for criminal careers! Then, Wildcat Gordon investigates corruption in the trucking industry in "Murder on the Line." BONUS: an adventure of Norgil the Magician by The Shadow's Maxwell Grant! This historic collector's item showcases both original color pulp covers by Spider artist John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and golden-age great Creig Flessel, and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-070-1 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95 
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First
Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and
packaging
2 books: $29.90
(cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid] (includes bonus variant and ring premium) Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid] Check, Money Order,
or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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| Black Gate - Now
online! The Nightmare Men: “The Haunted Wanderer” (Robert E. Howard's John Kirowan) - New! Black Gate Review: Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars, Part 3: A Princess of Mars - New! A Few Words on Clark Ashton Smith - New! Black Gate Review: Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars, Part 2: A Princess of Mars Black Gate Review: Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars, Part 1: A Princess of Mars |
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| Blogging Alex Raymond’s Flash
Gordon, Part Eighteen – “Jungles of Mongo” “Jungles of Mongo” was the eighteenth installment of Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Sunday comic strip serial for King Features Syndicate. Originally published between June 21 and November 1, 1942, “Jungles of Mongo” picks up where the preceding installment, “Queen Desira” left off with the seductive Queen and a bare-chested Flash riding the local steed, a gryph through the lush jungles of Tropica with Dr. Zarkov and Dale Arden bringing up the rear. Prince Brazor, who has usurped the throne of Tropica from Desira, releases a pack of bloodwolves to hunt them down. Read the rest at the links below! |
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The Book Cave - New
podcast now available online!
Episode 163: Tom &Ginger Johnson - The Black Bat Companion and more - New! Tom and Ginger Johnson are the 'power couple' in the New Pulp Movement. Here they discuss Tom's latest book "The Black Bat Companion" which tells the stroy of one of the most popular and successful heroes from the Golden Age fo Pulps. The Black Bat outlasted all the other pulp heroes including Doc Savage and the Shadow. His popularity has continued overseas to the present day! Tom covers it all in his book. We also talk with Ginger and Tom about other pulp related books they are publishing this year and their plans for future works. As always, the Book Cave brings you the exclusive inside story on the New Pulp Movement! Episode 162: Will Murray's Horror in Gold Episode 161: Ian Watson Episode 160: Uvula Audio Episode 159: Blackthorn Thunder On Mars Episode 158: Joel Jenkins Gantlet Brothers Episode 157: Doc Atlas Episode 156: Book Cave's 3rd Anniversary |
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks new Shadow review is "Mox" from the November 15, 1933 issue of The Shadow Magazine. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Murder By Proxy" by Norman A. Daniels from POPULAR DETECTIVE, November, 1946 When his father dies in a murder trap, Ray Harmon turns his camera into a fearsome Nemesis for an underworld Big Shot! "Just Like That!" by Robert R. Mill from BLUE BOOK, October, 1936 Featuring: Tiny David Tiny David gets into a tight jam - but is quick to recognize Lady Luck when he meets her. |
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FRANK READE: ADVENTURES IN THE AGE OF INVENTION
(Writer) Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett (Art)
Paul Guinan
In this meticulously researched and fantastically pictorialized volume,
Frank Reade and his peerless progeny are brought to life in all their
globetrotting escapades with amazing electric airships, submarines,
and robots, as well as historical figures like Houdini and Geronimo.
Frank Reade did exist, but only in the pages of 19th-century dime
novels. While the authors have completely re-imagined and enriched
those tales into a family biography, they have also restored the
incredible original engravings — most of which haven’t been seen
in print in more than a century — and now present these lost pieces
of Americana alongside their own creatively realized imagery. Part
science fiction and part alternate history, Frank Reade is equally as
imaginative as the authors’ previous epic volume, Boilerplate, and presents
an even more rollicking narrative. Now available and arriving in comic shops February 1! Hardcover, 8x11, 176 pages, $24.95
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| Hippocampus Press - Winner of the Horror Writers Association's Specialty
Press Award for 2011! Hippocampus Press will receive the Horror Writers Association's Specialty Press Award for 2011. The award will be presented during the gala Bram Stoker Awards™ Banquet to be held this year in Salt Lake City on March 31. The annual Specialty Press Award recognizes a publisher outside the mainstream New York City publishing community that specializes in dark-themed fiction. Winners are typically "small presses" specializing in limited editions, small print runs, or the work of new and relatively unknown authors. The winner of the award is determined by a majority vote of the HWA Board of Trustees. Derrick Hussey's Hippocampus Press specializes in classic horror with an emphasis on the works of H. P. Lovecraft and other pulp writers of the 1920s and 1930s. They publish novels, collections, anthologies, non-fiction and poetry, mostly in trade editions, and they also publish the periodicals Dead Reckonings and the Lovecraft Annual. Authors published by Hippocampus include Algernon Blackwood, Ramsey Campbell, Lord Dunsany, Thomas Ligotti, H. P. Lovecraft, H. L. Mencken, A. Merritt, Adam Niswander, W. H. Pugmire, Clark Ashton Smith, Jonathan Thomas, and other authors, both classic and contemporary. Hussey started Hippocampus in 1999 with S. T. Joshi's annotated edition of Supernatural Horror in Literature by H. P. Lovecraft. In 2010, Hippocampus Press received a Nightmare Award, and their publications have also won a Black Quill Award and been nominated for two International Horror Guild Awards, the Spectrum Award, and the Bram Stoker Award. They have also published a five-volume edition of Lovecraft's essays, the "Lovecraft's Library" series (classic works which inspired Lovecraft), and the definitive two-volume biography of Lovecraft, I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft, by S. T. Joshi. |
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Peril Press - More new Kindle
titles are now available!
Forbidden Planet by Philip MacDonald The Flying Buzzsaw by Harold B. McKay |
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PulpFest 2012 is very pleased to announce that award-winning science-fiction writer Mike Resnick will be its guest of honor. Winner of five Hugo Awards and a Nebula Award, Mike first became involved in science fiction through the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs. With this year being the hundredth anniversary of the start of Burroughs’ writing career, it is fitting that our guest of honor is an author who, early in his career, "wanted nothing more than to write books in the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs." A recognized authority on the works of Burroughs, Mike is currently editing, with Bob Garcia, THE WORLDS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, an anthology of mostly original stories inspired by Burroughs and his creations. It will be published by Baen Books. For further information about our special guest, please visit the PulpFest website. Over the last ten days, the PulpFest website has been updated, bringing it into line for the 2012 convention that will take place from Thursday, August 9th through Sunday, August 12th. You'll be able to register for the convention, book a room at the hotel, read about our guest of honor, look at our programming schedule, and much, much more. Please visit www.pulpfest.com and check it out. There are still some minor tasks that need to be done, largely pertaining to archiving the posts dealing with last year's event, but the site is now good to go. While you're here, PulpFest now has its own twitter account. Go to https://twitter.com/ and become one of our followers. |
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| Rough Edges - Now
online! Saturday Morning Western Pulp: The Lone Ranger, May 1937 - New! Review: Black Dog Books: Unmasked - Tom Roberts, editor Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Aces, August 1943 Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Texas Rangers, September 1954 Merry Christmas Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Story, December 26, 1942 Forgotten Books: Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult - Curtis Steele (Frederick C. Davis) Forgotten Books: Slaves of the Scorpion - Brant House (G.T. Fleming-Roberts) |
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| Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online! Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine. Signe Toksvig (1891-1983) - New! Weird Tales from Austria and Bohemia - New! Charlton Lawrence Edholm (1879-1945) - New! Volney G. Mathison (1897-1965)-Part 2 - New! Volney G. Mathison (1897-1965)-Part 1 - New! Fitz-James O'Brien's Final Weird Tale - New! Weird Tales from Germany and Austria - New! Pan-Appan More Books by Elliott O'Donnell Carl Kidwell (1910-2003) Ferdinand Berthoud (1878-?) Whence R'lyeh? Weird Tales from Italy |
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| Airship 27 Productions - New Airship 27 Hangar! After months of hard work, Rob Davis, the Art Director has finished work on the new official Airship 27 Productions website. Titled the Airship 27 Hangar, the site features two all important links. The first brings visitors to the PDF store where all Airship 27 pulp titles are available for $3 dollars as PDF downloads for their PCs or various e-readers. The second brings readers to the Airship 27 Print-On-Demand shop at Indy Planet. Indy Planet is a division of Ka-Blam, one of the leading print-on-demand operations in the publishing world today. “Now our fans can find all books with one click of their mouse button,” Airship 27 Managing Editor-in-Chief Ron Fortier announced. “These new internet shops have allowed us to drop the prices of our product while maintaining the high standard of quality our readers have come to expect from Airship 27 Productions. These steps insure our continued growth with dozens of great new titles now in the planning stages.” “Expect our first title of 2012 to be released within the next week,” Fortier continued. “Both Rob and me are very, very excited about the future of Airship 27 Productions.” |
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| AudioComics - John
Strain to star as The Black Bat! The AudioComics Company is pleased to announce the casting of San Francisco Bay Area stage actor John Strain in the title role of The Black Bat, part of the production company’s Pulp Adventures anthology series, and a pivotal character in the forthcoming Moonstone AudioComics offering, Battle for LA. As with The Domino Lady, The AudioComics Company’s world-premiere productions featuring The Black Bat will mark the first time that the pulp character has graced the airwaves. John will first suit up as The Black Bat in a San Francisco recording studio this spring, when the character appears alongside The Phantom Detective, G-8, Secret Agent X, and The Domino Lady (Karen Stilwell) in Battle for LA, based on the Moonstone one-shot by CJ Henderson and Mark Sparacio. |
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| Blogging Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon,
Part Seventeen – “Queen Desira” “Queen Desira” was the seventeenth installment of Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Sunday comic strip serial for King Features Syndicate. Originally published between January 4 and June 14, 1942, “Queen Desira” gets off to a rollicking start with Colonel Gordon called to a meeting with the Defense Department in Washington DC. The US needs Dr. Zarkov’s ray beams for national defense (a subtle reference to the Second World War that the US had recently entered), but the radium shortage prevents the realization of the project. Flash and Zarkov convince the Defense Department to allow them to build a rocketship to return to Mongo to mine more radium. Flash tells Dale that he is going off on a secret mission, but cannot tell her where. Suspicious, Dale pays a visit to Zarkov and snoops around his house for clues. Confronting him with the truth, Zarkov admits their mission is to return to Mongo. Dale pleads with Zarkov to take her with him and he agrees to smuggle her aboard the rocketship in a trunk. Read the rest at the links below! |
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The Book Cave - New
podcast now available online!
Episode 162: Will Murray's Horror in Gold - New! Will Murray returns to talk about his latest Doc Savage novel. Episode 161: Ian Watson Episode 160: Uvula Audio Episode 159: Blackthorn Thunder On Mars Episode 158: Joel Jenkins Gantlet Brothers Episode 157: Doc Atlas Episode 156: Book Cave's 3rd Anniversary |
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Hot Ice Scream" by Joe Archibald from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, January, 1946 Featuring: Dizzy Duo In his thirst for crook news, Snooty Piper set out single-handed to remedy Boston's crime drought. But the trail of cockeyed clues he left was so twisted that only the screwball himself could backtrack it to the muzzle of a killer's Roscoe. "Good Cheer, and No Mistake" by Ben Frank from GIANT WESTERN, February, 1950 Featuring: Boo Boo Bounce Little acts of kindness, Little deeds of cheer, Give Boo Boo Bounce a headache And make his outlook blear! |
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| John Carter of Mars - Watch Kerry Conran’s video pitch for the John Carter of
Mars movie that never was! The IO9 website has posted Kerry (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) Conran's video pitch for John Carter of Mars. Conran was handed the Carter title after Robert Rodriguez dropped out and he produced this gorgeous concept trailer. It is jam packed with concept art and alien battles. There is a lot to like in this trailer. Check it out at the link below. |
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| THE LAST
PHANTOM #11 - Arriving in
comic shops January 25! Writer: Scott Beatty; Penciller/Inker: Eduardo Ferigato Cover: Alex Ross (main), Stephen Sadowski (1/10), Jonathan Lau (1/15) Aided by Bandar tribesmen, Kit Walker finally finds the source of the blood diamonds funding the Bengali coup d'etat! But when The Phantom attempts to permanently shut down the dangerous mines, he discovers that the forces of General Kiboko are trading in a commodity even more precious to win the war! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 |
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Peril Press - More new Kindle
titles are now available!
Doom of the House of Duryea [Illustrated] by Earl Peirce Jr. The Homicidal Diary [Illustrated] by Earl Peirce Jr. Satan Fills the Morgue by Earl Peirce Jr Fragile Evidence by Lee Fredericks Honor Code by Paul Chadwick |
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| PULPED! - The Official New Pulp Podcast! - New podcast now available online! Episode 20: Paul Bishop Gets PULPED! - New! Join Hosts Tommy Hancock and Derrick Ferguson as they discuss Sports Pulp, Crime Fiction, Old Time Radio Pulp, and more with Pulp and Crime Writer Paul Bishop! Episode 19: ONE TWO PUNCH Episode 2 Episode 18: Bobby Nash Episode 17: CHALLENGER STORM Episode 16: Derrick Ferguson Part 2 Episode 15: Derrick Ferguson: FOUR BULLETS FOR DILLON |
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This year, in addition to the centennials of Tarzan and Barsoom, PulpFest will also celebrate the 80th birthday of Conan the Cimmerian, the lusty barbarian who debuted in the December 1932 issue of the classic pulp magazine WEIRD TALES. Created by Robert E. Howard, Conan became a reader favorite and appeared in many stories over the next four years. Rusty Burke, president of the Robert E. Howard Foundation, will moderate a panel on Howard, Conan, and sword & sorcery fiction. Illustrator Jim Keegan will offer a presentation on the artists who have illustrated Conan over the years. For more information about our Conan celebration, please visit www.pulpfest.com. |
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| QUEEN SONJA #26 - Arriving in comic shops January 25! Writer: Luke Lieberman; Penciller/Inker: Fritz Casas; Cover: Lucio Parrillo (50%), Chasen Grieshop (50%) Winning a throne is sometimes easier then keeping it. If Sonja was tired of politics in Songoria she is in for a rude awakening, as the fanatical followers of "the Way" lead by the wizard Koliostri and zealot Rasa will prove more cunning then she thought. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 |
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| Rough Edges - Now
online! Review: Black Dog Books: Unmasked - Tom Roberts, editor - New! Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Aces, August 1943 - New! Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Texas Rangers, September 1954 Merry Christmas Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Story, December 26, 1942 Forgotten Books: Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult - Curtis Steele (Frederick C. Davis) Forgotten Books: Slaves of the Scorpion - Brant House (G.T. Fleming-Roberts) |
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| Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online! Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine. Pan-Appan - New! More Books by Elliott O'Donnell - New! Carl Kidwell (1910-2003) - New! Ferdinand Berthoud (1878-?) - New! Whence R'lyeh? - New! Weird Tales from Italy - New! Weird Tales from Scandinavia - New! Weird Tales from Spain Weird Tales from Modern Ghosts (1890) Edith M. Almedingen (1898-1971) Maria Moravsky (1889-1947) Nadia Lavrova (1897-1989) Weird Tales from Russia Howard Rockey's Books |
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2012 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention
April 27 - 29, 2012! Well, with the start of the New Year, the clock is ticking towards pulp fandom's first big party of the year -- the 2012 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention. This year's con will run from April 27-29 (with the con suite opening the night of April 26), and will be at the same hotel as the last several, the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard, IL. Last year we expanded our dealer room to 141 tables and we're going with the same configuration this year. Tables have been selling faster than ever and as of this post, we have only 16 left (all wall tables are sold out). So if you've been thinking of getting a table at this year's convention, please let us know as soon as possible! This year's theme will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Edgar Rice Burroughs' fictional creations, Tarzan of the Apes and John Carter of Mars (and there's an AMC theater within a few hundred feet of the hotel, at which Disney's upcoming John Carter movie may hopefully still be playing the weekend of the convention). That theme will be the focus of our film programming, once again being assembled by Blood 'N' Thunder's Ed Hulse, as well as our art show, program book and evening panels. Among others, our film show will feature the new documentary, "Tarzan: Lord of the Louisiana Jungle," as well as a re-edit of the 1918 "Tarzan of the Apes." If you have any ERB art that you'd be willing to make available for display -- whether pulp, paperback, hardcover, comic or movie poster -- please let me know. In addition to strictly ERB art, we're looking for art for stories by competitors of ERB or inspired by ERB -- such as Otis Adelbert Kline or Jungle Stories -- or non-ERB art by artists associated with ERB, such as J. Allen St. John. And we're still looking for more ERB material for the program book, which once again is in the hands of Tom Roberts of Black Dog Books (and if you'd like to place an ad in the program book, the deadline is March 15, 2012). Our Friday night auction will once again feature material from the estate of Jerry Weist. We have all of the roughly 1,800 pulps for this year's 200 lots in hand, and are in the process of photographing lots now. We'll begin posting photos on our website and Facebook page shortly. If you're planning on staying at the hotel, the deadline for booking rooms and getting the convention rate is 5:00 pm Central on April 5, 2012. You can book online at the website the hotel set up for us: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1112277231&key=C5665 You can also find the link on our website and Facebook page. Since hotel room nights are very important to us, as they are for all conventions (among other things, it determines our rate for function space and, even more importantly, the hotel's willingness to have us back in future years), we're trying something new this year as a small incentive -- if you stay at the hotel for the convention, we'll refund you $10 of your membership fee at the con (limit of 2 refunds per hotel room). We look forward to seeing you at the convention! Doug Ellis & John Gunnison Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention #12 - April 27-29, 2012 And visit (and like!) us on Facebook; click on the link below. |
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| Black Gate - Now online! Black Gate Review: Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars, Part 2: A Princess of Mars - New! Black Gate Review: Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars, Part 1: A Princess of Mars |
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| Blogging Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon,
Part Sixteen – “Return to Earth” “Return to Earth” was the sixteenth installment of Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Sunday comic strip serial for King Features Syndicate. Originally published between July 6 and December 28, 1941, “Return to Earth” is the first storyline following the conclusion of the Mongo storyline that had carried the strip through its first seven years. Read the rest at the links below! |
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The Book Cave - New
podcast now available online!
Episode 161: Ian Watson - New! Popular New Pulp Writer joins the Book Cave crew to chat about his latest epic in the Robin Hood trilogy. Episode 160: Uvula Audio Episode 159: Blackthorn Thunder On Mars Episode 158: Joel Jenkins Gantlet Brothers Episode 157: Doc Atlas Episode 156: Book Cave's 3rd Anniversary |
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| The Domino Lady "All's Fair In War"
- Two minute sneak peak now online! A sneak preview of The Domino Lady audio drama, written by Rich Harvey. Directed by Lance Roger Axt. |
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks new Shadow review is "Face of Doom" from the March 15, 1938 issue of The Shadow Magazine. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Death on Location" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, April, 1942 Featuring: Dan Turner A camera never lies about a murder it has recorded. But a murderer can lie, and it's up to Dan to discover who knifed the heroine of the desert pic while she was bathing in her dressing tent. "Super-Woman Stuff" by Grace G. Bostwick from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, July 5, 1919 This is the simple and unpolished story of a girl who possessed the glorious desire to be free. A love story narrated by a male hair dresser. Maimee, a regular customer, only 18, complains to "Phileep" that no one seems interested in her. She's also full of 'ideas' about 'superwoman stuff' which I'm assuming means free love and stuff. |
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| GREEN HORNET #21 - Arriving in comic shops January 18! Writer: Ande Parks; Penciller/Inker: Igor Vitorino Covers: Brian Denham (1/3), Phil Hester (1/3), and Jonathan Lau (1/3) This stand alone story is jam packed with malevolent Mixed Martial Arts mayhem, as Green Hornet and Kato enter a cage match with the baddest men in Century City! Britt Reid and Mulan have decided to enjoy a nice, street clothes night out at the fights. When an old college buddy of Britt's is seriously injured in the octagon, our heroes join the fray. Now, Green Hornet and Kato have to stay alive in a bloody cage match to the death against the very fighters they bought tickets to see. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 |
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| JOHN CARTER, A PRINCESS OF MARS #5 (OF 5)
- Arriving in comic shops January 18!
Based on the Novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Adaptation by Roger Langridge Art by Filipe Andrade, Cover by Skottie Young • The thrilling climax to John Carter’s first Martian adventure! • Families reunited! Regimes overthrown! And the final fate of John Carter revealed! • The wedding of Princess Dejah Thoris — but to whom? • And the greatest danger Mars has ever faced — a threat to the very air itself! 32 pages, $2.99 |
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| John Celardo (1918 - 2012) -
R.I.P. John Celardo, 93, of Graniteville, New York, a talented and skilled artist, cartoonist and comics editor whose syndicated comic strip, “Tarzan,” became popular worldwide, died January 6th in Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Castleton Corners. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, seeing duty in the European theater and attaining the rank of captain. After his military service, he lived in Castleton Corners, then eventually settled in Graniteville. He began working as an artist in the late 1930s drawing animals at the Staten Island Zoo for the National Youth Administration, which help prepare him for his subsequent career as a cartoonist. After creating sports cartoons for Street & Smith magazines, he began drawing for comic books, including a job at the Eisner-Iger shop. During the 1940s, he was an assistant art director and a major contributor to the Fiction House line, notably for WINGS COMICS. Celardo also illustrated Ki-Gor novels in JUNGLE STORIES. Over decades, he did work for a variety of publishers, including American Comics Group, DC Comics, Gold Key, Quality, Standard, St. John and Whitman. In the early 1950s, he succeeded Bob Lubbers as illustrator of the Tarzan comic strip. He began the Tarzan daily strip on January 18, 1954 and the Sunday strip on February 28, 1954, eventually drawing a total of 4350 daily strips and 724 Sunday strips. His work was then appearing in 225 newspapers in 12 different countries. Celardo continued on Tarzan until Russ Manning took it over in the 1960s, and he then succeeded Joe Kubert on Tales of the Green Beret. He drew the daily Buz Sawyer comic strip from 1983 until it was discontinued on October 7, 1989. |
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| Mike Chomko - January
2012 newsletter is now available! Mike's January 2012 newsletter is now available. Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 Mike has also establish a website where you can download his current and past newsletters. The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/ You can also visit Mike's storefront at Amazon.com. |
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| Monte Herridge: THE SERIES CHARACTERS
FROM DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY - Now
online! Monte Herridge has a new series at the Mystery*Files Blog on series characters from DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. #10 - Oscar Van Duyven & Pierre Lemasse - New #9 - The Patent Leather Kid #8 - Candid Jones #7 - Tug Norton #6 - Battle McKim #5 - Secret Agent George Devrite #4 - Colin Haig #3 - Arty Beele #2 - Happy McGonigle by Paul Allenby #1 - Shamus Maguire by Stanley Day |
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Peril Press - More new Kindle
titles are now available!
Nobody Home by David X Manners Case of the Exploding Men by Ray Cummings Limehouse (Collier's The Short Short Story) by Sax Rohmer Fathoms Deep (Collier's The Short Short Story) by Octavus Roy Cohen Golden Trail (Bud Jones of Texas) by J. Allan Dunn The Mummy That Walked [Illustrated] (Bazarada the Magician) by Sax Rohmer Ranger Style (Bud Jones of Texas) by J. Allan Dunn Revolt of a Cowgirl (Collier's The Short Short Story) by Alan LeMay The Drums Drone Death [Illustrated] [Annotated] (John Carter) by J Allan Dunn |
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| RED SONJA
#62 - Arriving in comic shops
January 18! Writer: Eric Trautmann; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani; Covers: Walter Geovani (50%), Wagner Reis (50%) Red Sonja's travels have brought her to Kheshatta, the fabled City of Magicians, searching for a means to locate and destroy an ancient weapon that carries a terrible price. But there are enemies a-plenty in her path, all intent on ending Sonja's saga in sand and blood. 32 pages, Full Color, $4.99 |
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| RED SONJA: RAVEN ONE-SHOT
- Arriving in comic shops January 18! (Writer) Marc Mason (Artist) Lui Antonio (Cover) Frank Martin Jr. The goddess Scathach places her blessings upon a new warrior, Raven, who dedicates herself to the advancement of women all across the land. But when Red Sonja finds herself investigating a series of massacres, she begins to suspect that Raven isn’t quite as noble as she seems in the pursuit of her cause. Surrounded by an army of women ready to draw blood in her name, Raven may be the one foe that Sonja cannot defeat… and she may not want to! 40 pages, Full Color, $4.99 |
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| Robert E Howard Days 2012 - June 8-9, 2012! Posted by Rusty Burke at the REH Forum: The Robert E. Howard Foundation, The Robert E. Howard United Press Association, and Project Pride are pleased to announce that Charles Hoffman will be the Guest of Honor for Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas, June 8-9, 2012. Chuck is one of the pre-eminent essayists in Howard-dom, having kick-started serious criticism of REH with his "Conan the Existentialist" in 1974. It was due to my enormous respect for his body of work that I asked him to provide the essay in the first volume of The Best of Robert E. Howard from Del Rey. You can read more about Chuck at the Foundation and REHupa websites, and read some of his essays at his blog (which he needs to start updating again...). We're still kicking around ideas for panels and other events, so stay tuned for more news, and start making plans to be in Cross Plains in June. Opportunities to meet Chuck tend to be few and far between -- and he's definitely a guy worth meeting! Detailed information about this years Howard Days including
an event schedule are posted at the link below.
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| Rough Edges - Now
online! Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Texas Rangers, September 1954 - New! Merry Christmas Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Story, December 26, 1942 Forgotten Books: Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult - Curtis Steele (Frederick C. Davis) Forgotten Books: Slaves of the Scorpion - Brant House (G.T. Fleming-Roberts) Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Zorro's Black Whip Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Aces, February 1942 |
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| Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online! Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine. Weird Tales from Spain - New! Weird Tales from Modern Ghosts (1890) - New! Edith M. Almedingen (1898-1971) - New! Maria Moravsky (1889-1947) - New! Nadia Lavrova (1897-1989) - New! Weird Tales from Russia - New! Howard Rockey's Books - New! Elliott O'Donnell's Books Elliott O'Donnell (1872-1965) More Weird Tales from France Weird Tales from Ireland and Scotland Weird Tales from France More on Theda Kenyon |
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| 2012 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention - April 27 - 29, 2012! This year's celebration is for the 100th Anniversary of Tarzan's first appearance in a pulp magazine (ALL-STORY, October 1912). Tables and memberships can now be ordered on the convention website. Visit the link below. The hotel now has their group website up for attendees. To register as part of the convention block and get the convention rate, please follow the link. Full details on this years show should be forthcoming soon. Walker Martin's Report on WINDY CITY 2011. |
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| Adventure
House - Now available and arriving in comic shops January 11! The Lone Ranger - July 1937, 128 pages, $14.95 "Heigh Yo! Silver!" by Fran Striker "WIndy Willy of the Woolly West" by Beaty "Famous Frontier Fights" by Col. J.J. Boniface "The Yucca Kid" by Wayne D. Overholser "Outdoor Trails" by Dick Wood "John Horton Slaughter" by Chuck Martin "Trader in Lead" by Anson Hard "Training Wild Horses" by Wilton West |
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and coming
later this month!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 55:
"The Time Terror" and "The Talking Devil"
The pulp era's greatest superman returns in two classic pulp
thrillers by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc and
Patricia Savage enter an Arctic abyss where dinosaurs and prehistoric
humans survive, and race against Japanese agents to uncover the secret
of The Time Terror that could change the outcome of the war. Then, a
series of crimes committed by "graduates" of the Man of Bronze's Crime
College threaten to destroy Doc's reputation. What is the sinister secret
of The Talking Devil? BONUS: "The Skull Man," a lost Doc Savage radio
adventure by Edward Gruskin! This special collectors edition showcases
both color pulp covers by Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's classic interior
illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin
(who recalls the Man of Bronze's epic battles with The Skull during the
golden age of comics. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-073-1 Softcover, 7x10,
112 pages, B&W,$14.95
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First
Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and
packaging
2 books: $29.90
(cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid] (includes bonus variant and ring premium) Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid] Check, Money Order,
or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and coming
later this month!
THE SHADOW Volume 57:
"The Five Chameleons" and "The Wasp" - Supervillain Special
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!
The Knight of Darkness battles evil supercriminals in two action-packed
pulp novels by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, in a
never-reprinted 1932 epic, The Shadow seeks to unmask The Five Chameleons,
master villains whose uncanny ability to blend with their surroundings
rivals his own. Then, the Dark Avenger feels the savage sting of The
Wasp in his first confrontation with one of his deadliest foes. This double-novel
reprints the classic cover paintings by George Rozen and Graves Gladney
and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Earl Mayan, with
historical articles by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-072-4 Softcover,
7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First
Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and
packaging
2 books: $29.90
(cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid] (includes bonus variant and ring premium) Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid] Check, Money Order,
or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and coming
later this month!
THE WHISPERER #5: "School for Murder" and "Murder
on the Line" - "Commissioner Gordon before Batman!"The double life of Police Commissioner James Gordon is explored in a pair of two-fisted thrillers that inspired classic Batman stories! First, The Whisperer goes undercover to close down a "School for Murder" that prepares teenagers for criminal careers! Then, Wildcat Gordon investigates corruption in the trucking industry in "Murder on the Line." BONUS: an adventure of Norgil the Magician by The Shadow's Maxwell Grant! This historic collector's item showcases both original color pulp covers by Spider artist John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and golden-age great Creig Flessel, and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-070-1 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First
Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and
packaging
2 books: $29.90
(cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid] (includes bonus variant and ring premium) Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid] Check, Money Order,
or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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| The Big Book of Ghost Stories - Coming in September! Edited by Otto Penzler Vintage Original has scheduled the publication of its new anthology, The Big Book of Ghost Stories, edited by Otto Penzler, for September of 2012. No doubt numerous stories from the pulps will be represented. Paperback: 702 pages Publisher: Vintage (September 4, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0307474496 ISBN-13: 978-0307474490 $24.95 |
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| Black Gate - Now online! Black Gate Review: Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars, Part 1: A Princess of Mars |
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| Blogging Sax Rohmer’s The Hand of
Fu Manchu, Part Eight – "The Black Chapel" - Now online! “The Black Chapel” was the ninth and final installment of Sax Rohmer’s The Si-Fan Mysteries. The story was first published in Collier’s on June 2, 1917 and was later expanded to comprise Chapters 34 - 40 of the third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries first published in 1917 by Cassell in the UK and by McBride & Nast in the US under the variant title, The Hand of Fu Manchu. The US book title marks the first time that the hyphen was dropped from the character’s name, although it was retained within the text. Read the rest at the links below! |
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The Book Cave - New
podcast now available online!
Episode 160: Uvula Audio - New! It has been a long time since we've had Jim Campanella on the show. A fun time was had by all as we did more than our usual patented off topic tangents. After the show Ric went and listen to the Rick Brant recording. All you have to do is mention that the Jonny Quest is based off of it and you got my attention. Be sure and check out Jim site, his shows are very professional and entertaining. Episode 159: Blackthorn Thunder On Mars Episode 158: Joel Jenkins Gantlet Brothers Episode 157: Doc Atlas Episode 156: Book Cave's 3rd Anniversary Episode 155: iPulpfiction.com Episode 154: Don Gates Episode 153: The Universe of Barry Reese Episode
152: The Green Hornet Casefiles
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "King Leary" by Thomas Thursday from ALL SPORTS, Summer, 1943 Featuring: Felony Jones Wherein we introduce the wrestler of the ages, the champ who practiced on alligators, and set him up against a rubber man! More sports humor from Thomas Thursday. "We Have With Us To-night" by Elmer E. Ferris from BLUE BOOK, November, 1919 Get a first-class salesman that sells some other line, some fellow that has a reputation - and let him cut loose on your men and sell them some big idea. |
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Girasol Collectables - January Pulp Replicas!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. Monthly Special:
All three for $95 ($10 off)
Our first Replica this month is THE SPIDER #76 featuring "The Spider and the Pain Master" from January 1940. $35 Our second Replica this month is TERROR TALES #31 from November/December 1937. $35 Our third Replica is OPERATOR 5 #29 from December 1936. $35 Girasol also accepts
Paypal as an alternate method of payment.
Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address. As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover. The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com.
A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ All payments must
be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed
to:
Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 |
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| Gryphon Books - Now available! Hard-boiled / Noir Classics from Gryphon Books These books offer some of the best hard crime and noir classics available. We also offer some limited SIGNED copies by writing legends Mickey Spillane, Mike Avallone, Howard Browne, and cover artists Robert Maguire and Ron Turner! Order your SIGNED editions asap as supplies are very limited. Supplies limited so atlernates appreciated. Vengeful Sinner by Harry Whittington, "she used her body to catch a killer", $16. + postage. One Got Away by Harry Whittington, "he could get the girl, or the money", $16. + postage. Married To Murder by Harry Whittington, "she had a way with men, of leading them to the grave", $16. + postage. Satan's Widow by Harry Whittington, "there was invitation in her glance, but murder in her heart", $16. + postage. Sin Pit by Paul S. Meskil, incredible hard-boiled cop and crime noir by a master, new edition that reprints the rare 1950s Lion Book edition, a crime cult classic!, introduction by Gary Lovisi, Afterword by the author, new trade paperback, $16.00 + postage. + Paul S. Meskil interview, article and book list in Paperback Parade #65, $10 + postage. PRIMAL SPILLANE: The Early Stories, by Mickey Spillane, edited by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers, Jr., is an incredible First Book Edition collection of early Mickey Spillane stories that have never appeared in book form before. Spillane is the master of hard-boiled fiction, the creator of world-famous Mike Hammer and much more! This book features 29 classic tales not seen for over 50 years! The stories include hard-boiled, crime, WWII, suspense, thrillers, monster stories, even a couple of SF! In trade paperback with a stunning sexy girl cover by vintage paperback master Robert Maguire, available now for $20.00 + postage. A few copies of the very limited SIGNED edition of only 100 copies, (SIGNED by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins, Lynn Myers and artist Robert Maguire) are available for $100.00 + postage. + Mickey Spillane interview, article and book list in Paperback Parade #46, $10 + postage. + Robert Maguire interview, article and book list in Paperback Parade #31, $10 + postage. Kill And Desire by Stephen Frances, the creator and author of the fabulous Hank Janson crime series (originally writing here as Duke Linton), gives us a spell-binding UK gangster classic, $16.00 + postage. Mitzi by Mike Avallone, an original noir never-before published with an introduction by Wayne Dundee, "she came to her lovers with a razor hidden in her hands!", $16.00 + postage. A limited edition SIGNED by Mike Avallone, cover artist Ron Turner and crime author Wayne Dundee is also available for $50 + postage. What You Pay For by C.J. Henderson, the original Jack Hagee hard crime story collection from 1994, a baker's dozen of the most intense, hard-hitting crime you'll ever read, as new, trade paperback, $16.00 + postage. If You Have Tears by Howard Browne, Lona is as cold-blooded a femme fatale you'll ever meet in Browne's James M. Cain-influenced novel, $16 + postage. A limited edition SIGNED by Howard Browne, Ron Turner and Gary Lovisi is also available for $75 + postage. Murder Wears A Halo by Howard Browne, this classic pulp magazine novel is published in book form for the first time ever, an excellent murder mystery by a master, $20 + postage. A limited edition SIGNED by Howard Browne and artist Ron Tunrer is also available for $75 + postage. + Howard Browne interview, article and book list in Paperback Parade 41, $10 + postage. GRYPHON DOUBLES: These lovely perfect-bound trade paperbacks feature two excellent short novels, back-to-back, like the classic Ace Doubles. Each title has it's own sensational cover. Most are paperback originals or first book editions by key authors and artists. Some are already sold out so act fast. Gryphon Doubles are $12 each + postage: #1: not available. #2: BLACK LAKE by Wayne Dundee and THE TEFLON BABE by Jesse Sublett, two hard-hitting private eye stories, 2nd printing, covers by Bruce Timm. #3: not available. #4: OPEN SEASON ON COPS and THE ARABELLA NUDE by Mike Avallone, Golden Age pulp and private eye crime with Ed Noon, covers by Frank Hamilton. #5: HOT ROCK RUMBLE and THE DOUBLE TAKE by Richard S. Prather, two classic Shell Scott private eye thrillers, covers by Bruce Timm. #6: I LOVE MY GUN by Jesse Sublett and BLUE MOVIE MURDER by Peter Zagare, two private eye stories set in Los Angeles. #7: THE DIGITAL WRISTWATCH OF PHILIP K. DICK and HYPERPRISM by Richard A.Lupoff, classic science fiction, covers by Allen Koszowski. #8: TERRAN GIRLS MAKE WONDERFUL WIVES by James A. Reasoner and MINESWEEPER by Gary Lovisi, two thrilling original science fiction adventures. #9: DOC ATLAS by Michael A. Black and THE NEMESIS by Gary Lovisi, great neo-pulp adventure heroes the style of Doc Savage and The Spider. #10: DIG MY GRAVE and SHROUD ME NOT by Hal Masur, two classic pulp private eye stories. #11: MONEYBAGS by Wayne Dundee and BRIDE OF NDONGA by Jerome Shaw, a Joe Hannibal private eye story and an African murder adventure. #12: THE KILL SPOT by Jesse Sublett and JAZZ MAN by Chad Byers, tough crime with PI Clapton and a jazz murder mystery. #13: not available. #14: MURDER IN OLD QUEBEC by Mel Waldman and COIN TOSS by Barry Hoffman, original private eye and tough crime tales. #15: CARBON-COPY KILLER and TWELVE TIMES ZERO by Howard Browne, classic pulp crime thrillers. #16: THE MISSION by Gary Lovisi and DEADER THAN HELL by Jesse Sublett, two original ultra-hard crime thrillers. #17: not available. #18: TOMORROW by E.C. Tubb and THE IRON GOD by Jack Williamson, two classic science fiction adventures by two legendry science fiction masters! + E.C. Tubb interview, article and book list in Paperback Parade #44, $10 + postage. + Jack Williamson interview, article and book list in Paperback Parade #51, $10 + postage. #19: THE SATAN PLAGUE by Michael Black and THE SATAN PLAGUE II by Gary Lovisi, two original neo-pulp adventures with Doc Atlas and The Nemesis -- in the Doc Savage and Spider tradition! #20: TUCK TIP by Wayne Dundee and THREE PARTS by Derek Muk, two original hard crime tales. #21: HOLLOW POINT and THE MYSTERY OF ROCHELLE MARAIS by O'Neill De Noux, two original crime tales set in new and old New Orleans! #22 & 23 sold out. Order from: Gryphon Books, PO Box 280209, Brooklyn, NY 11228, U.S.A. Postage: Media Mail in USA: $2 for first 4 books, 50 cents each additional book. Priority Mail in USA: $5 for 1st 4 books, $1 each additional book. Outside USA: inqiure. 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Hard Case Crime -
Coming in 2012!
February 2012 THE COMEDY IS FINISHED by Donald E. Westlake Cover art by Gregory Manchess The year is 1977, and America is finally getting
over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam and the national hangover that
was the 1960s. But not everyone is ready to let it go. Not
aging comedian Koo Davis, friend to generals and presidents and
veteran of countless USO tours to buck up American troops
in the field. And not the five remaining members of the self-proclaimed
People’s Revolutionary Army, who’ve decided that kidnapping Koo
Davis would be the perfect way to bring their cause back to life...
Somewhere in Philadelphia, a master engraver
is turning out brilliant forgeries of U.S. currency plates for organized
crime. To bring the operation down from the inside, the government
sends an agent undercover posing as a West Coast crime lord’s
right-hand man. It’s a dangerous game of impersonation—one
that could prove fatal when the agent’s secret begins to
unravel...
Unavailable for half a century and never before published in book form, BLOOD ON THE MINK features a new afterword by the author discussing the novel’s origins in the pages of one of the last surviving pulp magazines—plus two of Silverberg’s short stories from the pulps, also appearing for the first time in more than 50 years. May 2012 69 BARROW STREET / STRANGE EMBRACE by Lawrence Block Cover art by Robert McGinnis 69 BARROW STREET:
Greenwich Village: home to every form of depravity and perversion known to man...or woman. It’s on the streets of the Village that Ralph met Stella—but what started as a love affair between a painter and his seductive muse has become torment as he’s found himself drawn into her world of cruel pleasures. It's a tinderbox of hatred and desire—and when beautiful Susan Rivers moves into their apartment building, tempting Ralph and Stella both, it’s set to ignite. From dim waterfront bars to the movie houses of Times Square, from nights in rat-trap hotel rooms to drug-fueled orgies in ground-floor apartments, no one can bring 1960s New York to life like Edgar Award winner Lawrence Block. And in this early tale of psychological suspense—unavailable for fifty years and never before published under his real name—readers will discover a harrowing portrait of men and women pushed to their limits and beyond. It’s a double shot of darkness as only Lawrence Block can deliver it. STRANGE EMBRACE: They say the show must go on—but in the case of Broadway’s next sensation, A Touch of Squalor, someone’s out to make sure the show never opens. And when threats don’t do the trick, a straight razor to the throat just might. It’s a case for the NYPD...but with a mysterious killer targeting his cast, producer Johnny Lane can’t just wait in the wings. There’s a Playbill full of suspects, giving Johnny the casting challenge of his career: who to put in the role of murderer, when the wrong call could bring down the curtain on his show—or his life! Published here for the first time in half a century—and the first time ever under the author’s real name—STRANGE EMBRACE is one of MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block’s earliest detective novels. And for fans of Block’s whodunits who want to see where it all began, it’s cause for a standing ovation. June 2012! JOSEPH KOENIG RETURNS—WITH
HIS FIRST NEW NOVEL IN 20 YEARS!
Newspaperman Adam Jordan’s byline ran above two big articles in the early editions. One of them got him fired. The other landed him a job writing true crime pieces for Real Detective magazine. The story he’s working on now—a beauty contestant found strangled on an Atlantic City beach—is one that boardwalk power brokers would rather see covered up then covered. And if Adam keeps digging, he may find that he’s digging his own grave... First publication ever!
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Peril Press - More new Kindle
titles are now available!
Clue in Crimson (Dr Feather) by Ray Cummings The Dead Man Laughs (Dr Feather) by Ray Cummings Murder in the Fog (Dr Feather) by Ray Cummings The Precipice by Ray Cummings The Scalpel of Doom by Ray Cummings Stamp of Doom by Ray Cummings Brigands of the Moon [Illustrated] by Ray Cummings Fangs of Justice by H.Q. Masur Hands of Horror by Ray Cummings Hangman's Knot [Illustrated] (Detective James Lee Wong) by Hugh Wiley A Shot in the Dark (Dr Feather) by Ray Cummings Slayer's Playday by Henry Norton Two Proposals by Ray Cummings Web-Footed Death Dance by Paul Ernst Atom Boy by Ray Cummings High-Powered Corpse by E.C. Marshall The Horse of the Invisible [Illustrated] (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hodgson Blaze of Gory by E.C. Marshall The Gateway of the Monster [Illustrated] (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hodgson The House Among the Laurels [Illustrated] (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hodgson The Searcher of the End House [Illustrated] (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hodgson |
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| Pulp Magazines Project - Now online! The Pulp Magazines Project is an open-access digital archive dedicated to the study and preservation of one of the twentieth century's most influential literary & artistic forms: the all-fiction pulpwood magazine. The Project also provides information on the history of this important but long neglected medium, along with biographies of pulp authors, artists, and their publishers. At the heart of the Project's mission is the archive itself. In summer 2011, it began with a modest library of five representative first-generation pulp titles from the early twentieth century. Over time, the archive will expand, new magazines will be digitized, and contextual materials added. Eventually, the archive will feature a broad range of pre-1923 titles, post-1923 titles where copyright has lapsed, and full volume runs of select titles from 1896 to 1946. The Project is dedicated to fostering ties between communities of collectors, fans, and academics devoted to pulp magazines, and will offer opportunities for research and collaboration to both scholars and enthusiasts alike. We will provide information on upcoming conferences and conventions, and promote new working relationships between academics and the hundreds of pulp fans and collectors beyond the college and university. |
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| Pulp Newsgroups -
Now online! There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below. Abraham Merritt: This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/ Doc Con: The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/ Edgar Rice Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/ FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/ Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/ H.R. Haggard: This group is dedicated to one of the greatest of adventure/fantasy writers , H.R. Haggard. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterofadventureriderhaggard/ Justice Inc.: This group is dedicated to the [1940's pulp version] of Richard Benson and his group of crime fighting adventurers , Justice Inc. Everything about this group can be discussed [ comics, pulps, radio shows, paperbacks, current news]also if anyone is interested in Paul Ernst---In the roaring heart of the crucible...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTICEINC/ Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join! Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/ PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ Vintage Paperbacks: A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/ Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/ |
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| Tellers of Weird Tales
- Now online! Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine. Elliott O'Donnell's Books - New! Elliott O'Donnell (1872-1965)- New! More Weird Tales from France - New! Weird Tales from Ireland and Scotland - New! Weird Tales from France More on Theda Kenyon Weird Tales at Christmas Howard Rockey (1886-1934) Barry Scobee (1885-1977) H.P. Lovecraft in "The Call of Cthulhu Jack Norvell Davis (1925-1975) |
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