It’s March 3, 2026, today. That’s over a quarter century into the 21st century, and almost 130 years since The Argosy made its pivotal shift to all...
Category - Pulps
It’s hard to correct something once it’s out there on the internet. Just look at the confusion over the Amazing Stories (August 1928) cover...
Here we are, just a month out from PulpFest 2025, and I’ve finally finished editing and uploading the panel recordings from PulpFest 2024. Hey, what’s a 10...
On a wintry evening in early 1922, Chauncey and Edith Brainerd settled into the warm comfort of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., to watch the...
Isn’t it a wonderful time to be a pulp fan? That thought popped into my mind a few days ago when I picked up my mail: a flyer and a magazine. The flyer...
As you’ve guessed from my past posts, I consider fandom important. It’s what draws us together, where we make friends. Doc Savage has been an...
Artist Gloria Stoll Karn died July 23, 2022, at 98. I didn’t hear the sad news until shortly after PulpFest 50 began last week, and didn’t have a...
Ron Goulart's book Cheap Thrills was one of the first books I read that provided background into the pulp magazines back in the early 1970s.
There’s no single date for when the pulps actually died, but April 8, 1949, was certainly the date that their eventual demise became official. As I wrote...
We need to clear things up, especially after the news that actor/director George Clooney has been linked to a potential Buck Rogers TV series. That guy wearing...