Blogs, or Web logs, have taken off in the past few years. And blogs devoted to pulp magazines aren’t being left behind.

Blogs offer their owners a chance to sound off on whatever they are thinking about at the moment. So you’ll get a variety of viewpoints at the various blogs we’ve listed below — some viewpoints you may not agree with. In most instances, you’ll have a chance to add comments to the blogger’s posts.

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TPN Pulp.Blogs

Yellowed Perils

TPN editor William Lampkin offers his thoughts and comments on the world of the pulp magazines on a periodic basis. He also reported live from 2006’s PulpCon 35.

Other pulp blogs

Adventures in Writing

Luis-Gabriel Leal provides a peek at his series of stories featuring a pulp-like hero, The Red Phantom.

Age of Menace

Doc Mystery writes on the pulps, role-playing games, science fiction and more. For instance, he offers an interesting look at death traps in pulps and movie serials.

Airship27

Keep up with the goings-on of contemporary pulp and comicbook author Ron Fortier with his blog. Check out his latest projects and what he's done in the past.

Big Hearted Howard DeVore's Journal

Here is longtime science fiction and pulp fan Howard DeVore’s blog. Unfortunately, Mr. DeVore passed away in late 2005, but his blog remains with his thoughts on such topics as Amateur Press Associations, PulpCon and more.

The Cimmerian

Mark Finn, Leo Grin, Rob Roehm and Steve Tompkins write about all things Robert E. Howard at this blog affiliated with the journal The Cimmerian.

Dial B for Burbank

This blog, affiliated with the Dial B for Blog comic book blog, is taking an indepth look at The Shadow. It’s posted entries featuring photos of author Walter Gibson, information on cover artist Graves Gladney, interior illustrator Edd Cartier and a 10–part, two–hour documentary video on The Shadow.

Dr. Hermes’ Retro-scans

Edward Felipe, alias Dr. Hermes, has fired up his scanner and is posting various retro-images on his new blog. You’ll find everything from pulps and paperbacks to movie items and “babes of yore.”

Douglas’ Journal

Since late 2004, Doug Fels has been rereading Doc Savage adventures while he served in Iraq and posting reviews of them on his blog.

I Was a Bronze–Age Boy

Mark Justice’s blog is subtitled “The ramblings of a middle–aged comic book and pulp fanatic.” To borrow from Marvel’s old bullpen, ’nuff said.

It's a Pulp World

Eric Jamborsky plans on writing on a variety of topics, but so far it’s mostly the pulps. Check out his musings on Startling Stories, Astounding Stories and more.

Laurie Powers' Wild West

Laurie Powers, whose grandfather Paul Powers wrote for the Western pulps, blogs about the pulps, her grandfather, the West and more.

Professional Dummy

The Professional Dummy's blog frequently comments on pulps and pulp-related topics.

The Pulp Factory

Here's a collective blog featuring a variety of writers, editors and illustrators working on contemporary pulp stories. You'll find previews of their upcoming works.

Pulp Fiction Reviews

Ron Fortier's other blog — When does he have time to do his real writing? — is a showcase for his reviews. He contributed reviews back when ThePulp.Net's The Pulp Companion was active, but now his reviews are available online on a regular basis.

Pulp of the Day

This is a visual blog, rather than a written one. It features a pulp cover and gives visitors a chance to provide a funny caption and the chance to win a monthly prize. Even if you don't submit a caption, it's worth a look for the covers.

The Pulp Reader

Here's a twist on blogging. Dan Ross’ blog is actually a launchpad for his "Digital Pulp Reader Project," where he uses text-to-speech software to convert the written word into audio books. You'll find a mix of stories read by the computer in mp3 format, as well as commentary by Dan.

Pulp Sunday

For much of its run, The Shadow radio program was broadcast on Sunday nights. Harkening back to those golden nights of radio, Francesco Francavilla is sketching terrific illustrations for one of the old Shadow radio episodes and posting them on his blog each Sunday. He also provides links to MP3s of the associated radio episode. It’s great fun!

Pulpetti

Author Juri Nummelin writes about the pulps from a Finnish point of view on his blog.

The Retropolitan Presents: Tales to Astonish!

Among the mix of topics discussed here, “The Retropolitan” touches on pulps and pulp-related themes. (Plus, he’s got a very nifty looking blog.)

Rough Edges

Author James Reasoner, who wrote as Brett Halliday for Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine in the late ’70s to mid-’80s, discusses the pulps, books and movies.

The Shadow Fan

The Shadow Fan site has been revamped and its content rolled into a blog format. You’ll find regular posts there discussing news regarding The Shadow, as well as archives dating back to 2002.

The Shadow’s Bizarro

Wold Newton scholar Win Scott Eckert writes on a variety of topics, from pulps to his new books to Star Trek.

The Shadow’s Sanctum Blog

Anthony Tollins writes about upcoming reprints from Nostalgia Ventures and whatever else strikes his pulp fancy.

Speculations in Bronze

Art Sippo brings his medical and scientific background to "elaborations, explanations and speculations on the Doc Savage Saga as it fits within the Wold Newton Universe."

The Vintage Library

Jack Suto of The Vintage Library has revamped his blog and moved it to his Web domain. Jack writes about the pulps, old-time radio and movie serials. (His older blog is still available for reading.)

Woody Haut's Blog

Woody Haut's Blog isn't strictly about the pulps. Haut writes more about noir and hardboiled fiction, which touches on vintage pulp writers.