Blogs offer their owners a chance to sound off on whatever they are thinking about at the moment. You’ll get a variety of viewpoints at the various blogs we’ve listed below — some viewpoints you may agree with, others you may not. In most instances, you’ll have a chance to add comments to the blogger’s posts.
Links marked [Archived] are no longer active on the open web, but live on through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Links open archived versions; some pages and images may not be fully preserved, and links may take longer to load.
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TPN blogs
- The Pulp Super-Fan
- “Pulp super-fan” Michael R. Brown writes about the pulps, pulp reprints, New Pulp, pulp magazines’ influence on culture, pulp fictioneers, and more.
- Yellowed Perils
- TPN editor William Lampkin offers his thoughts and comments on the world of the pulp magazines.
- That’s Pulp!
- John Olsen “writes about all things pulpish” on his blog at ThePulp.Net.
Other pulp blogs
Blogs come, and blogs go. We’ve split this section up, with active blogs immediately following and inactive ones below them. Look for an [Inactive] tag.
- Airship27
- Keep up with the goings-on of contemporary pulp and comic-book author Ron Fortier with his blog. Check out his latest projects and what he’s done in the past.
- An Age Undreamed Of
- Robert E. Howard expert Jeff Shanks discusses all aspects of the pulp fictioneer and his creations on his YouTube channel, An Age Undreamed Of. He has also posted videos from Howard Days and other pulp-related panels.
- Davy Crockett’s Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West
- Writer Evan Lewis’ blog covers a range of topics related to fiction, including the pulps. He’s posted reviews and page scans of various pulp stories.
- From the Pulp Publisher
- Also from the Steeger Books’ website, From the Pulp Publisher is Matt Moring’s blog, which ranges from what’s being published by Steeger Books to pulp conventions and more.
- Hombre de Bronze
- Pedro Angosto writes about comics, movies, superheroes, pulps and literature from Madrid, Spain, on his Spanish/English blog.
- The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader
- Morgan Wallace reviews stories and books that he’s read at his blog. As he wrote in his introduction, he collects “vintage pulp fiction, with an emphasis on the short-lived publishers that flourished during World War II.”
- Pulpetti
- Author Juri Nummelin writes about the pulps from a Finnish point of view on his blog.
- 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 Flakes
- Sai Shankar continues posting in-depth research into pulps and their creators at his long-running blog. You can read his posts on his blog’s earlier home, too.
- Pulp Talk With Craig McDonald
- In addition to creating video content for PulpFest, committee member Craig McDonald hosts Pulp Talk, a vlog with interviews of pulp fans and creators and examinations of pulp fictioneers and pulp characters. It’s available on the PulpFest YouTube channel.
- 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.
- Tellers of Weird Tales
- Terence Hanley’s blog, as the subtitle reflects, is about “artists and writers of the unique magazine.” It profiles the contributors to Weird Tales, as well as its companion pulps, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.
- Under the Blue Light
- This blog, by “an artist who has had an obsession with the heroes of yore for as long as I can remember,” focuses on The Shadow, including pulp covers, original artwork, and comic books.
- 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.
- The Adventure Continues [Inactive]
- Jonathan G. Jensen begins his blog with a look at Western Story Magazine articles on Western writers.
- Age of Menace [Inactive]
- 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.
- An Age Undreamed Of [Inactive]
- Jeffrey Shanks’ blog takes its title from Robert E. Howard’s first Conan story. Expect to see a focus primarily on Howard’s works, but also on pop culture, comics, and the pulps.
- Argonotes: Early Twentieth Century Escapism [Inactive]
- Nathan Madison writes about the early pulps. He starts out with an introduction, followed by a peek behind the scenes at Frank Munsey’s magazine factory.
- Big Hearted Howard DeVore’s Journal [Inactive]
- 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.
- Best of The Cimmerian [Inactive]
- On June 11, 2010, after winning the Stygian Award for best website at the Robert E. Howard Foundation awards, The Cimmerian blog ended. The blog remains online, so you can read what managing editor Duece Richardson and 10 others wrote about all things R.E.H.
- Dr. Hermes’ Retro-scans [Inactive]
- 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.” After he reached capacity on his original LiveJournal account, Felipe created a More Retro-scans blog [Inactive].
- Douglas’ Journal [Inactive]
- Beginning in late 2004, Doug Fels reread Doc Savage adventures while he served in Iraq and posted reviews of them on his blog.
- Dwight’s Blog [Inactive]
- Dwight Simmons’ blog appears to focus on science fiction, including sf before the pulps.
- Echoes by Tom Johnson [Inactive]
- The late Tom Johnson, publisher of the long-running pulp zine Echoes, wrote a blog on the Steeger Books website.
- I Was a Bronze–Age Boy [Inactive]
- 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 [Inactive]
- Eric Jamborsky wrote 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 [Inactive]
- Laurie Powers, whose grandfather Paul Powers wrote for the Western pulps, posted about the pulps, her grandfather, pulp editor Daisy Bacon, and more at the blog formerly called “Laurie’s Wild West.”
- New Doc Savage Movie Project [Archived]
- “Old Punk” offered his no-holds-barred take on the potential Doc Savage movie. Begun in 2009, this blog was this year with the increased likelihood of a new movie.
- The New Pulp Heroes [Inactive]
- The late Tom Johnson’s blog featured essays by contributors on New Pulp heroes in contemporary books and anthologies.
- On an Underwood No. 5 [Inactive]
- Todd B. Vick blogs about Robert E. Howard and pulp studies (but probably writing on a computer, rather than a manual typewriter, as Howard did).
- Professional Dummy [Inactive]
- Though it is no longer active, the Professional Dummy blog, by Don Gates, frequently commented on pulps and pulp-related topics.
- Pulp Crazy [Inactive]
- Jason Aiken produces a video blog called “Pulp Crazy,” which looks at pulps and (so far) pulp characters. Links to websites mentioned in the videos appear with each post.
- Pulp Den [Inactive]
- The late Tom Johnson, of Fading Shadows and Echoes, wrote about pulps at his Pulp Den blog.
- Pulp Machine [Inactive]
- New Pulp publisher Pro Se Press used this old blog as a news forum for its publications until 2013. It’s still online and a useful archive.
- PulpMags [Inactive]
- PulpMags was the official blog of the Pulp Magazines Project and provided information regarding pulp magazines and newly posted digital versions of pulps.
- PulpRack [Inactive]
- Duane Spurlock relaunched the PulpRack as a blog, rather than a website.
- The Pulp Reader [Inactive]
- Dan Ross’ blog started out as a launchpad for his “Digital Pulp Reader Project,” where he used text-to-speech software to convert the written word into audio books. More recently, Dan reverted to a typical blog, with reviews and posts.
- Pulp Sunday [Inactive]
- For much of its run, The Shadow radio program was broadcast on Sunday nights. Harkening back to those golden nights of radio, Francesco Francavilla sketched terrific illustrations for one of the old Shadow radio episodes and posted them on his blog each Sunday. He also provided links to MP3s of the associated radio episode. It was great fun while it lasted!
- Savage Tales [Inactive]
- Pete Miller wrote mostly about miniature gaming on his Savage Tales blog. But he was a Doc Savage fan (if you can’t tell by the blog’s title), so he also touched on pulps, including “Pulp of the Week” entries.
- The Shadow’s Bizarro [Inactive]
- Wold Newton scholar Win Scott Eckert wrote on a variety of topics, from pulps to his new books to Star Trek.
- Speculations in Bronze [Inactive]
- Art Sippo used his medical and scientific background for “elaborations, explanations, and speculations on the Doc Savage saga as it fits within the Wold Newton Universe.”
- True Pulp Fiction [Inactive]
- This blog by “Samuel Wilson” looked back at the classic pulp magazines, with links to fiction published in them.
