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The Pulpster


The Pulpster is a letter-size publication produced annually, originally for PulpCon Pulpcon and now for PulpFest PulpFest.

Background

The Pulpster 2010The Pulpster
Editor: William Lampkin
Publication range: July 1991-Ongoing
The Pulpster offers a range of articles devoted to the PulpMagazines pulps, their writers, artists and characters, as well as profiles of the pulp convention's Guests of Honor and a "Final Chapters" column, listing those in the pulp community who have died in the past year.

DavisTony Tony Davis first proposed the idea of a convention zine at Pulpcon in 1990. The Pulpster debuted the following year. The first two issues of the zine were chapbook-size, with The Pulpster adopting an 8x10 size beginning with issue number 3 in 1993. Covers have been black-and-white illustrations, sometimes printed on colored stock. The 2010 issue (number 19) introduced The Pulpster's first full-color cover, a reproduction of a BlackMask Black Mask cover painting by MurphyHCJr H.C. Murphy Jr. from September 1929.

Davis continued editing The Pulpster until number 21, published in 2012.

The Pulpster currently is edited by TpnEditor William Lampkin and is distributed at the annual PulpFest PulpFest pulp convention as part of the attendance fee. A limited number of copies are available to purchase following the convention, depending on the number remaining.

The contributors

Over the years, article contributors have included HutchisonDon Don Hutchison, JohnsonTom Tom Johnson, CarrNick Nick Carr, TonikAl Al Tonik, MurrayWill Will Murray, CaveHughB Hugh B. Cave, MechemNeil Neil Mechem, TpnEditor William Lampkin, HevelinRusty Rusty Hevelin, ChomkoMike Mike Chomko, LaytonRexW Rex W. Layton (Wayne Leighton), WooleyJohn John Wooley and HilkertJohn John Hilkert.

Illustrators contributing to The Pulpster have included HamiltonFrank Frank Hamilton, VanDerLindeHenry Henry Van Der Linde, MechemNeil Neil Mecham, MechemLeigh Leigh Mechem and FrancavillaFrancesco Francesco Francavilla, McCallPaul Paul McCall and MencherKenney Kenney Mencher.

The zine has also reprinted articles and artwork by veteran pulpsters, including CartierEdd Edd Cartier, GordonSally Sally Gordon, PaintonFrederickC Frederick C. Painton and LovellTom Tom Lovell.

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