In 1984 I was thrilled to see a new movie that seemed (to me) to have some pulp inspirations: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension. We...
Category - Pulps
Mention the name Michael Crichton and most people will think of Jurassic Park (or at least the movies). Maybe some of his other works turned into movies like...
Some may be familiar with Sinister Cinema, a company that has for years made various “B movies” available on VHS and now DVD. In 2010 they expanded...
Street & Smith kicked off the hero pulp trend with The Shadow in 1931. They eventually followed that with Doc Savage in 1933. While those were successful...
Another pulp hero who has been largely overlooked by most pulp fans is I.V. “Ivy” Frost. A science detective created by Donald Wandrei (1908-1987)...
Johnston McCulley, the prolific writer who created Zorro, created several other serial pulp characters that many of today’s pulp fans are unaware of. His...
In the past I’ve written on the pulp-comics connections with several of the major and minor pulp publishers. And recently I posted on the pulp roots of...
For those who don’t know him, Jess Nevins is probably one of the main pure researchers today in the world of pulp. And not just pulps in the U.S., but...
I have previously posted on Clive Cussler‘s many series, mainly his Dirk Pitt series, but have touched on his other series. One series that is a bit...
Most everyone knows of Marvel Comics, publishers of Spider-Man, Captain America, X-Men, Iron Man, and all the rest. But few know of the man behind Marvel (and...