An interesting book with a pulp connection is How to Code and Decode Secret Writing: An Introduction to Cryptograms, Ciphers, and Codes by Henry Lysing. This...
Tag - Street & Smith Publications
Robert Sampson (1927-92) was one of the major pulp researchers. His main work is his six-volume Yesterday’s Faces, which I need to finish my review of. But he...
New for 2024 is the third edition of the excellent reference guide to the world of pulps: The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction, written by Ed Hulse who...
A topic I’ve only hinted at is what I’ll call “pulp-hero backup series.” Many of the character-pulp/pulp-hero magazines, such as The Shadow, Doc Savage, The...
I recently got Will Murray’s Dark Avenger: The Strange Saga of The Shadow, his second book on The Shadow after Master of Mystery: The Rise of The Shadow. Like...
Illustrator Walter Baumhofer (1904-87) had a long career doing artwork in many areas. I think for most pulp fan, they know him for his Doc Savage cover...
When it comes to pulp covers of The Spider, the artist I think of is Rafael DeSoto (1904-92). In particular, the cover from October 1941, which he did...
I recently picked up a new coffee table artbook from Abrams titled Pulp Power: The Shadow, Doc Savage, and the Art of the Street & Smith Universe. This 350...
H. Bedford-Jones (1887-1949) was a prolific pulp author with over 1,000 works, and several series. His longest series with a single character featured John...
One area that pulps are sometimes put down for is being “sexist.” I find this a somewhat ignorant claim, as the pulps were a product of their time: the early...