{"id":9001,"date":"2020-04-17T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=9001"},"modified":"2022-09-10T11:04:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T15:04:20","slug":"the-bronze-gazette-for-2019-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2020\/04\/17\/the-bronze-gazette-for-2019-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Bronze Gazette’ for 2019\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'The<\/a>It’s 2020, and so we take a look at all of The Bronze Gazette<\/em><\/a> issues from 2019 (well, and also 2020), as I’ve done for previous years.<\/p>\n

Subscriptions are taken for a year’s set of issues. Unlike previous years, we got only two in 2019: #84 and #85 for this long-running Doc Savage<\/strong> fanzine<\/a> \u2014 and #85 came out in early 2020. Oops.<\/p>\n

#84 (Summer 2019)<\/strong> kicks off with an unused Bob Larkin<\/strong> Doc cover for the All-White Elf<\/em>, not used when Bantam when to the Omnibus editions. This ties to the retrospective article on Larkin’s career and how he got the assignment to do Doc covers. And I finally learned where that weird green Doc cover with the three green blob creatures came from.<\/p>\n

A great article looks at the Doc comics over the years comes from Philip Schweier<\/strong>. I’ve done posting on several of these. I would like to see a complete reprint of the Street & Smith’s Doc comics, even if they aren’t that good, and I still wish we could get trade paperback collections of some of the others, this includes the Millennium ones.<\/p>\n

Jennifer DiGiacomo<\/strong> gives an overview of her fanzine, the Savage Society of Bronze<\/em>. As I’ve never been able to find an issue, I (like others) would love to see a complete reprint of the fanzine, maybe including the unpublished eighth issue (if the material for it wasn’t published elsewhere).<\/p>\n

Julian Puga<\/strong> looks into what might have been the cover for the unpublished Doc pulp, In Hell, Madonna<\/em>. He even creates a “what if” cover idea. Dafydd Neal Dyer<\/strong> again looks into matters relating to Doc’s gold supply. Will Murray<\/strong> looks at 50 years of involvement with Doc, and writing Doc novels. Even if you are familiar with his works, there were things I learned. I do hope we will get more new Docs.<\/p>\n

Under the heading of “Sons of Savage,” which looks at characters inspired by Doc, we get Tony Simmons<\/strong> providing us with a New Pulp<\/a> character Captain Gideon Argo.<\/strong> Looks like this will be an ongoing series with the Gazette<\/em>, which should be good with all the characters out there inspired by Doc.<\/p>\n

\"'The<\/a>#85 (February 2020)<\/strong> give us an interesting cover by Mark Wheatley<\/strong>. Wheatley also provides an article on his career and notes the influence of pulp fiction on it and his various pulp-influenced works.<\/p>\n

The backcover artwork is by Tim Faurote<\/strong>, and is done in the style of the Bantam paperback back covers. But replacing Doc with actor Dwayne Johnson<\/strong>, and making changes in the “Fab 5,” I assume based on possible actors to play them, but I honestly don’t know who they are.<\/p>\n

The late Bobb Cotter<\/strong> provides an overview of Boris Vallejo<\/strong>, who did many paperback covers, including the Doc covers before Bob Larkin. I have mixed feelings about Vallejo. While I like his works, his Doc covers aren’t among my favorites. I like him better than other artists, but James Bama<\/strong> and Larkin top my list.<\/p>\n

Tim Handley<\/strong> lets us know why he feels Se-Pah-Poo<\/em> is the worst Doc novel. Not having read it myself, I’m not qualified to say if he’s right or wrong.<\/p>\n

The new Kenneth Robeson<\/strong>, Will Murray, gives us his perspective on “Savage Synchronicities.” He tells of the various strange coincidents in his working with Lester Dent<\/strong>‘s work.<\/p>\n

The Bantam paperbacks each had interesting back cover blurbs on them. Here we get a selection of blurbs written for non-existent Doc novels by a variety of fans. Several fans have written Doc chronologies, starting with Philip Jos\u00e9 Farmer<\/strong>‘s. I’ve posted on a few that have been put out in book form. Chuck Welch<\/strong> gives what he feels is the last and definitive chronology, and also a short bit of Doc movie trivia. Michael Spitzer<\/strong> gives us another look at Doc’s birth date.<\/p>\n

For the Arizona Doc Cons, several of the attendees would create memento items for the attendees. Courtney Rogers<\/strong> tells of creating a car decal using the Bantam Doc Savage logo, and what happened when he put it on his car.<\/p>\n

Another in the “Sons of Savage” series gives us a look Doc Talos<\/strong> by Malcolm Deeley<\/strong>, and artwork by Jason Robert Bell<\/strong>, along with an excerpt from the novel.<\/p>\n

Both issues are great. I am always wondering with no new works coming, how they can keep it going, but they do. I certainly look forward to new articles in the “Sons of Savage” series.<\/p>\n

As noted, subscriptions are available for 2020 for the next two issues. Get them, as the cost will<\/em> be going up. I have already re-subscribed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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