Mike Ashley, on the FictionMags group at Yahoo, reports that pulp historian Peter Haining died suddenly of a heart attack Monday night. He was 67. The British author...
New York Times’ Sunday Book Review features a review of The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age – The ’20s...
Just a quick note to mention that public radio station WGBH commentator John Carroll recalls the great pulp detective magazine Black Mask in a commentary posted on the...
Well, Doc Con X has been here and gone. It sure went quickly. We had a record number of attendees — 18 — this year, and had some terrific events, particularly Glenn...
Over the past few years, I’ve been reading biographies of pulpsters when I find them. Two of my most recently read ones offer a contrast.
I’ve got several entries on the backburner, but wanted to get something up about Doc Con X first. It’s this Saturday at Rob Smalley’s in Chandler, Ariz., (in the...
Well, it should be “Tune in last week…” As usual, my to-do list got undone, so here nearly a week later, I’m writing about something that happened last week (but...
Lurid covers come to life on the highly saturated TV screen, thanks to the recently released DVD documentary, Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills & Painted Nightmares...
NOTE: Dial B for Burbank is no longer active. | Kudos go out to Kirk Kimball, aka Burbank, aka Robby Reed, for his terrific blog, Dial B for Burbank, devoted to...
In case, like me, you missed it, there are two online recaps of Pulpcon 36.