{"id":84,"date":"2006-08-09T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2006-08-09T23:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpBlogs\/YellowedPerils_test\/?p=84"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:33:53","slug":"pulpcon-is-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2006\/08\/09\/pulpcon-is-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulpcon is people! Pulpcon is people!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pardon the paraphrase, but I came to the same revelation that Charlton Heston did in the movie <em>Soylent Green<\/em> (except for the cannibalism aspect, of course).<\/p>\n<p>Pulpcon is really about the people, rather than the boxes and boxes of vintage pulp magazines lining the dealers\u2019 tables or the pristine new reprints displayed for sale on racks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpn-25-block-r\">\n<h2 class=\"tpn-25-block-head\"><span class=\"tpn-25-block-background\">Photos &#038; audio<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulp-info\/convention-coverage\/pulpcon-2006\/\">Click for photos and audio from Pulpcon 35<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Being a Pulpcon novice, I wasn\u2019t sure what to expect at the convention. Beforehand, I focused on the easiest thing to imagine: the dealers\u2019 room. And, true, I was overwhelmed by the amount of material for sale in there the first day or so. I circled the room several times each day, searching for items on my \u201cwant list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even in the dealers\u2019 room, as we carefully looked and re-looked through the pulps, it was the conversations with other fans, with dealers behind their tables or with their guests that proved most enjoyable.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2010\/08\/pulpcon_people.jpg?resize=405%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"David Kalb, Chris Kalb, back from left, Bill Mann, Brian Earl Brown, Randy Vanderbeek, Scott Cranford and Patrick Cranford; foreground from left, John DeWalt, Scott Hartshorn and Duane Spurlock gather in the Pulpcon suite Friday night.\" width=\"405\" height=\"170\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2010\/08\/pulpcon_people.jpg?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2010\/08\/pulpcon_people.jpg?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Kalb, Chris Kalb, back from left, Bill Mann, Brian Earl Brown, Randy Vanderbeek, Scott Cranford and Patrick Cranford; foreground from left, John DeWalt, Scott Hartshorn and Duane Spurlock gather in the Pulpcon suite Friday night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOne of the highlights for me was meeting many of the old \u201cInternet Fans of Bronze,\u201d who first turned up at Pulpcon around 1997 and \u201998, and have been attending frequently since then. You\u2019ll recognize their names from their Web sites and participating on the many pulp newsgroups and mailing lists. I\u2019ve mentioned them previously because they graciously allowed me to tag along with them wherever they went: <strong>Bill Mann<\/strong>, <strong>Chris and David Kalb<\/strong>, <strong>Scott and Patrick Cranford<\/strong>, <strong>Bill Thinnes<\/strong> and <strong>Duane Spurlock<\/strong>. I\u2019d \u201cknown\u201d them online, now here they were in solid form.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, guys, it was great spending time with you, getting to know you all better. I can\u2019t wait until we meet at another con.<\/p>\n<p>(I only wish some of the former IFOBs were still participating, such as <strong>Jeff Sines<\/strong> \u2013 who Bill Mann attempted to track down one night via cell phone. And <strong>Cat Jaster<\/strong>, whom I met back in \u201998 at a pulp and paperback show in Tampa. Or that <strong>Chuck Welch<\/strong> and <strong>Catherine Lavall\u00e8e-Welch<\/strong> had been able to attend this year.)<\/p>\n<p>Also, I had a chance to talk a bit with great folks such as <strong>Ron Fortier<\/strong>, <strong>Ed Hulse<\/strong>, <strong>Ron Hanna<\/strong>, <strong>John Gunnison<\/strong> and <strong>Leigh Mechem<\/strong>. I wish I\u2019d had the chance to spend more time with each of them, learning more about their pulp interests. <strong>Lohr McKinstry<\/strong> joined a group of us for dinner on Friday night. It was fun talking \u201cshop\u201d (newspapers) with him, as well as learning about his pulp projects.<\/p>\n<p>The same applies to the many pulp \u201celder-statesmen\u201d at Pulpcon, such as <strong>Al Tonik<\/strong>, <strong>Wooda \u201cNick\u201d Carr<\/strong>, <strong>John DeWalt<\/strong>, <strong>Rusty Hevelin<\/strong> and <strong>Robert Weinberg<\/strong>. A few minutes chatting when them was just not enough, with all of their knowledge and stories about the pulps. Maybe next time.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, everyone, it was a terrific Pulpcon!<\/p>\n<p>So, if anyone asks me why they should go to Pulpcon, I\u2019ll know what to say: You\u2019ll meet some fantastic people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 William<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I\u2019m still planning to slog my way through my 150+ photos and post more over the next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pardon the paraphrase, but I came to the same revelation that Charlton Heston did in the movie Soylent Green (except for the cannibalism aspect, of course). 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