It’s called new pulp – stories by modern writers who recreate the style of fiction that appeared in the pulp magazines of yore. Back then, the authors who labored for the rough paper industry liked to call themselves...
Archive - 2015
Even YOU Can Nominate Someone for the 2016 Munsey
Every year, PulpFest recognizes the efforts of those who work to keep the pulps alive for this and future generations through its Munsey Award (pictured at left). Named after Frank A. Munsey, the man who published the...
Adiós Charles Boeckman Jr.
Pulpdom lost one of its few surviving pulp fictioneers recently. Charles Boeckman Jr., who wrote as Charles Beckman Jr., died Oct. 12, 2015, just a month shy of his 95th birthday. Boeckman broke into the pulps in the...
Classicon — Fall’s Last Pulp and Paperback Show
As the leaves disappear from the trees, the pulp and paperback convention scene is drawing to a close. Classicon, one of the first pulp and paperback shows to be established, marks the end of the season. Twice...
Pulp AdventureCon — Autumn’s Great Pulp Con
On the first Saturday of November, fall’s great pulp con returns to Bordentown, New Jersey, for another grand convention. At last year’s Pulp AdventureCon, Robert Gould — son of pulp artist John...
George and Jerome Rozen at 120
Born nearly 120 years ago on October 16, 1895, George Rozen and his twin brother, Jerome, were both pulp artists. George’s first published assignments were covers and interior pen-and-ink story illustrations for Fawcett...
