PulpFest 2010

History Archive

January 2, 2012

Glenn Lord: Another Giant Passes

Filed under: History — posted by Mike @ 4:16 pm

Another giant of pulp fandom has left us. Glenn Lord passed away on December 31st, 2011 at the age of eighty. The leading proponent of the work of Robert E. Howard, Glenn worked tirelessly and selflessly for decades to see the author get his due. He was the guest of honor at Pulpcon 36 in 2007.

If you have ever enjoyed any of Robert E. Howard’s creations–Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane, or any of the countless other characters that Howard brought to life–you owe a debt of gratitude to the late Glenn Lord. Please visit REH: Two-Gun Raconteur for further testimonials about this giant of pulp and Howard fandom. May he rest in peace.

 

December 27, 2011

Rest in Peace Rusty Hevelin

Filed under: History — posted by Mike @ 11:19 pm

It is with heavy heart that we bid adieu to James "Rusty" Hevelin. This pillar of the pulp community passed away on Tuesday, December 27th. Active in science fiction fandom since the 1930s, Rusty was for many years the guiding light behind Pulpcon, the convention that helped to keep the memory of the pulps alive through the closing decades of the twentieth century and on into the 21st.This task has since been entrusted to PulpFest.

A veteran of the Second World War, when he served as a Marine in the South Pacific, Rusty was a member of science fiction’s First Fandom and well known as a huckster, collector, and toastmaster. In 1986, he received the Lamont Award for his longtime service to the pulp community as well as science fiction’s Big Heart Award. He was presented with the Sam Moskowitz Archive Award for excellence in science fiction collecting in 2003.

PulpFest was extremely fortunate to have Rusty attend the 2011 convention when he helped the pulp community celebrate its fortieth annual summer pulp con. At next year’s convention, we will be honoring him with a special tribute during our evening programming.

August 12, 2010

PulpFest 2010

Filed under: History — posted by Mike @ 4:11 pm

PulpFest 2010 took place at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center from July 29 through August 1, 2010. With a membership roster of 394, it was the best attended summer pulp con in years. In the following pages, you’ll be able to read several convention reports from sources such as Laurie’s Wild West and Mystery*File. You’ll also be able to read many of the posts that were released on the convention’s website in the time leading up to the 2010 convention. In them, you’ll learn about the wide-ranging programming of the second PulpFest, the way the convention was promoted, and much, much more.

Mike Nevins, Bill Nolan, Don Hutchison, Laurie Powers, and Ed Hulse discussing the evolution of the pulp Western at PulpFest 2010.

If you’d like to learn more about the history of PulpFest, please don’t hesitate to contact any of the organizing committee members. You’ll find their email addresses scattered throughout this website and at the bottom of the FAQ Page.

November 25, 2009

PulpFest 2009

Filed under: History — posted by Mike @ 5:05 pm

PulpFest was founded in October 2008 by four pulp fans who saw a need for a vibrant and proactive summer pulp convention. Mike Chomko, Jack Cullers, Ed Hulse, and Barry Traylor joined together, and along with web and art designer Chris Kalb, set out to build a convention from scratch. Following a great deal of time and hard work, PulpFest 2009 took place on July 31 - August 2, 2009 in the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. It was a resounding success.

In the pages that follow, you will be able to read a convention report from Dime Novel Round-Up and many of the posts that were released on the convention’s website in the days, weeks and months leading up to the 2009 convention. In them, you’ll learn about the wide-ranging programming of the first PulpFest, the creation of the Munsey Award, and much, much more.

If you’d like to learn more about the history of PulpFest, please don’t hesitate to contact any of the organizing committee members. You’ll find their email addresses scattered throughout this website and at the bottom of the FAQ Page.

 

Promotional Items

Filed under: History — posted by Mike @ 10:54 am

PulpFest 2010 Flyers and Logo

A big part of PulpFest 2010’s success was its promotional materials. Below you’ll find our main circular from 2010 in PDF format in both color and black and white. If you would like to download either file, please click on its image.

    

You can also download  a jpeg of our main flyer or 2010 logo, both designed by Chris Kalb. Wu Fang is a registered trademark of Argosy Communications and copyright 2010 by Argosy Communications.

 

And for those of you who would like a choice of flyers, Chris also developed a few more eye-catching circulars. Below you’ll find both color and black-and-white versions in PDF and jpeg formats. Doc Savage is a registered trademark of Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc./The Conde Nast Publications and copyright 2010 by Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc./The Conde Nast Publications.

For questions about promoting PulpFest or about our website, please contact Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com.

May 18, 2009

2009 Munsey Nominees

Filed under: History — posted by Mike @ 6:00 pm

There were seven nominating petitions for the 2009 Munsey Award that met the criteria for the award. Many thanks from the PulpFest organizing committee to all who participated in the nominating process.

The nominee ballot was forwarded to the past winners of the Munsey and Lamont Awards who then selected the person to be honored. The 2009 Munsey Award was presented during Saturday evening’s programming on August 1st.

Congratulations to all the nominees for the 2009 Munsey.

Chris Kalb

Chris would be the perfect recipient for the first Munsey Award. He embodies everything your committee is trying to accomplish with PulpFest. His web site work and many publishing ventures are really attractive to people being exposed to pulps for the first time. There isn’t anyone out there making better use of all the new technology while still preserving the “oldness” of pulps and popular culture. He has become the “go-to-guy” for publishers who want a retro design. Please see his work for Age of Aces Books, the newly redesigned Blood ‘n’ Thunder, his own The Spider Returns website and, of course, the PulpFest website.

Steve Miller

Stephen T. Miller has been helping to index the pulps for years. Along with Michael Cook, he compiled Garland Publishing’s Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Fiction: A Checklist of Fiction in U. S. Pulp Magazines, 1915-1974, an exceptionally useful resource for collectors of not only detective pulps, but also hero and some adventure magazines. With Bill Contento, Steve compiled Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-1998), a guide to more than 900 different magazines, published on CD-ROM by Locus Press and updated periodically by the publisher. Over the years, Steve has also helped many different people with pulp-related research.

Garyn Roberts

Dr. Roberts is the Chair of the Communications/English Discipline at Northwestern Michigan College. He is also an unabashed fan of the pulps. Garyn has written extensively about the pulps, both professionally and as a fan. He has edited or co-edited some of the best collections from the pulps including A Cent a Story: The Best from Ten Detective Aces, More Tales of the Defective Detective in the Pulps, The Compleat Adventures of the Moon Man, The Magical Mysteries of the Green Ghost and The Compleat Great Merlini. His insightful essays in these books and elsewhere have led to a greater understanding of the pulps both inside and outside of the pulp community. His collection, The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, a college level textbook, is notable for the attention paid to the pulp magazines where the science-fiction and fantasy genres evolved from their roots in the works of Poe, Hawthorne, Verne and Wells. Additionally, Garyn has helped other researchers time and again with various pulp-related projects and is a regular attendee of pulp conventions.

Bill Thom

One person who has been dedicated to the pulp community for many, many years is Bill Thom. Pretty much everyone knows of his efforts with Coming Attractions, the website that Bill updates on a weekly basis where just about every pulp fan with computer access goes to learn about the latest news and book releases in the world of pulps and pulp reprints. And before computers became widespread, Bill was telling us the latest pulpish news in Echoes, Tom and Ginger Johnson’s long running and acclaimed pulp fanzine. Additionally, Bill maintains the Pulp Series Character Reprint Index that can be accessed through the Altus Press website as well as the Robert E. Howard bibliography available through the Howard Works website. He has also been a tremendous help for researchers over the years through his knowledge and collection.

Anthony Tollin

It was Tony Tollin who had the fortitude to convince Conde Naste to license authorized reprints of Doc Savage, The Shadow and now, The Avenger and The Whisperer. Although we were already in a golden age of pulp reprints before Tollin’s publications began to appear, his books were icing on the cake. Today, we can enjoy a double dose of some of the pulp era’s greatest heroes practically every month, coupled with informative articles about the authors, the sources for the stories and the pop culture that they inspired. Additionally, Tony was the co-author with Walter Gibson of The Shadow Scrapbook and helped to put together numerous recorded collections of pulp-related radio programs during his association with Radio Spirits.

George Vanderburgh

Through his Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, George has published nearly 400 books, many of them directly related to the pulps. He was largely responsible for finally getting all of Fred Davis’ classic Moon Man stories back into print. And what about his Peter the Brazen series, his five volumes featuring the work of Seabury Quinn, The Compleat Adventures of the Park Avenue Hunt Club, his Green Ghost set and the just released The Compleat Saga of John Solomon? He has also given us numerous collections of detective fiction, including volumes featuring the Thinking Machine, Dr. Thorndyke and Martin Hewitt. Looking at his website, his future plans include several books reprinting pulp authors who have been unjustly forgotten. And so much of this work was done while he was practicing medicine full time. Along with Robert Weinberg, George has just been named the co-editor of Arkham House Books. A regular attendee of pulp conventions, George is very much deserving of the first Munsey Award.

Dan Zimmer

For the last ten years, Dan has been working to promote greater awareness of pulp artists by producing and distributing Illustration Magazine. Dan has tirelessly contributed his time, expertise and his own personal wealth to promote a more respectful awareness of the artistic accomplishments of pulp artists through the deluxe publication of the many biographical articles on pulp artists that have appeared in his magazine and been distributed around the globe. He has done this despite the overwhelming fact that his creative vision is far beyond receiving any reasonable economic return for his efforts. Dan’s devotion to classic American illustrators is manifest in the elegant presentation of his magazine and has helped to turn the tide in our culture’s growing appreciation of pulp art. Additionally, he has supported the pulp community by drawing his readers’ attention to various pulp conventions, including the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, Pulpcon and PulpFest. Dan has also served as the sponsor of Windy City’s annual pulp art exhibit and created the limited edition print of David Saunder’s Munsey Award painting without cost to the PulpFest organizing committee.

To learn more about PulpFest’s annual service award, please visit The Rusty page of our website.

November 23, 2008

PulpFest 2009 Dealers

Filed under: History — posted by Mike @ 8:55 pm

Thank you to all of the dealers who helped to make our inaugural convention a great success. Thanks to them, PulpFest is  "Summer’s Great Pulp Con." We hope to see you at this year’s convention.

Adventure House

John will be offering his usual extensive stock of pulp magazines as well as the many pulp reprints and reference books he has published under the Adventure House banner. For more info, please visit adventurehouse.com.

Age of Aces

Bill Mann and the Kalb brothers will have their lline of aviation pulp reprints at PulpFest. From Chinese Brady to The Red Falcon, look to Age of Aces for the best in air war fiction. For more information, please visit the Ages of Aces website.

Airship 27

A leading producer of new pulp fiction starring the classic heroes of the 30s and 40s–Secret Agent X, Dan Fowler, Jimmy Anthony and Captain Hazzard. Please visit Hangar 27 for further information.

 

Art Hackathorn

Art’s specialty is detective and Western pulps. He has a particular liking for Frank Gruber’s work. He’ll also be selling paperbacks, hardcovers, and possibly some slicks featuring pulp authors.

Battered Silicon Dispatch Box

George Vanderburgh has published over 425 books, including a wide variety of detective fiction as well as two dozen volumes in his Lost Treasures of the Pulps series. For further information, please visit batteredbox.com.

Bill Maynard

Sir Denis Nayland Smith called him "…the yellow peril incarnate in one man." He is Dr. Fu Manchu and Bill Maynard is the author of the first authorized Fu Manchu thriller in 22 years. He will be on hand selling and signing copies of The Terror of Fu Manchu. He’ll also have Sax Rohmer books, a run of The Rohmer Review and collectible mystery books.

Black Dog Books

Tom Roberts, winner of the 2008 Lamont Award, along with his aide-de-camp, Gene Christie, will be peddling a wide variety of pulp reprints produced under the Black Dog Books banner. From hero pulps to weird menace to thrilling adventure yarns, Black Dog publishes them all. You’ll find more information at blackdogbooks.net.

Bob Flowers

The two Bobs will be motoring in from Illinois with hero, detective, Western, science-fiction and even love and sports pulps, along with fanzines, Shadow figures, Golden and Silver Age comic books and more. They’ll also have a run of Blue Books featuring a number of Burroughs serials.

Brian Earl Brown

The editor of the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society hails from Detroit. He’ll be selling the latest pulp reprints from BEB Books including over a dozen issues of Secret Agent X and works by H. Bedford-Jones, Johnston McCulley and others. For more information on these low cost reprints, visit BEB Books.

Chris Foss

Chris is a book, pulp and art collector from Columbia, SC who is also the owner of Heroes & Dragons, one of the nation’s largest comic and pop culture retailers. His special interests are lost races, dinosaurs, and pre-1940 science fiction. Chris will have a variety of pulps, first edition hardcover and paperback books, Golden Age comics and original art for sale or trade.

Curious Book Shop

Ray Walsh and Curious Books will be offering a broad array of paper collectibles–pulps, paperbacks, hardcovers, movie posters and stills, vintage comic books, original art, and more. Visit curiousbooks.com for more details.

Dave Kurzman

Dave sells everything from five-dollar pulps to high-grade collector’s pulps. He’s known for his large selection of Weird Tales as well as rare, genre first-edition hardcovers (Arkham House, Fantasy Press, etc.). He trades on ebay as acidgothic.

David Saunders 

David Saunders has been a guest lecturer at various pulp conventions and at the Brooklyn Museum’s Pulp Art Show. He will be selling autographed copies of his ten published biographies of  pulp artists, including his father, Norman Saunders.  You can learn more at pulpartists.com.

David Smith:                                    Fantasy Illustrated

Dave has been selling pulps and vintage comic books for forty years. He started Fantasy Illustrated  in 1979 and currently lives near Seattle. He’ll be bringing some rare items to PulpFest including Lone Ranger pulps, high grade Secret Six, Saucy Movie Tales and the first issue of Weird Tales. Dave sells on ebay under the name fantasyillustrated. He welcomes your want lists at rocketbat@msn.com.

Dearly Departed Books

Scott Edwards of Alliance, Ohio has been a full-time antiquarian bookseller since 1992. His specialties are science fiction, mystery, Western and adventure first editions, vintage paperbacks and pulp magazines. At PulpFest, he’ll have Argosy, Short Stories, Dime Western, G-8, bedsheet Amazing Stories and some Weird Tales along with first editions and bound pulp file copies.

Don Hutchison

The venerable Lamont Award winner and all-around good guy will be selling his usual potpourri of material culled from his years of collecting and writing about the pulps. He’ll also have The Great Pulp Heroes as well as some of the other books he has written or edited available for sale.

Doug Ellis and Deb Fulton

Two of the founders of the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, Doug and Deb will be offering a selection of general fiction, science-fiction and other pulps as well as original art and maybe even a new Pulp Vault. For more information about the Windy City show, visit windycitypulpandpaper.com.

Dwight Fuhro

Perhaps the number one buyer of top-notch Shadow pulps and collectibles in the world, Dwight will be selling and/or trading high-grade hero pulps at the show. He’ll also be on the prowl for mint Shadow items, in particular a decent copy of the first issue of the Street & Smith pulp. He is always in the market for original Shadow cover paintings to add to his recent purchase of "The Creeping Death." Dwight can be reached at dwightfu@yahoo.com.

Ed Hulse

In addition to his award-winning fanzine Blood ‘n’ Thunder, Ed will be displaying the Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps, the upcoming Best of Blood ‘n’ Thunder and a selection of collectible pulps, paperbacks, hardcovers, and fanzines. Visit www.geocities.com/poppub/ for more info.

Ed Lancaster

A professional artist from Pittsburgh, Ed will have original, pulp-related paintings and sketches for sale. He also does paintings to order. If you have an idea you’d like to bring to life, he’d be happy to discuss it. Please visit www.edlancaster.com/ to preview his work.

Gary Shaheen

Gary was bitten by the pulp-bug after reading Lancer’s Conan reprints. Starting with a coverless Weird Tales that he bought for a nickel in 1970, he’s been collecting pulps since. He’ll be selling a variety of pulps including some reasonably priced Shadows and other heroes, science-fiction pulps and maybe some hardcover firsts.

Girasol Collectables

Girasol will be selling pulp magazines, their own line of pulp replicas, other pulp reprints, paperbacks, books about pulps and other related items. To browse their impressive assortment of offerings, point your browser to girasolcollectables.com.

Gordon Huber

This Ohio dealer, who won a Lamont Award back in 1987, usually has several surprises wherever he exhibits. Be it boys series books, hard-to-find fanzines or a run of Chelsea House hardcovers, you just might find it at Gordon’s table.

G. Warlock Vance

Warlock, a writer from North Carolina, and Michael Glagola, an Ohio actor adept at voice-over narration, will be selling print and audio copies of The Missing Narrative of Neptune, a hardboiled occult thriller penned by Vance and published by Scrybe Press.

Haffner Press

Stephen Haffner, the "Big Poobah" of this classic science-fiction publisher, will be selling his beautiful volumes featuring the work of Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, and Jack Williamson. Haffner’s website is at haffnerpress.com.

Harold and Honey Forman

Harold and Honey Forman are from Pittsburgh. Together, they have attended many pulp conventions since the 70s.

Hooked on Books

Wayne and Deborah Keil of Bolingbrook, IL have been selling books since 1975. Their inventory includes vintage and collectible paperbacks, digests, magazines, pulps, and some hardcovers. Their website can be found at www.vintageandcollectiblepaperbacks.com/.

Howling Wolf’s Lost Pulp Classics

John and Ian Lohr publish and distribute early science fiction, fantasy and horror. To learn more about their Lost Pulp Classics series featuring volumes from C. L. Moore, John Taine and others, visit lostpulpclassics.com. The Lohrs also distribute other publishers of classic fantastic fiction.

Jack Cullers

If you’re looking for pulps and out-of-print paperbacks, pulp reprints or hardbound fiction and non-fiction, find your way to Jack’s table. He always has a wide variety of such material.

 

Jack Juka

Jack may well be the premier Doc Savage collector in the world.  In addition to  an extensive pulp collection, Jack owns 13 original Doc Savage paperback paintings. He’s looking to buy high grade Doc Savage pulps, premiums and original artwork. If you have anything to sell, or just want to talk Doc Savage, please stop by Jack’s table where he will  be selling and trading high grade pulps. You can also reach him at Multicynic@aol.com.

Jerry Schattenburg

This well-regarded dealer and collector from the Kansas City area sells pulps from a wide range of genres. At PulpFest, he’ll also have offerings of science-fiction and fantasy first editions, fanzines, original art, movie posters and more.

Jim Albert

An Arkansas book and pulp collector, Jim will have pulps, paperbacks, hardcovers and fanzines that will be pleasing to just about everyone who will be attending PulpFest 2009.

John McMahan

John hails from Oklahoma where he forms half of Reverse Karma Press. Their first book, Super-Detective Flip Book, was released in 2008. At PulpFest, John will be selling pulps, books, comics, original art and more. He trades on ebay as mybckpages.

Jon Wehler

This personable dealer and collector offers pulps, paperbacks, hardcovers and original art. Based in Ohio, he exhibits at a variety of book and paper shows throughout the Midwest.

Keith Dilbone

After 30+ years of paperback collecting, the wife says they have to go! Ace, Avon, Bantam, Dell, Gold Medal, Pyramid, Signet and a ton of other publishers will be displayed, both keys and commons. Oh, if you have any foreign science fiction and horror paperbacks to sell or trade, bring them along…the wife doesn’t know Keith’s still collecting.

Mark Halegua

In addition to dealing in pulp magazines themselves, Mark sells CDs that literally contain thousands of pulp-cover images. You can get more info at his website pulps1st.com. He is also the organizer of the Gotham Pulp Collectors Club.

Mark Hickman

This Ohio dealer will have pulps, paperbacks, fanzines and original art. He is especially strong in science fiction.

Martin Grams, Jr.

An expert on old time radio and television, Martin carries a wide selection of classic DVDs, along with books and magazines. He’ll surely have copies of his newest book for sale: The Twilight Zone is the winner of the 2009 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award.

Mike Chomko, Books

Mike is known as the "one-stop seller for your pulp reprint and reference needs." At PulpFest 2010, he’ll have his usual wide selection of such material. Please visit the Mike Chomko Books website or write to mike@pulpfest.com for a copy of his monthly catalog of pulp-related books.

Nick Certo

A long-time collector and dealer, Nick always manages to unearth lots of rare and desirable items. He brings choice selections of pulps to the conventions at which he exhibits, but he also sells books and magazines of related interest.

Off-Trail Publications

John Locke will be bringing his warped sense of humor to PulpFest along with a variety of quality and obscure pulp reprints, often featuring original nonfiction content, all published under the Off-Trail Publications imprint.

Paul Herman

Another pulp convention regular, this Connecticut-based dealer and collector exhibits a wide variety of pulps as well as vintage digests, paperbacks, and magazines. He’s particularly strong in detective material and turns up many scarce items in this genre.

Phil Nelson

This personable dealer out of Waverly, Ohio is planning to sell runs of Adventure, Detective Fiction Weekly, Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures as well as a variety of comics and other items. He’s a fan of North-West Stories and Top-Notch.

R & B Enterprises

Located in Danbury, Connecticut, R & B has been in the popular culture business for over twenty years. They’ll have a wide selection of vintage pulps, paperbacks, digests, hardcovers and movie-related material.

Randy Vanderbeek

A pulp collector for the last 35 years, Randy is from Kalamazoo, Michigan. He’ll be bringing hundreds of pulp magazines from all genres for sale or trade. The more he sells, the more he’ll be able to buy from the many fine dealers who will be attending PulpFest.

Rick Hall

Scouring flea markets and antique shows across the East Coast, Rick rescues pulps for the collections of his pulp brethren. From Ace Detective to Zoom and everything in between, you might find a great deal amongst Rick’s "found" pulps.

Ron Hanna and Wild Cat Books

Through his Wild Cat book imprint, Ron preserves and promotes the grand old pulp adventures as well as publishes new stories in the pulp tradition. He’ll have plenty of his own titles available for sale as well as pulps and related material.

Sanctum Books

Anthony Tollin will be on hand with his fine line of pulp reprints–Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Avenger and The Whisperer–four of the great heroes that were originally published by Street & Smith. For more information, please visit Sanctum’s website.

Scott Hartshorn

This personable collector and occasional dealer has varied tastes, demonstrated by the selection of material he offers for sale. Pulps, paperbacks, hardcovers, original artwork—Scott has something for everybody.

Steve Young

Steve and his wife, Denise, will be hauling over 350 pulps all the way from Wilmington, NC. He’ll have a run of Argosy All-Story, plus twenty Max Brand novels, ranging from first edition hardcovers in jackets to reprints. He’ll also have some beautiful condition Fiction House comics such as Wings and Fight Comics.

Tim’s Books

Tim Paxton of Grand Rapids, MI sells first edition hardcovers and paperbacks, dealing mostly in high-grade science fiction, fantasy and horror with a smattering of mysteries and pulps thrown in. He specializes in Arkham House, Avalon, Gnome Press and other small publishers. Check out his website at AbeBooks.com.

Walker Martin

A prominent collector whose activity dates back to the early days of pulp fandom, Walker has owned practically everything at least once. You never know what you’ll find at his table: it could be anything from rare Chelsea House pulp reprints to one-of-a-kind bits of pulp ephemera (such as old checks endorsed by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Max Brand).

Plus additional dealers who have asked us not to display their names on our website for various reasons. 

If you’d like to learn how to become a PulpFest dealer, please write to Jack Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com. Queries about "Our Dealers" list should be directed to Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com.

November 20, 2008

Pulp History

Filed under: History — posted by Chris @ 1:03 am

Pulp magazines are so called because of the cheap paper they were printed on. Frank A. Munsey pioneered the format in 1896 with The Argosy. Pulps picked up steam with titles like Blue Book (1906) and Adventure (1910), then exploded in 1912 when All-Story printed a little yarn by Edgar Rice Burroughs called "Tarzan of the Apes." Soon after, genre titles flourished, among them Detective Story, Western Story and Love Story. Then, in the twenties, publishing legends such as Black Mask (1920), Weird Tales (1923) and Amazing Stories (1926) took hold. (more…)

November 19, 2008

Promotional Flyers

Filed under: History — posted by Chris @ 11:49 pm

One of the keys to the success of PulpFest 2009 was its extensive promotion efforts. PulpFest used a variety of advertising circulars to get the word out to interested parties. These were distributed to collectibles shows, conventions, bookstores and comic shops, as well as libraries and college campuses. Pulp enthusiasts were encouraged to download several of the PulpFest flyers that were made available on the convention’s website. Five of the advertising circulars that were used to promote the 2009 show appear below.

Black and White (150dpi, 500-900k)


Hard-boiled

Spicy

Heroes
 

Sci-Fi
 
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Color - print (CMYK, 150dpi, 2-3MB)


Hard-boiled

Spicy

Heroes

Sci-Fi

Color - web display (RGB, 72dpi, 300-500k)


Hard-boiled

Spicy

Heroes

Sci-Fi

 

For questions about PulpFest promotion or about our website, please write to Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com or visit the Promotion page of our website.

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