The Pulpster
In 2011, The Pulpster celebrated its 20th year of publication. A longstanding tradition cherished by attendees of summer pulp cons, all full members (including supporting members) of PulpFest 2012 will receive a complimentary copy of editor Tony Davis highly collectible program book. The contents of The Pulpster #21 are still being determined.
Like last year’s PulpFest, The Pulpster #20 celebrated the 80th anniversary of The Shadow Magazine. It featured a front cover reproduction of the February 1, 1941 Shadow cover by superlative pulp artist Graves Gladney. Its lead article, "The Shadows of 1931," was a look at the first five adventures of the character responsible for the birth of the hero pulp. It was written by the 2010 Munsey Award winner, Mike Chomko.
There were also several "firsts" in last year’s Pulpster. George Vanderburgh of Battered Silicon offered a previously unpublished story by English ghost story writer H. Russell Wakefield as well as excerpts from two manuscripts edited by H. P. Lovecraft. In “Return of the Man of Bronze,” Will Murray contributed an excerpt from his Doc Savage adventure, The Desert Demons. The last "first" was the four-page supplement at the end of the issue provided by the good folks of FarmerCon, the "convention within a convention" at PulpFest.
But there was more: Don Hutchison recalled the visit of Spider illustrator John Fleming Gould to Pulpcon 19; Pulpster designer Bill Lampkin reviewed William R. Cox’s stories about amateur detective Malachi Manatee from Dime Detective; Monte Herridge wrote about H. Bedford-Jones’ Riley Dillon; Rex Layton unearthed more information on L. Ron Hubbard, just in time for the hundredth anniversary of the author’s birth. And Captain Midnight writer David Walker offered his views on new pulp fiction in “What? New Pulps? How Dare They!”
Copies of The Pulpster #20 are still available. Please look below under "Back Issues" for details and get the forthcoming issue by registering right now for "The Summer’s Great Pulp Con!"
Submissions
The Pulpster invites everyone to submit articles and features related to the pulps and pulp history for use in the magazine. Pieces can be any length, from a paragraph to several pages, and on any topic relating to pulps and pulp collecting, people involved in the industry, and pulp characters or series. New material is preferred, or reprinted features of limited distribution that our readers may not have seen. Where possible, be sure to include non-returnable prints of covers and/or illustrations to accompany your submission. Digital submissions are preferred. While The Pulpster welcomes all contributions, please note that we may not be able to accomadate each and every submission.
Please send your contributions to Tony Davis at 142 Jaimie Road, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L4J 6A9. If possible, please also include a compact disc of your article, or better yet, e-mail it to eadavis@sympatico.ca.
Advertising
The Pulpster accepts advertisements. Rates are as follows: color back cover and inside color covers–$125; inside black and white covers or full page–$65; half-page–$40; quarter page–$25. Please note that color advertising is solely available on the back cover and inside covers. Payments for advertising should be sent to David J. Cullers, 1272 Cheatham Way, Bellbrook, OH 45305. Jack will also accept Paypal payments at jassways@woh.rr.com.
Your advertising copy can be transmitted electronically, preferably in PDF or TIFF format, to Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com. Hard copy ads can be sent to Mike at 2217 W. Fairview St., Allentown, PA 18104-6542. If you have any design questions, please send them to Mike at his PulpFest email address.
Below are the dimensions for the various-sized ads:
1/4-pg horizontal: 7 1/2 wide by 2 1/2 inches deep
1/4-pg vertical: 3 1/2 wide by 5 inches deep
1/2-page horizontal: 7 1/2 wide x 5 inches deep
1/2-page vertical: 3 1/2 wide by 10 inches deep
Full-page or inside cover: 7 1/2 wide x 10 inches deep
The deadline for submitting your advertisements to The Pulpster is May 31, 2012, but the prime spots sell quickly. Please feel free to send material as early as possible to help make our production smoother.
Thanks
Many thanks to Bill Lampkin of The Pulp.Net for laying out The Pulpster. Please be sure to support our advertisers. Their advertisements help to defray the cost of producing our annual program book. Finally, thank you to LLS Graphics of Allentown, PA for their excellent production of The Pulpster.
Back Issues
Copies of The Pulpster #20 are available for $11, postage paid, from Mike Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542. Copies of The Pulpster #17-18 are also available for $9, postage paid. The Pulpster #19 is out of print. Mike will accept payments made via check or money order or through Paypal at mike@pulpfest.com. Please write to him for further instructions.
For questions about submissions to The Pulpster, please write to Tony Davis at eadavis@sympatico.ca. For back issues and advertising, please write to Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com.
