Our Dealers

Many thanks to the following exhibitors in our expanded dealers’ room at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center for making PulpFest 2010, "Summer’s Great Pulp Con," one of the most memorable pulp conventions of the last 39 years. We hope to see you in July 2011.

Adventure House/John Gunnison

John Gunnison will be offering his usual extensive stock of pulp magazines as well as the many pulp reprints and reference works he has published under the Adventure House banner. For more info, please visit John’s website at http://adventurehouse.com/.

Age of Aces/Bill Mann & the Kalb Brothers

Publishers of the best-selling The Spider vs. the Empire State, Bill Mann and Chris and David Kalb will have their line of aviation pulp reprints at PulpFest. From Captain Babyface to The Three Mosquitoes, look to Age of Aces for the best in air war fiction. For more information, please visit Ages of Aces online.

Airship 27/Ron Fortier & Rob Davis

Headed by Ron Fortier and Rob Davis, Airship 27 is a leading producer of new pulp fiction. Starring the classic heroes of yesteryear–from the Green Lama and Sherlock Holmes to Robin Hood and the Masked Rider–you’ll find plenty of thrills by visiting the Hangar 27 website.

Art Hackathorn

A specialist in detective and Western pulps, Art will also have some collectible hardcovers and paperbacks as well as movie and Western magazines. He’ll also be carrying some digests from the mystery and Western genres.

Barry Traylor

Although he won’t have a table at the convention, Barry is the "go-to" guy when it comes to the PulpFest auctions. If you have any questions concerning our auctions, please write to barry@pulpfest.com or visit the "Auctions" page under "Programming."

Battered Silicon/George Vanderburgh

George has published nearly 500 books, including a wide variety of detective fiction as well as his highly regarded Lost Treasures of the Pulps series. Along with Robert Weinberg, he’s the new editor of Arkham House Publications. His website is at www.batteredbox.com/.

BEB Books/Brian Earl Brown

The editor of the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society hails from Detroit. He’ll be selling his bargain-priced pulp reprints including twenty issues of Secret Agent X and works by Ray Cummings, Francis Stevens, and others. For more information on Brian’s fine line of reprints, please visit BEB Books.

Black Dog Books/Tom Roberts

Tom Roberts and 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 Black Dog Books.

Curious Bookshop/Ray Walsh

As usual, Ray will be offering a broad array of paper collectibles–pulps, paperbacks, original artwork, collectible hardcovers, vintage comic books, and more. He’ll be bringing it all from East Lansing, Michigan, home to the Curious Book Shop and Classicon.

Dark Star Books/Gary Diedriech

Located about an hour from Columbus in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Dark Star will be offering a wide range of pulps, particularly Argosy and science fiction. Illustrated hardcovers, collectible paperbacks and digests from a variety of genres will round out their offerings.

Dave Kurzman

Virginia’s Dave Kurzman is one of the country’s leading pulp dealers. He’s known for his large selection of Weird Tales, high-grade pulps, and rare, first-edition hardcovers from Arkham House, Fantasy Press, and other small presses. He trades on ebay as acidgothic.

David Saunders

The creator of the Munsey Award, David is an expert on pulp artists. He will be selling autographed copies of his numerous biographies of pulp artists, including his father, Norman Saunders. Brief biographies on all of his favorite pulp artists are available for free online at www.pulpartists.com.

Dearly Departed Books/Scott Edwards

Scott Edwards of Alliance, Ohio has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1978, specializing in science fiction, mystery, Western and adventure first editions, vintage paperbacks and pulps. He’ll have Argosy, Adventure, Western pulps and more at PulpFest. Visit the Dearly Departed website for more details.

Dennis Harford

A resident of Davenport, Iowa, Dennis has been selling at various pulp conventions for quite a few years. Pay a visit to his table during PulpFest 2010 and you’ll be surprised at what you find. Hopefully, it will be something you’ve been wanting for years.

Doug Ellis and Deb Fulton

Two of the founders of the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, Doug and Deb will be offering a wide selection of general fiction, science-fiction and other pulps as well as original art and other collectibles. This year, Windy City will be celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Dwight Fuhro

The number-one buyer of top-notch Shadow pulps and collectibles in the world, Dwight will be selling or trading high-grade hero pulps at our convention. He’ll also be on the prowl for original Shadow cover paintings, a nice Shadow #1 and other rare Shadow collectibles. Please visit Dwight’s website for further information.

Girasol Collectables/Neil & Leigh Mechem

Girasol will be selling pulp magazines, their own line of quality pulp replicas, other pulp reprints, paperbacks, books about pulps and other related items. To browse their impressive assortment of offerings, please visit their well-designed website at Girasol Collectables.

Ed Hulse

In addition to his award-winning fanzine Blood ‘n’ Thunder, Ed will be displaying the indispensable Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps, The Best of Blood ‘n’ Thunder, and a selection of highly collectible pulps, paperbacks, hardcovers, and fanzines.

Haffner Press/Stephen Haffner

Stephen Haffner will be offering his handsomely illustrated hardbound volumes featuring the work of Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, and Jack Williamson. Visit haffnerpress.com to vote for the topic of Stephen’s annual PulpFest presentation.

Hooked on Books/Wayne and Deb Keil

Selling books since 1975, the Keils are familiar faces at book and paper conventions throughout the Midwest. Specializing in vintage mystery and science fiction, their inventory includes collectible paperbacks, digests, magazines, pulps, and some hardcovers. For further information, please visit Hooked on Books.

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. You just may come across something you’ve been questing after for years.

Jerry Schattenburg

This  knowledgeable and respected 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, original art, and more.

Jim and Walter Albert

These collector brothers from Arkansas and Pennsylvania will have pulps, paperbacks, hardcovers, and fanzines that will be pleasing to just about everyone who will be attending PulpFest 2010.

John Hauser Pulps & Comics

From beautiful Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John  will be bringing an assortment of science fiction pulps and digests, collectible hadcovers and paperbacks, as well as vintage comic books and perhaps some artwork–a little bit of everything. He deals on ebay as jmhcomics.

John McMahan

John hails from Oklahoma where he has long been active as a fan and dealer. At PulpFest 2010, John will be selling pulps, books, comics, original art, movie posters, and more. He trades on ebay as mybckpages.

Jon Wehler

This personable dealer and collector offers pulps, original art, and other paper collectibles. He’ll also have lots of vintage paperbacks from many different genres. Based in Ohio, he exhibits at a variety of book and paper shows throughout the Midwest.

Josh Petrie

New Jersey’s Josh Petrie always puts together a terrific display. At this year’s PulpFest, he’ll be offering pulps from all genres as well as science fiction paperbacks, pulp and radio premiums, vintage comic books, and pulp and comic fanzines.

Keith Dilbone

If you’re looking for vintage paperbacks, be sure to stop by Keith’s tables. He’ll be selling Ace, Bantam, Dell, Gold Medal, Pyramid, Signet and many other publishers, both keys and commons. He’ll also be looking for foreign science fiction, fantasy and horror paperbacks to buy or trade.

Main Street Music/David L. Schmidt

From Waterloo, IL, David and his daughter Zoe will be bringing pulps and digests, collectible paperbacks, original artwork, Arkham House books, vintage comics, and ephemera. Visit Main Street Music for more details.

Mark Halegua

In addition to selling a selection of pulp magazines, Mark offers CDs featuring thousands of pulp cover images through Pulps 1st, Mark is also the organizer of the Gotham Pulp Collectors Club, a group of pulp fans that meets monthly in New York City.

Mark Hickman

This Ohio dealer will have pulps, including a variety of science fiction magazines and hero pulps, as well as comics and original artwork from pulps, comics, digests, and paperbacks–a little bit of everything.

Martin Grams, Jr.

A widely published old time radio and television expert, Martin carries a wide selection of classic DVDs, along with books and magazines. He’ll also have copies of his newest book for sale–The Green Hornet–as well as his award-winning study of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone.

Midway Books/Tom Stransky & Bob Jackson

Tom and Bob will be bringing their pulps, vintage paperbacks, collectible science fiction and fantasy hardcovers, Golden Age comic books, and original illustration art from St. Paul, Minnesota. For a preview of their stock, please pay a visit to the Midway Books website.

Mike Chomko

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 to download a copy of his latest catalog of pulp-related books.

Modern Age Books/Jeff Canja

A longtime mail-order bookseller from East Lansing, Michigan and the author of Popular Fiction Periodicals and Collectable Paperback Books, Jeff will be selling vintage paperbacks, pulps, adventure magazines, and related items from his table at PulpFest.

Nick Certo

A dealer since 1987, Nick always manages to unearth lots of rare and desirable items. A resident of New York, he brings choice selections of pulps and related items to the conventions at which he exhibits. Please visit his AbeBooks.com website.

Off-Trail Publications/John Locke

California’s John Locke will be bringing his offbeat sense of humor to PulpFest along with a wide variety of excellent and often rare pulp reprints that generally include extensive original research into pulp history, all published under the Off-Trail Publications imprint.

Paul Herman

This Connecticut-based dealer and collector exhibits regularly at pulp and paperback conventions. He offers a wide variety of material including pulps, paperbacks, vintage digests, and magazines and is particularly strong in the mystery and detective fields, turning up many scarce items in these genres.

Peter Chapman

A Virginia collector, Peter plans to offer a wide array of vintage material including pulps, old magazines, Golden Age comics, original art, and movie-related material. He’ll also be offering some of his space memorabilia such as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers collectibles.

Phil Nelson

This personable dealer from Waverly, Ohio will be armed with a wide variety of pulps, from Argosy and Detective Fiction Weekly to Doc Savage and Amazing Stories. He’ll also have paperbacks, comics and other items. He’s a fan of North-West Stories and Top-Notch.

R & B Enterprises/Brendan Faulkner

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

Randy Vanderbeek

A pulp collector for nearly 40 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 2010.

Reel Art/Cory Glaberson

Chicago’s Cory Glaberson of Reel Art, the Midwest’s premier pop culture dealer, will be offering pulps, movie memorabilia, autographs, DVDs of movie and television classics, and pulp art prints. Please visit the Reel Art website for more details.

Richard Clear

Winner of the Lamont Award and the author of Old Magazines: Identification and Value Guide and other texts, Richard will be offering a wide variety of pulps, slick magazines, hardcovers, paperbacks, and original artwork. He has been a book dealer for nearly forty years.

Rick Hall

Scouring flea markets and antique shows up and down the East Coast, Rick rescues pulps for the collections of his fellows in the pulp community. From Ace Detective to Zoom and everything in between, you may find a great deal amongst Rick’s "found" pulps. This raconteur hails from Connecticut.

Sanctum Books/Anthony Tollin

Tony will be selling all of his fine pulp reprints–The Avenger, Doc Savage, The Shadow, and The Whisperer–four of the great pulp heroes. He’ll also have artwork by George and Jerome Rozen and Bob Powell for sale. Please visit the Sanctum Books website.

Scott Hartshorn

This outgoing, Florida-based collector and dealer has wide-ranging interests, demonstrated by the selection of material he offers for sale. Pulps, vintage paperbacks, collectible hardcovers, original artwork—Scott has something to suit every taste.

Steven Spilger

Steven will be selling pulps, science fiction and fantasy hardcovers, comics, and several original works by Norman Saunders at PulpFest 2010. A new dealer at our convention, Steven will be traveling from South Bend, Indiana. We’ll be looking forward to welcoming him to PulpFest. 

Thomas Martin

Coming from western Ohio, Tom will be selling detective, hero, and science fiction pulps; an extensive selection of crime digests such as Guilty and Trapped; and a wide assortment of collectible paperbacks, pulp reprints, and pulp- and film-related hardcovers and magazines.

Tim’s Books/Tim Paxson

Tim Paxton of Grand Rapids, Michigan specializes in paperbacks and small press, first edition hardcovers, dealing mainly in high-grade science fiction, fantasy and horror as well as mysteries and pulp-related material. Check out the Tim’s Books website at AbeBooks.com.

Tom Skemp

Specializing in horror and science fiction, this will be Tom’s first trip to PulpFest as a dealer. A resident of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Tom will be selling collectible hardcovers and several hundred paperbacks as well as some limited and British editions.

Walker Martin

A prominent collector whose activity dates back to the early days of pulp fandom, Walker has owned practically everything at least once. A resident of New Jersey, he’ll be selling pulps, original artwork, and one-of-a-kind canceled checks from the files of Munsey and Popular Publications to the writers of the pulp era.

Wild Cat Books/Ron Hanna

The publisher of cutting-edge fiction in the tradition of the bloody pulps, Ron offers everything from science fiction and fantasy to hero pulp and jungle adventure under the Wild Cat Books imprint. He’ll also have pulps, paperbacks, comics, monster magazines, and more.

Yammering Magpie/Peter & Pam Marchionna

Classic film dealers from the Chicago area offering some of the best and rarest movies from the silent era, pre-code, film noir, Westerns, and cult movies. Visit their tables at PulpFest for a taste of classic cinema.