Our Dealers

Thank you to all of the dealers who helped to make  our inaugural convention a great success. Be sure to join them next year in PulpFest’s expanded dealers’ room at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio from July 30-August 1, 2010.

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.