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I'll be having some pulpy fun this weekend. I'll be a guest at Pensacon and I'll be on a panel "From Pulps to Comics" with David Earle (The Pulp Magazine Project) and Nicky Wheeler Nicholson (granddaughter of Malcom Wheeler Nicholson -- founder of what became DC comics). At some point I'm going to sneak away and go check out David's pulp exhibit at UWF that I posted a link to earlier. Should be a great time! http://www.pensacon.com/

Did you like the last episode? Haven't heard from you.... j/k Recorded it last night, will be watching it tonight or tomorrow once I get caught up with True Detective. Will def let you know after haha (thumbs u True Detective is the best new show on TV by FAR! Yes! Robert W. Chambers The King in Yellow and Ambrose Bierce Carcosa references = AWESOME!! Loving this show.

I bought some of the Heritage lots too, and when I saw these markings I started doing some research. It turns out pulps with annotations like you see here originally belonged to sci-fi super-fan Jack Darrow (pen name for Clifford Kornoelje). Darrow was one of the most prolific letter-writers to science fiction and fantasy pulps in the 1930s. One of the pulps I bought contained an original hand-written fan letter by Darrow tucked inside. Darrow always counted the pages of each story and noted the totals on the table of contents. The numbers on the left indicate his rankings of the quality of the stories. If you look near the back of the issue, you will probably find a coupon filled out by Darrow indicating his three favorite stories from the issue, along with his name and address in Chicago. Here is a picture of Darrow at the first World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) in 1939 in New York. Darrow is in the upper right. Back row: Myrtle Douglas (aka Morojo), Julius Schwartz, Otto Binder, Mort Weisinger, Jack Darrow. Front row: Forest J. Ackerman, Ross Rocklynne, Charles Hornig, Ray Bradbury. What an incredible gathering of sci-fi talent and fandom! Todd that is really cool! Great research. I know I have one or two books with similar annotations, but I thought much about it. But I have no idea which ones they are now.

I'm already planning a sequel so those could be possibilities.

Pat, I missed this post earlier. Here's the contents of the zombie book. Introduction: Dawn of the Zombie Genre -- Jeffrey Shanks Herbert West—Reanimator -- H. P. Lovecraft Jumbee -- Henry S. Whitehead The Corpse-Master -- Seabury Quinn Dead Girl Finotte -- H. De Vere Stacpoole Salt is Not for Slaves -- G. W. Hutter The Dead Who Walk -- Ray Cummings The House in the Magnolias -- August Derleth and Mark Schorer The Empire of the Necromancers -- Clark Ashton Smith The Devil’s Dowry -- Ben Judson The Walking Dead -- E. Hoffmann Price The Graveyard Rats -- Henry Kuttner The Grave Gives Up -- Jack D’Arcy Zombie -- Carl Moore Revels for the Lusting Dead -- Arthur Leo Zagat Corpses on Parade -- Edith and Ejler Jacobson Pigeons from Hell -- Robert E. Howard The Man Who Loved a Zombie -- Russell Gray While Zombies Walked -- Thorp McCluskey The Song of the Slaves -- Manly Wade Wellman The Forbidden Trail -- Jane Rice

Anyway back to pulps. This came yesterday.

No Mike, other way around around. The Dentist bought most of the other group lots on HA in November and has recently been flipping them individually on ebay. They are great looking books, but yeah they are heavily trimmed on multiple sides and HA absolutely should have disclosed that. As for thebigloo, maybe there was there was shilling, maybe there wasn't, but I've been following these auctions closely as well and I felt like there was weird bidding patterns too. Could it be coincidence? Absolutely. Should the fact that he's a millionaire and has one of the best collections in the hobby mean he's beyond reproach? No it shouldn't.

We all know who is he is Matthew. And this certainly isn't the first time there have been questionable activities associated with him. However, because of who he is nobody ever wants to talk about it. Do a little little digging on these boards and you'll see what I mean.

Very well-said. Agree on all points.

Exactly. Has Michael Bay ruined entertainment forever? Giving Michonne some backstory on the show was long overdue. Hopefully this help non-comic fans care about her a little more.

Thanks, Pat! This is what he's referring to. I have a new anthology of zombie stories from the pulps out now. And it was made possible with considerable help from Bang Zoom and Red Fury, who provided scnas and images. Thanks guys! http://www.skelospress.com/p/catalog.html

David M. Earle, founder of The Pulp Magazines Project at Pulpmags.com, professor of literature at the University of West Florida, and a colleague of mine at PCA/ACA has put together an amazing exhibit of pulps and pulp art at the UWF Art Gallery in Pensacola. Here are some images of the exhibit which will be running until Feb 22.

Westerns aren't my specialty but there isn't a huge demand for them. The Elmore Leonard story would certainly make it more desirable than the surrounding issues, but the surrounding issues have little value at all. I suspect that could be fairly scarce as this was toward the end of Dime Detective's run and all the pulps were dying off or converting to digests or men's magazines. It had already gone to bi-monthly by this point and was canceled the following year so the print run was probably much less than it's heydey in the 30s and 40s. I would guess that most copies are probably snatched up by Elmore Leonard fans/collectors rather than pulp collectors.

Wonderful haul of Girlie Pulps, Matthew!

Congrats Patrice! One day I'll own one, but it will have to be a beater.

Very cool! The grandkids of John Dille are regulars at Robert E. Howard Days every year.

Cool! And coincidentally, the very next cartoon featured a cameo appearance by another character we both collect - Tarzan. The Bookworm (1939) That's so awesome! I'm sure I saw these as a kid but it's been years. I can appreciate it much more now.

This sounds like it would be right up my alley.

Cool!

I think I just got aroused.

Oh it's white.

Check out these amazing newstand photos that Bill Lampkin from ThePulp.net just put up, with tons of pulps and comics ranging form 1903 to 1954. http://www.thepulp.net/pulp-info/pulp-history/pulp-photos/

Well mine's a beater, unlike BZ's, but I do have it.

Wow, That looks awesome! I had no idea this existed either. Thanks for sharing this jpex!

Happy 80th Birthday Flash Gordon!