The Pulpster

The annual magazine about pulp magazines for over 25 years

Coming soon: number 32

Posted on May 11, 2023

It’s full steam ahead for The Pulpster #32. This year’s number celebrates several notable anniversaries in 2023. It’s been 100 years since Street & Smith Publications kicked off the sports-pulp genre with Sport Story Magazine and since Weird Tales was unleashed on the world. And, who can forget the wave of hero pulps that burst upon the scene 90 years ago, in 1933?...

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Order number 31 today

Posted on August 15, 2022

With PulpFest 50 past, you can now order your very own copy of The Pulpster #31. The latest number celebrates the 100th anniversary of the publisher Fiction House and includes articles on Dime Mystery Magazine, The Avenger, Nightmare Alley author William Lindsay Gresham, and much more. Also, in celebration of PulpFest’s golden anniversary, you can order a combo pack with all three of the...

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Coming soon: number 31

Posted on July 15, 2022

The next number of The Pulpster has been put to bed (using the old newspaper jargon to say it’s been sent to the printer). Now that it has been finalized, we’ve updated its page in the Back Numbers department with a listing of the contents. Number 31 is a terrific issue (if we do say so ourselves). It arrives with a robust 68 pages plus covers. Among those pages, you’ll find...

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While you wait for 31…

Posted on March 16, 2022

We’re busily editing articles and taking orders for ads for number 31 of The Pulpster, which will appear later this summer at PulpFest 50. While you wait for the issue, take a look through the Pulp Articles at ThePulp.Net, and you’ll find a selection of terrific articles reprinted from our back numbers. Curt Phillips’ tips for restoring and preserving your vintage pulp...

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About number 30

Posted on August 12, 2021

Number 30 of The Pulpster will be making its debut a week from today at PulpFest 2021. As the number indicates, this is our 30th anniversary issue. The Pulpster first appeared in 1991 at Pulpcon that year, and has come out every summer since — even in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic prevented PulpFest from taking place. This year’s issue comes in at 60 pages plus covers, which is...

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A look at number 29

Posted on December 3, 2020

Michael Brown, who writes The Pulp Super-Fan blog at ThePulp.Net, posted on number 29 of The Pulpster. You can find it here. Michael calls it “yet another good issue” in his rundown of the issue. Check it out, then order your own copy...

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