It’s a shame that The Pulpster only arrives once a year. But this year’s annual edition arrives in just a couple of weeks. Like PulpFest 2026, we celebrate three significant pulp anniversaries in number 35. As part of the 100th anniversary of Amazing Stories, Jeffrey Shanks explores the connections between the first science-fiction pulp, editor Raymond Palmer, the Shaver Mystery, and the...
Read MoreWhile rummaging through the PulpFest archives, chairman Jack Cullers came across a small trove of The Pulpster back numbers. We’ve just updated the Order page to include a selection of issues going back to 2011. Now’s your chance to pick up issues that you are missing while they are still available. The Order page now lists copies of numbers 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, and 27. Quantities are...
Read MoreShiwan Khan, one of The Shadow’s foes who appeared four times, graces the cover of number 34 of The Pulpster, which will be released in about two weeks at PulpFest 2025. He’s among the Masters of Villainy featured in a quartet of articles. As our cover illustrates, we’ve got a package of articles on the “Masters of Villainy,” including Shiwan Khan and the other villains...
Read MoreIf you’re looking for back numbers of The Pulpster, we are down to our last copy of number 33, published in 2024. We have about a dozen copies remaining of our 2023 issue, number 32, featuring a great cover by Modest Stein. We’re still offering our special twofer deal that features a reduced shipping charge. But once that last copy of issue number 33 is out the door, that will be...
Read MoreIn 2020, the Covid pandemic prevented us from holding PulpFest that August. The Pulpster #29 was already being written and edited, so we decided not only to continue working on it but to expand it to include articles that would have been presentations at PulpFest 2020. That 29th issue came in at 84 pages, the maximum number of pages our printing house could produce without changing formats. At...
Read MoreThe latest issue — number 33 (2024) — of The Pulpster is now available to order. If you weren’t able to get your copy at PulpFest 2024 (or weren’t a supporting member of the con), now is the time to get your own. Number 33 celebrates the 90th anniversary of the Spicy pulps and the 100th anniversary of the start of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Caspak trilogy. We also concluded our...
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