Number 29 — 2020’s giant, 80-page edition of The Pulpster — has been out for several months, so now our attention turns to number 30. The next issue will debut at PulpFest 2021, running Aug. 18-21, in Pittsburgh (assuming the pandemic is past and it is safe to gather again). But we’re already planning for that number. Editor Bill Lampkin posted a call for submissions over...
Read MoreOver on the PulpFest website, you can read “Highlights From The Pulpster,” offering an update on the contents of this year’s edition. Number 29 of The Pulpster will be an expanded issue, with 84 pages plus covers. That’s almost twice the size of last year’s number. It will be packed full of articles of interest to all pulp collectors. The issue will focus on the...
Read MoreNow that PulpFest has joined the list of pulp shows that have been canceled for 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, you might be asking about The Pulpster. Will it still publish? Yes. In fact, we’re increasing the page count for a special, expanded issue. In addition to the articles that we had originally planned for this year, we’ve asked a number of the folks who were going to...
Read MoreInterested in contributing an article (or an idea) for The Pulpster? Now is the time. We’ve already started planning for number 29, which will appear at PulpFest in August 2020. Head over to the PulpFest website for a post calling for submissions to The...
Read MoreBud’s Art Books has back numbers of The Pulpster available for purchase. Currently, the online store is listing the past three issues: numbers 26, 27, and 28. Bud’s was supplied with 15 copies of each, but may have fewer remaining depending on orders. Mike Chomko, Books still has a handful of copies of numbers 27 and 28, but is out of number 26. Remember that you can avoid the...
Read MoreHop over to the PulpFest website to check out a new post featuring highlights of this year’s number of The Pulpster. I will update the Back Numbers page with number 27’s contents shortly. In the meantime, we’re trying to finish up the issue in order to get it to printers. PulpFest members will get their copies at the convention. If there are extras available afterward,...
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