Pulp Conventions Departed from Ohio

 

Ohio has had two different pulp magazine conventions over the years, both of which are either defunct or have departed. I helped design the logo for this one. Since no shops in central Ohio carry pulp magazines, I've having to rely on eBay (I'd much rather support local businesses). 

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A Logo I Finished for the Upcoming Pulp Fiction Convention

Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/456209531738071/

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Deathless Spirits Roam the Half-Worlds of Thrilling Fantasy!

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Recently Read: Argosy, February 23, 1918

This issue begins a new serial (the cover story) which, like some of the short stories and the complete "Along Mystery Trail", by Frank Blighton herein, contains too many coincidences or obvious turns-of-plot to be entirely enjoyable. The continuation of the serials "A Kashmir Abduction" and Achmed Abdullah's "The Trail of the Beast", though, were welcome sights. The political intrigues in "The Trail of the Beast" are, unfortunately, still relevant. The ending of Victor Rousseau's "Fruit of the Lamp" was the best of all, continuing a humorous, whimsical situation comedy-fantasy not unlike P.G. Wodehouse's concoctions. 

I enjoyed a letter from a longtime Argosy reader, Theodore Wells. Here's an excerpt: "...Why, I even forgot to eat supper, and I never left the book till I had read it from beginning to end. I really forgot that picture-shows or the like existed when I got to reading The Argosy. From now on I can look to many comfortable hours with The Argosy, and will continue to read it and also the All-Story Weekly until I leave this world."

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PulpFest Starts Tomorrow, August 13th, in Columbus, Ohio

Highly recommended! Here're the details: www.pulpfest.com

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PulpFest 2012 Pics

John Locke discusses the rise and fall of pulps at the OSU Thompson Library.

Displays of the works of Robert E. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs from the OSU Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.

Ed Hulse and Garyn Roberts salute the 75th anniversary of John Campbell's arrival at Astounding Stories.

Henry Franke gives a presentation on Tarzan, a Hero for the Ages.

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Less Than Two Months Till PulpFest 2012!

In addition to the amazing events described above, many panel discussions and thousands of pulps for sale, along with zines, paperbacks, digests, original art, and much more, cartoonist Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales) will be in attendance, as well as publisher Airship 27.

PulpFest is an amazing show and this year's show looks more amazing than usual.

All the details are at this beautifully designed site: http://www.pulpfest.com/

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