Author: Glenn Hauman
Marvel “Mad Men” vibe in this Phil Noto gallery
If you’re eager for the premiere of Mad Men next month, get in the mood with this gallery of Marvel characters from the 60s, 70s, and 80s drawn by Phil Noto. Phil really gets the magazine vibe down cold. It reminds me of the iPad app that came out for X-Men: First Class in tone and feel.
PULP AND COMICS INVADE EARTH STATION ONE
This week, Earth station One podcast hosts Mike Faber, Mike Gordon, and the 2013 Pulp Ark Award-Winning Best Author Bobby Nash give the spinner rack a few turns and take a look at some of our favorite non-superhero graphic novels and collected trades – no capes allowed! Joining us for some comic chat are Doctor Q (The Rachet Retrocast), Jason De La Torre (Transmissions from Atlantis), and Josh Wilson (Mad Norwegian Press). We are also joined by New Pulp Author Mark Ellis, who discusses the very superhero-ish team, the Justice Machine. But can they save him from the dreaded fate that is The Geek Seat? Tune in for the answer, plus the usual Rants, Raves, Khan Report, and Shout Outs!
Join us for yet another episode of The Earth Station One Podcast we like to call: Our Favorite Non-Superhero Graphics Novels and Trades at www.esopodcast.com
Direct link: http://erthstationone.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/earth-station-one-episode-154-our-favorite-non-superhero-graphics-novels-and-trades/
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Next on Earth Station One…
Yo, Joe!!!
Next week, the Earth Station One crew enlists. That’s right, Mike, Mike, and Bobby report for duty as part of America’s highly trained special missions force, known as G.I. Joe. ESO takes down Cobra forces while looking back at the Joes’ history from comic books, the various cartoon series, the conventions, the toys, and the upcoming live action movie starring The Rock and Bruce Willis. Plus, the ESO Khan Report goes on the road to Joelanta, Atlanta’s premier G.I. Joe convention. And if that wasn’t enough, just wait until you see who we strap into The Geek Seat this week. Plus, we’ll have the usual rants, raves, shout outs, and ESO’s Khan Report! It’s going to be another fantastic episode next week at Earth Station One. Now you know.
And knowing is half the battle.
ESO wants to hear from you. What are your favorite G.I. Joe memories from the comics, TV show, movies, or the toys that started it all? Let us know at www.esopodcast.com, Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. We just might tread yours on the show.
Cast Your Vote in Round 3 of the Mix March Madness 2013 Webcomics Tournament!
UPDATE: Round 3 of the Mix March Madness 2013 Webcomics Tournament has ended! Vote in the Round 4 Sweet 16 now!
We started with over 300 webcomics, and we’re down to 32, while we’ve exposed thousands of people to new webcomics and raised over $750 for the Hero Initiative. Voting for this round lasts until 9PM EDT on Saturday, March 16, so get your votes in.
And now you can log in using Twitter to vote!
Harvey Awards 2013 Nomination Ballot now online!
The ballot for the 2013 Harvey Awards is now available. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. The 26th Annual Harvey Awards will be presented Saturday, September 7th, 2013 as part of the Baltimore Comic-Con.
For the first time, Harvey Awards nomination ballots may be submitted using an online form. If you are a comics professional, you can vote online at harveyawards.org/2013-nomination-ballot/. This will enable easier and faster methods for the professional community to submit their nominees. Ballots are due for submission by Monday, May 6th, 2013.
Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by creators: those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field. The Harvey Awards are the only industry awards both nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals.
In addition to being available on the website, ballots will be sent to all major publishers and distributed at comic conventions. We look forward to your participation and input in this process, and we look forward to seeing you at the Baltimore Comic-Con and the Harvey Awards.
The Harveys would not be possible without the generous sponsors of the Awards. Sponsors for the last year’s 2012 Harvey Awards included The Baltimore Comic-Con; Boom! Studios; Captain Bluehen Comics; Cards, Comics, and Collectibles; ComicMix; ComicWOW!; ComiXology; DC Entertainment; Geppis’s Entertainment Museum; Insight Studios Group; Painted Visions Comics, Cards, & Games; Richmond Comix and Games; Steve Conley’s Bloop; and Write Brothers Inc.
Companies and individuals interested in sponsoring the 2013 Harvey Awards can contact harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com
This year’s Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 7-8, 2013. The ceremony and banquet for the Harvey Awards will be held Saturday night, September 8th. Additional details about the Harvey Awards and the awards ceremony will be released over the next few months.
With a history of over 26 years, the last 8 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys recognize outstanding achievements in 22 categories. They are the only industry awards nominated and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. For more information, please visit http://www.harveyawards.org
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 14th year of bringing the comic book industry to the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. With a guest list unequaled in the industry, the Baltimore Comic-Con will be held September 7-8, 2013. For more information, please visit http://www.baltimorecomiccon.com.
Enter DC’s Fan Family First Contest
http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/03/11/enter-our-first-contest-be-a-super-hero-read
DC Comics challenging kids in grades 3-6 to write about a real person they consider a hero. It could be a teacher, a first responder, a bus driver, a relative … even you! The top winner will score a VIP trip for six to Burbank, CA, where they’ll tour the Warner Bros. Animation Studios and DC Entertainment Offices. They’ll also get some awesome prizes to take home. Their real-life hero will get ,500.00 to donate to the real-life charity of his/her choice.
EIC TENDERS RESIGNATION FROM ALL PULP
Tommy Hancock, one of the seven founders and Editor in Chief of All Pulp since its inception submitted the following statement-
“This is a statement I didn’t think I’d ever write when we started ALL PULP just slightly less than three years ago. At that time, we were seven strong and we were going to bring a new voice to how Pulp news was delivered. Not that we thought anything was wrong with other sites delivering it at the time – Coming Attractions was a large part of the inspiration for what ALL PULP is now – but we wanted to bring ourselves into the spreading of the Pulp Gospel, not just our work or New Pulp, but anything and everything we could find that was Pulp News. And I think we did that from the get – go and although some of the Seven have faded into the sunset and other names have taken bylines as guest reviewers or interviewers, I think that same mission is still in place. All Pulp is still innovative, creative, and – based on the emails and messages I get – still a vital part of how so many Pulp fans get their news.
ALL PULP also has done something else, ALL PULP and a few other things. In the last three years, I have met many creators, fans, publishers, and more people who are interested in Pulp than I could have ever imagined. Out of those connections have come many opportunities for me as a Pulp Writer, a Publisher, a Commentator, and Event Organizer. Now, my typical mode of operation has been to just stack one job on top of the other, paid and unpaid alike, and bore ahead. The advice of many over the years has been not to do that, but I’ve done fairly well at keeping up with it.
But things have finally gotten to the point that not only do I need more time, but the truly necessary, important parts of what I do within Publishing, Writing, and New Pulp also need more attention than I’ve given in the past. Several projects I am working on are on the verge of breaking out in a variety of ways, but they won’t without the right care and attention. I do have others helping me, I’m not alone in any of them really, but I am the driver of many of the cars we have in the race. So, to that end, some decisions have been made. As of today, March 11, 2013, I am formally offering my resignation as Editor in Chief and regular staff member from All Pulp.
I will remain on board for a month and work with those who are still involved with ALL PULP to determine who the leadership will be and how it will be handled. If someone is found or a decision is made before the month is up, then I’ll take my fedora off the hook and put on my trenchcoat and be on my way. I do hope to continue to be a contributor here with a more regular review column (TIPPIN’ HANCOCK’S HAT) as being a reviewer is one of the opportunities I have been encouraged to explore on other levels, if the new bosses will have me, that is. But as for being a leader and a regular here, I’ll simply be another person who checks the site about three or four times a day.
I can’t begin to thank everyone who has been a part of ALL PULP’s success. The Spectacled Seven who started it all (Ron Fortier, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash, Derrick Ferguson, Sarge Portera, and Van Plexico, and some hack named Hancock) had a vision and I thank my six cohorts for making that vision happen. The creators of Pulp as well as the fans also have made ALL PULP not only a news site, but a repository collecting the history of the last few years of Pulpdom. The fact that I was allowed to be a part of that is just too cool.
So, that’s it. There’ll be other announcements about changes for me and maybe the new regime at ALL PULP will run them. If you want to say bye or complain finally about all the things I’ve done here that you don’t like or whatever, then drop me a line at allpulp@yahoo.com or post on our Facebook page. And stay tuned to here to see just who’s going to be driving this madcap crazy train in the future.
A Tip of My Fedora to Each and Everyone of You,
Tommy Hancock
3.11.13
Vote Now in Mix March Madness 2013 Webcomics Tournament Round 2!
UPDATE: Round 2 is closed. Go vote in Round 3!
Round 2 of the Mix March Madness 2013 Webcomics Tournament starts now! Voting lasts until 9PM EDT on Wednesday, March 13!
Congratulations to everyone who made it through Round 1! We’re down to 64 webcomics, and we’ve raised almost $650 for the Hero Initiative.
Tommy Hancock, Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions and Pulp Ark Coordinator, announces that voting has closed for the open nomination 2013 Pulp Ark Awards. The Winners of the 2013 Pulp Ark Awards are-
Best Novel-
Die Glocke by Barry Reese in The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2: Die Glocke published by Pro Se Productions
Best Novella-
The Lone Ranger: Vendetta by Howard Hopkins published by Moonstone Books
Best Collection/Anthology-
The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Various published by Moonstone Books
Best Short Story-
Lucky by Tommy Hancock features in Night Beat: Night Stories published by Radio Archives
Best Cover-
The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2 by George Sellas published by Pro Se Productions
Best Interior Art-
The Adventures of Lazarus Gray Volume 2 by George Sellas published by Pro Se Productions
Best Pulp Revival-
The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage by Will Murray published by Altus Press
Best New Pulp Character-
Rick Ruby created by Bobby Nash and Sean Taylor as features in The Ruby Files Volume 1 Published by Airship 27 Productions
Best Pulp Comic-
The Shadow published by Dynamite Comics
Best Pulp Magazine-
Pro Se Presents published by Pro Se Productions
Best Author-
Bobby Nash
Best New Author-
Jim Beard
“The voting this year,” Hancock noted, “was exciting since it involved so many different creators, works and publishers. Six different publishers are represented in the final tally, with both the Best Author and Best New Author winners being writers for various publishers in 2012.”
The Pulp Ark Lifetime Achievement Award, according to Hancock, is still being determined by the select committee chosen to give the honor to an individual who has done considerable work in furthering Pulp in his/her lifetime.
The awards, 8X10 engraved wooden plaques, will be awarded at Pulp Ark 2013 in Springdale Arkansas , the evening of Saturday, April 27, 2013. Hancock stated that all winners as well as nominees are encouraged to attend, but any winners who could not would receive their awards by mail. Pulp Ark thanks all who nominated, all who voted, and congratulations to all the nominees and especially to the winners of the Pulp Ark 2013 Awards!
For any questions concerning Pulp Ark, contact Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net or follow Pulp Ark news at www.pulpark.blogspot.com
THE SAME, YET DIFFERENT!-The All Pulp New Pulp Ebook Best Seller List for March 8, 2013
Welcome to All Pulp’s New Pulp EBook Best Seller List, inspired by the work of Barry Reese! Before we get to what you’re all waiting for, here are the rules by which this little list comes together.
1) This list only tracks Kindle sales through AMAZON. It does not keep track of sales through Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, or anything else!
2) This list only tracks DIGITAL sales. Exactly how Amazon calculates these things is mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If I checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different. This list reflects sales ranks as of Friday morning, March 8, 2013.
3) In order to keep the focus on new releases, eligible works must have been published within the last three months. So, since this list is being done on December 8, 2013. Please keep that in mind before complaining that Title X is not listed. Also, keep in mind that for the most part, we are tracking sales from smaller and mid level press publishers who actively publish New Pulp material. We won’t generally track sales from Simon and Schuster or places like that — they have the New York Times Bestseller List for that. If one of the major publishers starts doing The Shadow or something, we’ll track that, but some publishers will not be listed here in order to keep the focus on the publishers actively working to produce and promote New Pulp.
4)
Like the name suggests, we’re tracking “New” pulp —not sales rankings for reprints of classic material. In order for something to qualify for this list, it has to be at least 50% new material that has not been printed in book form before.
5) We are human. If you are aware of a title that should be listed below (keeping in mind all the rules above), please let us know and we will make sure to remedy the situation.
6) This information is garnered mostly from All Pulp, New Pulp, the Pulp Factory mailing list and a few other sites. If you think we might miss your release, let us know in advance — drop All Pulp a line and tell us when it’s being released.
Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp Ebook Bestseller List as of right now (title, then publisher, then release date, then sales rank):
1) The Cestus Concern by Mat Nastos (Nifty Entertainment, December 28,2012) 4,914
2) Fourteen Western Stories by Lloyd Fonvielle (Lloyd Fonvielle, December 18, 2012) – 36,613
3) Steamfunk by Various (MVMedia, February 20, 2013) – 45,702
4) Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Volume 4 by Various (Airship 27 Productions, January 19, 2013) – 48,800
5) Monster Earth by Various (Mechanoid Press, January 13, 2013) – 52,441
6) The Detective, The Woman and the Winking Tree byAmy Thomas (MX Publishing, January 22, 2013) – 56,235
7) Nefertiti’s Heart by A. W. Exley (Curiosity Quills Press, February 13, 2013) – 78,096
8) The Essex Man by Gary Phillips (Over The Edge Books, January 31, 2013) – 94,624
9) Sherlock Holmes and Young Winston: The Jubilee Plot (MX Publishing, January 21, 2013) – 123, 304
10) Dreams of Steam Volume 3: Gadgets by Various (Dark Oak Press, February 19, 2013) 129, 178
Although there’s a bit of change in the lower end of the Top 10, the top five remains the same as last week, except for the meteoric reentrance of Monster Earth to the list and in the upper half. Two new titles from two companies not yet featured on the Ebook List in its short life make it this week. All in all, at least genre/content wise, the list is a veritable buffet of variety this week, which is a nice change from the Holmes/mystery/crime dominated lists we’ve seen before.
MX Publishing chalks up two titles in the Best Seller List this week with Dark Oak Press, Over The Edge Books, Nifty Entertainment, MVMedia, Airship 27 Productions, Mechanoid Press, Curiosity Quills Press, and Lloyd Fonvielle all make it with one title each. Got your grain of salt handy to go with the list? Then, go!
