“V For Vendetta” And #OWS Makes Cover of Bloomberg Business Week
“There’s no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There’s only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.”
—V, [[[V For Vendetta]]]
Next Saturday is going to be very interesting, isn’t it?
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REINAGEL EPIC NOVELLA NOW APPEARING IN PRO SE PRESENTS #3!
ON SALE NOW- PRO SE PRESENTS #3, the latest issue of Pro Se Press’ monthly Pulp Magazine, is now on sale! This issue features the novella, THE HUNTER ISLAND ADVENTURE by well known New Pulp author Wayne Reinagel.
Never before in print, THE HUNTER ISLAND ADVENTURE features characters from Reinagel’s INFINITE HORIZONS Universe and his PULP HEROES trilogy. “Infinite Horizons,” according to Reinagel, “explores the secret lives and revealing the unrecorded adventures of the greatest heroes and villains to ever walk the Earth.
“In the worlds of Infinite Horizons, the question is explored, what if the Victorian and Pulp era adventures actually occurred in our universe. And taking into account all of the events that have happened since that time, how would this have altered the pulp heroes from the 30’s and 40’s? The answers to these questions are presented in the first trilogy of Infinite Horizons novels entitled Pulp Heroes.
“Pulp Heroes is an epic adventure, spanning two centuries in time and linking the incredible lives of history’s most popular Victorian Age adventurers of the 1800’s with the greatest action heroes of the Pulp Era and an assortment of well-known, real-life figures.”
THE HUNTER ISLAND ADVENTURE is a story about Pam Titan, Doc Titan’s cousin and an adventurer in her own right, and three associates who end up on a wild adventure all their own. Although available in ebook form, this will be the first time that the story has appeared in print.
“We are more than honored,” Tommy Hancock, Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions says, “to be the home for Wayne’s novella. Known for his epic storytelling and adventures that span decades, even centuries, full of his own creations as well as reinterpretations of real historical figures and literary characters, Wayne also proves he’s extremely capable in telling gripping tales in a short form. And now you can find out how capable in PRO SE PRESENTS #3!”
AVAILABLE NOW AT-
Pro Se’s site-www.prosepulp.com
Pro Se’s CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/3701518
Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Presents-Hunter-Island-Adventure/dp/1466405481/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319640569&sr=8-2
And Available soon from www.pulpbookstore.com
And Available soon from www.pulpbookstore.com
Some Additional Convention Thoughts
Sometime in the late 1970s, there was a show in New York where DC Comics actually had a booth and I got to wander over as a fan and chat casually with president Sol Harrison. It was the earliest memory I had of a publishing taking booth space on the convention floor. Before then, the tables were given over to fanzine vendors, back issue and new release dealers and that was about it. Little in the way or merchandise and even less original art was being sold.
Fans and creators could mix in the aisles, chat in the lobby, and talk before and after panels. It was a far smaller, more collegial atmosphere and certainly formed relationships with people I still have today.
By the time I joined staff at DC in 1984, the major publishers had been taking booth space with increasing regularity at shows from coast to coast. These were standard trade show booth designs that were decorated with the company’s wares, maybe a TV monitor with a video tape playing but that was about it. Editors and creators sat at tables and signed comics, did sketches, and handed out sampler comics or buttons.
During the 1980s, things continued to grow and more customized booth set-ups were showing up but fans could still walk into a publisher’s booth and talk to editors and talent. That began to change in 1992-1993 when Image arrived with show biz razzle dazzle and DC, flush with Death of Superman profits, gave us a mammoth booth dubbed Wayne’s World, nicknamed after Bob Wayne. Since nature abhors a vacuum, this new space filled with a growing number of fans, but patient ones could still talk to staff and freelancers.
Watch “Zombies: A Living History”
Premiering tonight on the History Channel!
Relentless. Infectious. All consuming. Since the beginning of time they have embodied our deepest fears and today their power to frighten us is more potent than ever before. They are the monster that history cannot kill.
Get ready for an unprecedented exploration of history’s most terrifying and enduring horror. What are the origins of the living dead and what makes them more relevant than ever before? Join Max Brooks, Jonathan Maberry, Roger Ma, JL Bourne, Kim Paffenroth, Rebekah McKendry, Steven Schlozman, Daniel Drezner, The Zombie Squad and many more as we investigate the roots of our ultimate fear and find out what you can do to prepare yourself for the zombie apocalypse.
…Because if you’re prepared for zombies, you’re prepared for anything.
You’ll even see a few ComicMix contributors in the special. The producers wanted them for their braiiinnnnnssss…
RADIO ARCHIVES PULP BOOK STORE MANAGER INTERVIEWED!
TOMMY HANCOCK
Store Manager, www.pulpbookstore.com, Radio Archives
ALL PULP: Tommy, thanks for joining us today to talk about yet another project that you’re involved in! Lots going on in Pulp with you these days, it seems.
TOMMY HANCOCK: Yeah, there is. But it’s okay, I like it that way.
AP: With everything you’ve got going, we’ll let our readers Google you or search through our page to get a handle on all the stuff you’re doing and jump right into the interview. One association you have is with Radio Archives. What does Radio Archives do and what do you do for them?
TH: Radio Archives is the leading company in, well, several things really. Probably most known for high quality restorations of old time radio programs, now with around 180 in their catalog, Radio Archives is also providing brand new audio entertainment to Pulp fans today. Through both enhanced audio books as done by Roger Rittner Productions as well a more traditional line of audiobooks, Will Murray’s Pulp Classics, audio versions of both new stories as well as Pulp classics are seeing life over at Radio Archives. It’s also the go to place for Pulp reprints, particularly if your interest is Doc Savage, the Shadow, and the Spider.
I am the newsletter editor for Radio Archives and I provide liner notes for products as well. The newsletter comes out every two weeks and thanks to All Pulp for posting it like you guys do. Recently, I’ve picked up another title. I am Store Manager for the Pulp Book Store.
AP: What is the Pulp Book Store?
TH: It’s something a lot of people in Pulp have talked about off and on for awhile. Whether they publish classic reprints or New Pulp, many publishers have discussed having a ‘one stop shop’ for Pulp somewhere online. A place that a consumer could go and browse for Pulp products from a whole variety of Publishers. Radio Archives has set that very thing up at www.pulpbookstore.com.
The concept’s easy. The product sold at the Pulp Book Store will be at the same price it’s sold elsewhere, there’s no increase in cost at all. The convenience for the consumer is amazing. If someone is a fan of a particular company, they usually just go to that publisher’s site and nowhere else and that’s fine. But, speaking as a fan myself, most of us enjoy Pulp stuff from a variety of sources. With The Pulp Book Store, I can go and find several companies providing and promoting books I want. Each company that signs on will have its own ‘store within a store’ and it can be designed basically however they want it to make their wares more appealing.
AP: Why would Pulp publishers be interested in being a part of this? And if they are, how do they sign on?
TH: Well, as I mentioned already, this puts several Pulp companies together in one place. So there’s the possibility of cross shopping. A customer goes looking for the latest Shadow reprint and they see Moonstone, Pulpwork Press, Twit Publishing, and other companies listed on the same page. Curiosity takes over and suddenly their shopping horizons have expanded.
Delivery and such is easy as well. A publisher sends Radio Archives stock and Radio Archives handles all the processing and shipping. So as long as companies keep stock in the hands of Radio Archives, then that’s really all they have to do other than collect the benefits.
Another great benefit is the marketing and promotion that Radio Archives will be providing. The newsletter goes out to thousands of people every two weeks. Also, as store manager, I will be handling regular promotion by providing sites like All Pulp, Coming Attractions, and other Pulp and press outlets with at least weekly updates and news and such, including new Publishers coming on board or even new product being available.
The Pulp Book Store isn’t meant to replace anything a Publisher is already doing. It’s simply an additional resource that brings with it exposure to a whole host of fans that may not be seeing a Publisher’s product yet and also marketing and support provided by the Radio Archives team.
AP: When does the Pulp Book Store open?
TH: It’s already open! The grand opening was this past Friday and several Pulp publishers, including Pro Se Press, are already there. We’re still in the ‘construction’ process and working out details like store design and such, but we’re very pleased with the response so far and hope to have even more companies become a part of it.
AP: If a publisher wants to get involved or to simply ask questions, whom do they contact?
TH: TommyHancock@RadioArchives.com and I’ll not only answer questions, but I plan to help Publishers with making their stores as awesome as they want to be by assisting with liner notes and things such as that if requested. Also, if a publisher is interested, but isn’t sure if their material qualifies as Pulp, either in the classic or new sense, I can help with that as well.
AP: Tommy, thanks again for joining us!
TH: Thank you!
NYCC 2011 Cosplay: The Biggest %$#@! Hand Cannon I’ve Ever Seen…
…along with Wonder Woman, the Terminator directing traffic, Cobra Commander giving free hugs, the no-so-White Queen, and the cutest little Dalek ever. Let’s take a look, shall we?
Crazy Sexy Geeks: Tim Gunn on Star Trek Part 2!
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Tim Gunn joins geeky actress Jennifer Ewing and comic book historian Alan Kistler to continue their discussion on the fashion of Star Trek TOS and the films that followed Kirk and his crew. If you like Crazy Sexy Geeks, listen to our podcast on iTunes and donate via PayPal to SizzlerKistler at gmail dot com. (Read more…)
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Two Links That Add Up To a Picture I Can’t Quite See
Perhaps someone more plugged into this particular format war can comment, but, for myself, I’ll just mention the two things that happened over the last week in the world of ebook formats.
First, EPUB 3.0, the next generation of the format used by most electronic reading devices, was officially made a Recommended Specification at the Frankfurt Book Fair by the IDPF.
A few days later, Amazon — which is the sole user of their proprietary, competing format, derived from a format invented by Mobipocket — announced a new generation Kindle format for their devices, without mentioning EPUB or the growing global standard.
There had been chatter that Amazon was going to converge to EPUB — or, at least, allow EPUB files to be read on Kindle devices — sometime late this year or next, but, from this evidence, that does not seem to be coming any time soon.
Mark Maddox covers The Thing!
Pulp Artist Mark Maddox has been named cover illustrator for HorrorHound Magazine issue #31, which is currently available on newsstands and bookstores everywhere. The cover art by Mark Maddox features images from the 1982 version of The Thing.
Mark’s illustrations have appeared on multiple books and magazines including Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Captain Hazard, The Heap, That Man Flint, Undying Monsters, Lance Star: Sky Ranger, Little Shoppe of Horrors magazine, Mad Scientist magazine, Hammer Fantasy & Sci-Fi for Hemlock Books, The Last Bus To Bray: The Unfilmed Hammer, the first volumes in Don Glut’s New Adventures Of Frankenstein series, and more.
For more on Mark Maddox and his art, visit http://maddoxplanet.com.
Click on artwork for a larger view.
What Was It Like Working For “The Incredible Hulk”?
With the imminent return of The Incredible Hulk to television (currently being developed for ABC and spinning out of the Avengers movie next summer) it’s illuminating to go back and take a look at how the original TV series was made. Allan Cole (perhaps better known as the co-author of the [[[Sten]]]novels) was a writer for the series, and he’s been reminiscing…
To understand The Incredible Hulk you have to first know that everybody on the show was nuts. Some were nice nuts. A few, not so nice. And others bounced back and forth like green balls of silly putty with no notice whatsoever.
It also helps to understand that the very premise of the show was schizoid, with this wimpy little doctor-type guy (played by Bill Bixby) transforming into a big green monster (played by Lou Ferrigno) when somebody kicks sand in his face and pisses him off.
Put another way, scripting for the Incredible Hulk was like writing for Kabuki theater. As Chris said, “one frigging thing out of place and everybody and everything goes apeshit.”
The writing experience could be frustrating, agonizing and drive you just plain bonkers. On the other hand, of the hundred and fifty odd shows Chris and I worked on, it was one of the most fun and satisfying. Once you got the formula down pat, you could write just about anything you wanted. More importantly, what you wrote went on the screen, so you didn’t hesitate to open up and address broader themes than one might expect in a show about a comic book character.
via MY HOLLYWOOD MISADVENTURES: IT AIN’T EASY BEIN’ GREEN – JUST ASK THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
