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A LOVE STORY MILLIONS OF YEARS IN THE MAKING-NOW AVAILABLE

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  • November 26, 2010


Hatboro, PA – Science Fiction returns to pulp adventure in Pangaea: Eden’s Planet. Seven astronauts en route to Mars encounter a time warp in space that disables their ship. Crash landing on Earth, they discover an alien planet sixty million years before the dinosaurs. Pangaea, the super continent, is filled with danger and terror, as they must survive against fierce reptiles that ruled the Earth 250 million years in the past.
Tom Johnson, author of the popular Jur series trades T-Rex for saber-toothed Gorgons and fin-backed Dimetrodons. At least there was a fence in Jurassic Park!
Johnson’s Pangaea: Eden’s Planet tells a tale of two people whose love blossoms on bloody soil. After landing, Colonel Evelyn Paterson and Major Adam Cooper, along with their crew, elect to make Pangaea their home. Although the warm climate and lush foliage earn their plot the title Garden of Eden, there is nothing peaceful about the cannibalistic reptilian humanoids or the saber-toothed Gorgons. These creatures are always hungry. Always.
Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and meteorite storms assault the travelers and their ship, threatening life and limb. Peterson and Cooper develop romantic feelings for each other, and the seedbed is planted for love. But first they must stay alive. Pangaea, this alleged Garden of Eden, does not forgive any mistakes.
For more information on Pangaea: Eden’s Planet, go to www.bloodredshadow.com or http://www15.brinkster.com/jur1/index.html. For reviewers or people wishing to read a brief excerpt, contact Barbara Custer (the publisher) at barbaracuster@hotmail.com, and place “Pangaea” in the subject line. Pangaea: Eden’s Planet is available for $13.95 plus S&H, through Night to Dawn Books. Query Barbara Custer at the Hotmail address.
Also available on Amazon.com, Filament Book Club, and other major book outlets.
Night to Dawn began as a magazine in Winter, 2002, with Barbara Custer taking over as editor in 2004. NTD features vampire/DF short stories, poetry, and illustrations. A semi-annual publication, NTD enjoys great reviews, and thus has started its foray into book publishing. Custer’s Twilight Healer is available through NTD. Coming soon: Johnson’s Guns Of The Black Ghost and Heroes Of Ancient Greece; also Pat McCain’s New Beginnings.

Contact information:

Barbara Custer, Publisher
c/o Night to Dawn
P. O. Box 643
Abington, PA 19001
215-675-1225
barbaracuster@hotmail.com

IMARO CREATOR JOINS AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS

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  • November 26, 2010

Charles R. Saunders, one of the most respected fantasy adventure writers in the field, has joined Airship 27 Productions to create a black pulp hero. Saunders is best known for his series of novels featuring Imaro, the black warrior of an ancient, mythological Africa. His work has been compared to being equal parts Robert E. Howard and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Saunders and Airship 27 Editor, Ron Fortier, have been friends for many years. Saunders had been working for the company which packages titles for Cornerstone Book Publishers as a proof-reader. It was the beginning of his first exposure to the world of pulps. One he enjoyed a great deal. Enough to offer Fortier an idea for a novel featuring a 1930s black avenger along the lines of the Shadow and the Spider.

“I was ecstatic when Charles brought up the idea,” says Fortier. “One of the less savory aspects of the pulps was their inherent racism. The pulps of the 1930s reflected a prejudicial ignorance that was representative of the country’s attitude during those times.” Today’s modern pulp writers and editors often grapple with this sensitive issue as whether or not to depict it accurately in their stories. Some opt to ignore it altogether.

“So that was the challenge,” Fortier continues. “Could Charles give us an African American hero and make it work in an authentic 1930’s New York setting?”

DAMBALLA, the name of the book, is Saunders’ response to that question. Cast in the mold of the classic pulp heroes, the noted author describes his new character as the 30s version of a well known cinema tough guy. “Damballa, like John Shaft, ‘will risk his neck for his fellow man,’” says Saunders. “The difference is, Damballa wears a cloak instead of a leather jacket, and uses both ancient African wisdom and modern science in his battle against injustice.”

Airship 27 Productions plans to release this ground breaking pulp thriller in the Spring of 2011.

Giving thanks

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  • November 25, 2010

It’s that time of year again… a time when you need to remember just how got you’ve really got it. Because no matter how annoyed or inconvenienced or sad you may be,
somebody else out there has got it as bad or worse.

Just consider that somewhere today:

  • Somebody will be missed at the table because they have to work.
  • Somebody was in that car accident that kept you stuck in traffic for an extra hour.
  • Somebody will be sharing dinner with someone who molested them– maybe earlier that day.
  • Somebody will be wondering how they’re going to pay for this dinner now that the job’s gone.
  • Somebody will be able to smell the turkey, but for the first time not be able to see it. Others won’t be able to hear the dinner
    conversation. A few won’t remember the people that they’re eating with.
  • Some will have to make do with hospital food. Many of those folks will have to have help in being fed. Some won’t be able to keep their food down because of the chemo treatments.
  • Some families will have no kitchen to cook a dinner this year. Some have no homes to have a dinner in. (And in the spirit of the holiday, some had their homes taken from them generations ago.)
  • For many, this will be their last Thanksgiving ever. Some folks will
    know it and savor what they can. Others won’t know it’s the last one
    until it’s too late.
  • And somebody– too many somebodies– just won’t have any dinner at all.

For you and yours from all of us here at ComicMix, have a happy Thanksgiving. Be grateful for what you
have, mindful of what you have taken, and share what you can.

And even
though it may be hard to remember all this when you’re stuck on the
road, just remember– the traffic behind you is worse. Be thankful.

Will Friedle chats about his time in the Batcave

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  • November 25, 2010

batmanbeyond1-3252388The popular voiceover actor took time last week to speak about his days as the new Caped Crusader in preparation for this week’s release of Batman Beyond: The Complete Series, a nine-disc limited edition DVD set that presents nearly 20 hours of animated action spread over 52 episodes, as well as including all-new bonus featurettes and a 24-page, 8”x 12” collectible booklet.

Batman Beyond: The Complete Series centers on Terry McGinnis, an ordinary teenager … until his father is mysteriously murdered. Suspecting foul play at his father’s company, Wayne/Powers Corporation, Terry meets Bruce Wayne and learns of a secret identity hidden for decades. Now too old to don the cape and cowl as Batman, Wayne refuses to help – so Terry does what any brash young kid would do: steal the Bat-suit and take matters into his own hands! Vowing to avenge his father’s death, Terry dons the high-tech suit tricked out with jetpacks, a supersensitive microphone and even camouflage capabilities in search of his father’s assassin.
The all-star production team was headed by executive producer Jean MacCurdy and producers Bruce Timm, Alan Burnett, Glen Murakami and Paul Dini. Writers on the series included Burnett and Dini, as well as Stan Berkowitz, Bob Goodman, Rich Fogel, Hilary Bader and John McCann.

Friedle made his mark in live-action television and film from the time
he turned 10, starring in hit series like Boy Meets World and Don’t Just
Sit There. He gradually shifted his attention to voiceover work, taking
the lead in Batman Beyond and co-starring in Disney’s Kim Possible to
name but a few. Today, he primarily stays behind the microphone, voicing
such notable roles as Doyle on The Secret Saturdays and Blue Beetle on
Batman: The Brave and the Bold.Will Friedle took a futuristic
Dark Knight in altogether new directions as the voice of Terry McGinnis
in Warner Bros. Animation’s breakthrough 1999 series Batman Beyond.

QUESTION: When you think back on all those Batman Beyond sessions, what are your favorite memories of recording the series?WILL FRIEDLE: This sounds like a cheesy answer, but working with Andrea (Romano) is just the greatest experience. Every week you go in and it’s amazing and fun. You just never knew who the guest cast would be. My favorite was  recording Return of the Joker. Sitting between Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill for five days was pretty incredible. I learned more about being a voiceover actor in those five days than I did in the five months before that. Just watching the two of them work – how Mark got so into the character, completely losing himself in that role. And then there’s Kevin with that deep, booming voice, always sitting with his back straight and working perfectly with the microphone. It was an education.

QUESTION: Do you have a favorite Batman Beyond episode?

WILL FRIEDLE: There was an episode called “Out of the Past” where it’s Bruce Wayne’s birthday and as a birthday present Terry takes Bruce to see a new play, “Batman: The Musical.” So there’s Bruce sitting in the audience, watching these people in costume jumping on stage, singing about the Dark Knight, and Terry’s right behind him humming the songs. And Bruce just hates it. Seeing Bruce Wayne watching “Batman: The Musical” was pretty funny.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE SPECTACLED SEVEN!!

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  • November 25, 2010

On this day of caring and recognizing what we all have been given to be thankful for, ALL PULP wishes you and all of yours the most happiest and welcome of Thanksgivings.  And in honor of this day and in deference to our own families, The Spectacled Seven will be taking this day off to spend with those close at hand to us.  For those of you who are close to us but physically far away, thank you for making ALL PULP  a huge succes so far and giving us and the Pulp world much to be thankful for…

And remember…it could always be worse for us…

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ALL PULP!!

What we are thankful for, and how you can help ComicMix (and thank you for asking)

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  • November 24, 2010

We’re thankful to you. Each and every one of you who keeps coming back to the site because you like the people, or the comics, or the occasional snark.  We all know how tough it is out there, not acknowledging that fact doesn’t make it any less tight in the wallet. There is a pestilence upon this land, nothing is sacred. Even those who
arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress
in this period in history. But we’re glad that you’re here, reading and occasionally commenting.

We’d also like to ask you, if you’re doing any shopping at Amazon this holiday season, do it through us and help us keep the lights on. If you want to support ComicMix every time you shop at Amazon, bookmark this link and use it whenever you do your online shopping. And if you order before December 16th, you can still get free shipping before Christmas ends.

We are NOT asking you to forgo shopping at your local comic store, far from it. Support your local shops. If you don’t know if you have one near you, go to the Comic Shop Locator. Many stores are doing door-buster sales– Cosmic Comics in NYC, for example, is doing 80% off of back issues and 50% off new books on Friday. I don’t care what kind of advantage you get from Amazon, that’s real tough to beat.

Things may be a bit light over the next few days with holidays and tech stuff, so enjoy yourself and watch out for crazy drivers and rogue TSA agents.

NEWSFLASH FROM WILD CAT BOOKS!

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  • November 24, 2010

Updates from Wild Cat Books include-
                  *STARTLING STORIES Fall 2010 issue is nearing completion!
                  *Martin Powell’s HALLOWEEN LEGION is still in the works and
                    hopefully coming soon.
                  *Barry Reese’s novel THE DAMNED THING is in production!
                  *There will be sequels to Barry Reese’s RABBIT HEART!!

ECHOES AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!! HOSTS OF ALL PULP’S OFFICIAL PODCAST WIN!

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  • November 24, 2010

(release from Tom Johnson)

Ric Croxton and Art Sippo, hosts of THE BOOK CAVE, ALL PULP’S official podcast, are the recipients of the ECHOES Award for 2010/2011. Their dedication to the preservation of pulp culture has been clearly displayed over the past year since Ric Croxton started the Podcast a couple of years ago. Art Sippo has been a co-host for over a year now, and both men’s knowledge and dedication to the pulp community clearly comes through in their interviews with writers, artists, and publishers in the current pulp field. The pulp fan can learn of current books on the market, as well as what’s in the works from their favorite writers and publishers. The weekly Podcasts covers comics and movies, plus their Thursday night pulp interviews.

Ric and Art’s love of the pulps, and devotion to the pulp community has earned them the respect from their contemporaries that puts them above a mere fan, and it is with great honor that we bestow the ECHOES Award for 2010/2011 to these fine gentlemen.

The Echoes Award was created in 1992, the second award to honor members of the pulp community, the first being the Lamont. From 1992 until 1997, the Award consisted of both plaque and paper certificate. Between 1998 and 2004, only the paper certificate was given out, then the Award ceased until 2009, at which time it was resurrected. The Award is not voted on, but the determination of who is doing the most to promote the pulps and pulp fandom is selected by Tom & Ginger Johnson. It is not a writer or artist award, those awards are being given out by The Pulp Factory and Pulp Ark. 

The awards were given beginning in 1992 until 2004.  Although records were lost for the years 1998-2004, winners in prior years include-

1992: Nick Carr/Ron Wilber/Francis Saint Martin
1993: Steve Mitchell/Kevin Duncan
1994: Burt Leake/Ray Capella
1995: David Burton/Shawn Danowski
1996: Bill Thom/Albert Roberts
1997: Will Murray/Albert Tonik

With the resurgence of pulp interest, and the sudden escalation in print on demand – POD – technology, there appeared to be a revival of the pulps, we decided to take another look at the feasibility of presenting the Echoes Award once more. And so the plaque returned in 2009 and winners thus far are-

2009: Matt Moring
2010/2011: Ric Croxton & Art Sippo

We are already looking at several names for the 2012 Echoes Award, but no decision will be made until the proper time.
Tom & Ginger Johnson.

And a word of thanks from Art Sippo-

I am utterly speechless (but I am still able to write)! I am deeply honored by the Echoes Award and I thank you so much for considering me. I have loved Pulp Literature since I was a kid and it helped to form me as I became a man. I am eternally grateful to Dent, Gibson, Nanovic, Burroughs, Howard, Lovecraft, Farmer and all the other great contributors to this wonderful form of American literature. And I am equally gratefull to folks like you and Ginger, Ric Croxton, Will Murray, Ron Fortier, Barry Reese, Wayne Skiver, Ron Hanna, Andy Salmon, and all our other friends who have carreid Pulp writing into the 21st Century. I am so pleased that folks have enjoyed the worrk I have done with Ric Croxton on The Book Cave and my stories. I hope I can continue to live up to the honor you have paid me so that we can alll continue to enjoy the adventures of real heroes who both light a torch and curse the darkness!

Art Sippo

ALL PULP CONGRATULATES RIC AND ART ON THIS AWESOME HONOR!!

A LETTER FROM ALL PULP…TO YOU

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  • November 24, 2010

Fans, followers, and most of all…friends…

ALL PULP wants to thank you for all the support, feedback, and especially pulpy goodness you have given the Spectacled Seven here at ALL PULP the chance to cover.  When this idea started, our goal was to provide something that wasn’t available on the internet for pulp fans. A site devoted to the news, discussion, and general coverage and encouragement of Pulp, old and new. A place where we…and by we ALL PULP means the pulp family complete…can come together and find who’s writing what, what hero is battling what villain, and just how good that last book so-and-so wrote really was.

ALL PULP has met that goal, I believe…

And we plan to continue being your one stop full purpose news shop for millenia to come.  There are many interviews, columns, reviews, panels, and so forth to come.  You’ve seen us try ideas, change concepts, and streamline things and that will continue.  ALL PULP will be here for the long haul, trust me on that one.

But, as for what you can do for us…(yeah, these types of letters always have that catch…)

Everyone’s busy, we get that…trust me, we get that…but even though there are seven guys (and the occasional wonderful guests we have) hammerin’ this out…this truly is YOUR news site…not just the fans, but the writers, artists, production staff..all the people who read AND produce pulp…this is your place…We get our content because of YOU…and although content flows in pretty regular…and we chase down what we can…ALL PULP can never have enough content.  Never enough interviews, never enough reviews..and most notably never enough news…

So, to that end, please if you have suggestions for interviews, books or magazines or articles you want reviewed, column or panel topics that should be covered, please do not hesitate to let us know that either on our facebook page, our comments page here on the site or at allpulp@yahoo.com.   The Seven are ready to bring the news to the world at large (our numbers are growing almost daily between the site and the facebook page), so please if you have a tidbit bring it to us.

If you are a company or a writer/artist that is interested in sharing news/press releases with ALL PULP, we are adding a new feature just for you.  From this date, 11/23/10, forward, every company and/or individual that sends ALL PULP a press release for its next upcoming project will be given the ALL PULP FRONT PAGE TREATMENT, this being a full article AND interview focused on the company and/or individual providing the release.  This will be a featured focus for a full 8 hours minimum when it debuts on the front page and then will be archived on our news page.  ALL PULP will then work up a small tag from this coverage and attach it to every press release sent by said company and/or creator in the future.  Just our way of making sure the world knows all about you and what you do every time you send us news…

If you’re interested in this, please send a press release to allpulp@yahoo.com and be a part of THE ALL PULP FRONT PAGE TREATMENT!!

And sincerely from my position as sorta EIC…and I’m sure from the other Spectacled Six…

Thank you so much,
Tommy Hancock, ALL PULP

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