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ALL PULP REVIEWS by Ron Fortier
ALL PULP REVIEWS by Ron Fortier
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Weasels Ripped My Flesh! A shirt-ripping, gut-punching anthology of
two-fisted writing, ripped from the pages of long-lost men’s adventure
magazines of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. Outrageous, 100% true tales of
sex, crime, combat, jungle goddesses, beatnik girls, LSD experiments,
animal attacks … and nymphos. Always nymphos.
Weasels Ripped My Flesh! Showcasing rare, bare-knuckle stories by
some of the toughest writers ever to punch a typewriter: Lawrence
Block, Mario Puzo, Bruce Jay Friedman, Robert F. Dorr, Harlan
Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Walter Kaylin, Walter Wager, Jane
Dolinger, Ken Krippene and more.
Weasels Ripped My Flesh! Edited by Robert Deis, with Josh Alan
Friedman and Wyatt Doyle.
Coming this summer from New Texture. Man up.
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Despite changes in cast and time slots, HARRY’S LAW continues to defy the odds and survive through their second season. Cast members Nate Corrdry and Karen Olivio talk about fighting the odds alongside Kathy Bates. Plus there’s more with Poppy Montgomery from UNFORGETTABLE and CLERKS on Broadway – really?
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Only Jimmy Holm and the strange alliance of power political leaders and Underworld kingpins known collectively as the Secret Twelve possess the will to stand against Death and his Undead things. But to win, Holm must ally himself with the mysterious Egyptian ruler known as Queen Charmion. Can she be trusted? More importantly, how do you defeat a human monster who can implant his soul in the body of any living person at will? Can anyone be trusted if they might be in realityÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂæDoctor Death?ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàBuy the second audiobook of one of our most popular titles for only $17.98 on Audio CDs from Radio Archives.



New Pulp Author Bobby Nash was recently interviewed by Jessica Lay for her Jess Resides Here blog. They discuss everything from Bobby’s latest work, the art of making covers, and what types of books he likes to read.
You can read the full interview at http://frellathon.com/2012/03/31/author-bobby-nash-interview-2/
Because I no longer profess to have original thoughts, I’ve taken a liking to riffing off a topic suggested by other ComicMix columnists. This week, the lucky Ms. Mindy Newell inspired my topic du jour. As I discussed last week, I’ve been a serious artist since high school. When I was faced with two years worth of assignments in a single school year, I was chained to the art table basically every night. My art-desk was just a dining room table, so for me the creative process started more with a mindset than a setting. An artist’s area is a second home, a place where creativity blooms and technical proficiency is honed with each successive piece. Nothing gets me into this place quicker than music.
I can point to the soundtrack of my high school days and how it lead me to the canvas… or Bristol board, or god knows what else I was drawing on. Discs in heavy rotation? Tonic’s self-titled debut was a biggie. Reel Big Fish’s Why Do They Rock So Hard was always a quick pick-me-up. Guster’s Lost and Gone Forever carried enough personal anthems that I ended up making a piece of art about it. And of course, my long-standing stalwarts – Barenaked Ladies and They Might Be Giants – were never far behind a studio session. When Matt started dating girls, leaving me wondering what the hell was wrong with me (Answer? No Beard.), I found solace in Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar and a 10-minute stint as a psuedo-goth. Oddly enough, being sad and angry all the time never worked out for the natural comedian in me. Thank Gordon for Barenaked Ladies.
During this time too, Matt and I (when he wasn’t kanoodling with the ladies) would have an occasional studio night. Generally his house. He’d bring down the boom box, plug it in, and we’d toss in some long running discs, and recreate the atmosphere cultivated in the art room at school. Dave Mathews and Tim Reynold’s Live at Luther College, Rage Against the Machine, a little Guster, and maybe Sting’s Mercury Falling… and the paint, pencils, and bonding of brothers began.
My taste in music was (and still is) pretty kooky to say the least. While I’m by no means a staunch follower of rap, metal, grunge, bluegrass, or soul music… I do have a handful of artists in all those genres that I follow methodically. Trust me, a view of my guilty pleasures list on Spotify is truly vomit-inducing to most. Unlike many of the fine folks writing here… I was right on the cusp of the shuffle generation. And while the first 18 years of my music-loving was dependent on the ‘Album,’ by college, I was picking and choosing tracks to enjoy (unless it was from a band I’d already found a love for). But I digress… This column is supposed to be about the correlation between my music and my art.
In college, I found the first medium to really speak to me – woodcut. A combination of graphic layout and meticulous process led me to an epiphany of sorts. At a piece of plywood, I found a zen-like state where I could just put my hands to a task, let music pour into my ears, and when the haze lifted, art was made. During this time, my CD player had long been ditched for a first generation iPod. All 4 GB were crammed to the brim with tracks gleaned from my own collection, and some acquired from the file-sharing sites that were all-too-popular at the time. My personal policy was to only appropriate music from artists I’d already owned something from… or tracks I liked enough to listen to repeatedly, but not support the band financially. Sorry, Dakota Moon… you’re not worth my buck.
Tunes of the time ranged from Eminem’s B-Sides, BNL’s Maroon, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication and Red Hot Minute… to wuss rock from John Mayer and Ben Folds. All of them piped to my fingers, amidst a mountain of wood shavings. The art attached to this piece shows off the culmination of that work. 16 panels, 10 feet tall, 18 months worth of hard work, completed through 4,000 songs on continuous play.
Nowadays, I jump between online services that pump tunes to me on the cheap (at the trade-off of intermittent commercials), or a shuffling of my iTunes. Occasionally I’ll feel a twinge of nostalgia, and I’ll toss on Sting’s Ten Summoners Tales, and just go to town. Sadly, I’ve not done a woodcut since college… but have found a true love and calling in both graphic design, and comic book making. And nowadays when I’m not buried with freelance work, day job work, or baby and wife tending… I toss on some noise canceling headphones, crank up the shuffle, and start drawing my nights away.
And yeah, Mindy… Sometimes I listen to Glee, too.
SUNDAY: John Ostrander Always Has Paris
Over at Win Scott Eckert’s blog, Win announced the writers for the upcoming release of Green Hornet: Still At Large. The writers for the project are Matthew Baugh, Thom Brannan, Win Scott Eckert, Ron Fortier, Greg Gick, Rich Harvey, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, Bobbie Metevier, Will Murray, Bobby Nash, Mel Odom, S.J. Rozan, John Allen Small, Richard Dean Starr, Patricia Weakley, and Dan Wickline.
From http://woldnewton.blogspot.com/2012/03/green-hornetstill-at-large-authors.html
The Green Hornet: Still at Large – authors announced!
The Green Hornet: Still at Large!Coming Summer 2012!
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| Cover: Douglas Klauba |
The GREEN HORNET: Still at Large – softcover
Edited by: Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, Matthew Baugh
Cover: Doug Klauba
288pgs, 6″ x 9″, $17.95
978-1-936814-29-9 (sc)
• The Green Hornet and Kato’s final showdown with the notorious Yellowjacket!
• “Clicker” Binney’s origin story!
• Mike Axford pulls a sting on The Hornet!
• The Hornet and Kato take on homegrown terrorists!
• Doctor Fang returns, and Britt and Casey reach a turning point!
Authors: Matthew Baugh, Thom Brannan, Win Scott Eckert, Ron Fortier, Greg Gick, Rich Harvey, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, Bobbie Metevier, Will Murray, Bobby Nash, Mel Odom, S.J. Rozan, John Allen Small, Richard Dean Starr, Patricia Weakley, Dan Wickline
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The GREEN HORNET: Still at Large – limited edition hardcover
Cover: Ruben Procopio
302pgs, 6″ x 9″, $29.99
978-1-936814-30-5 (hc)
Extras: – A timeline by Win Scott Eckert of all 3 volumes of Moonstone stories fit into the chronology of the TV episodes!
– Bonus story by BATMAN producer Michael Uslan & Joe Gentile: the radio era Green Hornet meets Richard Benson, The Avenger!
The Green Hornet: Still at Large
B&N – trade softcover – http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-green-hornet-joe-gentile/1108443461?ean=9781936814299&format=paperbackAmazon – limited edition hardcover – http://www.amazon.com/Green-Hornet-Still-Large-HC/dp/1936814307/
For more information on Moonstone Books, visit http://www.moonstonebooks.com/
For more on Win Scott Eckert, visit http://woldnewton.blogspot.com/
For more on Douglas Klauba, visit http://douglasklauba.com/
For more on Ruben Procopio, visit http://maskedavengerstudios.blogspot.com/
is still available for pre-order at the following:
A leader in New Pulp Fiction, Pro Se Productions announced today openings in several upcoming anthologies and a new way that the company would be soliciting writers to participate in  upcoming collections.
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“One of the thrills,” stated Tommy Hancock, Partner in and Editor in Chief of Pro Se,  “of being a New Pulp writer and publisher is the need to write and offer opportunities for others to write all the cool ideas that could possibly fit between the covers of a book. This fact is something that Publishers, small and large alike, recognize.  As Pro Se’s presence increases at Conventions/Conferences, one question more than any other comes up constantly. And it’s the question a Publisher wants to hear, one that, fortunately for Pro Se, has been unsolicited. That is, writers and artists seeking out Pro Se and asking this most favorite of questions- “You got anything open for submissions?” or the very similar “What anthologies can I submit to?”
“After giving this some thought and looking at how not only the New Pulp crew does it, but also at how larger presses and even the largest of the Publishers handle such things, Pro Se has decided to change up its Anthology process a bit. This will not affect how PULP OBSCURA or future ‘invite only’ Anthologies are done at all. There will still be special projects, of course. But there will also be the PRO SE OPEN.”
HOLLYWOOD CA (March 28, 2012) – The Impossible Missions Force may not be able to stop tax day from coming, but they can help soften the blow to your wallet. In celebration of the April 17th Blu-ray and DVD debut of the smash hit film Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol, Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) is launching a sweepstakes in which one lucky winner will receive $10,000 to use for any mission, including paying taxes or just buying something really, really cool. From March 27th through April 24th consumers can visit www.MI4TaxDaySweeps.com to enter for a chance to win the cash prize along with a copy of the two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack of Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol. Visitors can enter one time each day throughout the sweepstakes period and receive additional bonus entries by tweeting (see official sweepstakes rules at www.MI4TaxDaySweeps.com for details).
Boasting “a bullet train of action and an arsenal of cool gadgets” (David Germain, Associated Press), Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol delivers non-stop thrills and breathtaking stunts, including a dizzying ascent up the world’s tallest building. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton and Michael Nyqvist, the film will be available in a Limited Edition three-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack bursting with over two hours of special features (exclusively at Best Buy), as well as in a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and as a single-disc DVD. All Blu-ray and DVD releases available for purchase will be enabled with UltraViolet, a new way to collect, access and enjoy movies. With UltraViolet, consumers can add movies to their digital collection in the cloud, and then stream or download them – reliably and securely – to a variety of devices.