Regular readers of this space know my first true love is the city of Chicago, and that I’ll use any excuse to cop a visit to my fatherland. That’s where I was this past week, and I did not need an excuse. The 15th annual Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention was in town, and, therefore,…
With their 18th episode, The Shadow Fan Podcast debuts a brand-new feature: Calling Burbank! New Pulp publisher and writer Tommy Hancock reviews “Crime, Insured” from the perspective of a relative newcomer to The Shadow mythos! We also have commentary from Shadow expert Anthony Tollin, plus reviews of “The Thunder King,” Masks # 3 and The…
Pulpfest 2011 has been another rousing success according to reports from many creators attending. The winner of the 2011 Munsey has also been announced. Congratulations to Anthony Tollin of Sanctum Books, the man responsible for reprints of THE SHADOW, THE AVENGER, and THE WHISPERER being available to fans today. For full Pulpfest coverage on the Munsey…
Over here on ComicMix, we’ve been talking about The Shadow a lot recently – prompted by Denny O’Neil’s fine columns and Robert Greenberger’s first-rate interview with Shadow pulp reprint editor / publisher Anthony Tollin. Without belaboring a point, I’d like to refer you to another remarkable effort concerning comics’ most influential icon. There’s this really…
The Shadow, everybody’s favorite seminal pulp crime-fighter, has been getting a lot of play here at ComicMix – largely in anticipation of volume nine of Anthony Tollin’s series of Shadow reprints to be released in about three weeks. In case you missed the story and are short on time, this volume reveals in detail how…
