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THE BOOK CAVE HEADS BACK… TO 1933!
Book Cave hosts Art Sippo and Ric Croxton chat about 1933, Doc Savage, Phantom Detective, King Kong, The Reign of the Superman and Art’s favorite…chocolate chip cookies. Listen to The Book Cave Episode 220 now at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/the-book-cave-episode-220-1933
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JIM BEARD TAKES A TRIP TO SKULL ISLAND
Art: Joe DeVito New Pulp Author Jim Beard reviews Altus Press’ Doc Savage “Skull Island” novel by New Pulp Author Will Murray. DOC SAVAGE: SKULL ISLANDA review by Jim Beard If you’re like me, you probably wondered what exactly we’d be getting in the new Doc Savage novel, SKULL ISLAND, it being both a Doc…
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DOC SAVAGE MEETS KING KONG IN NEXT WILD ADVENTURE FROM ALTUS PRESS!
Eighty years ago in February, 1933 the Street & Smith company released the first issue of Doc Savage Magazine, introducing one of the mostpopular and influential pulp superheroes ever to hit the American scene.Doc Savage was the greatest adventure and scientist of his era, andwhile his magazine ended in 1949, he influenced the creators ofSuperman, Batman,…
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Eighty years ago in February, 1933 the Street & Smith company releasedthe first issue of Doc Savage Magazine, introducing one of the mostpopular and influential pulp superheroes ever to hit the American scene.Doc Savage was the greatest adventure and scientist of his era, andwhile his magazine ended in 1949, he influenced the creators ofSuperman, Batman,…
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PULP ARK 2013 GUESTS OF HONOR ANNOUNCED!
PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND DISTRIBUTION PULP ARK 2013 GUESTS OF HONOR REVEALED! APRIL 26-28TH, 2013 10/15/12 Pulp Ark 2013, the Official New Pulp Creators’ Conference/Convention in its third year announced today its Three Guests of Honor for the Third year of the convention to be held in Springdale, AR.“Pulp,” Tommy Hancock, Pulp Ark…
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ITS CHRISTMAS TIME AND DEALS APLENTY AT RADIO ARCHIVES!
RadioArchives.com Newsletter ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàDecember 2, 2011 ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàNEW Radio Set: Fibber McGee and Molly – The Lost Episodes, Volume 13 The success of ÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂFibber McGee and MollyÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂàas a legendary radio program can be attributed to many factors. The best comedy writing perhaps for any radio program in history. Memorable, lovable characters. The jokes and…
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Win a Digital Download for ‘King Kong’
King Kong remains one of the most imaginative, exciting and innovative movies of all time. The story alone is a pulse-pounding gem but then you add in Willis O’Brien’s groundbreaking special effects you have an instant classic. The 1933 film is being released today on Blu-ray and is now available as a digital download. Warner…
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THE LONG MATINEE – Movie Reviews by Derrick Ferguson
KING KONG 2005 Universal Pictures Produced by Jan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson Directed by Peter Jackson Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson Based on a story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace Friends of mine will often ask me how I feel about remakes of movies. They’re…
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King Kong For Sale – Really!
Christie’s auction house in London will be auctioning the 22-inch, well, action figure of King Kong used in the filming of the movie of the same name. In specific, the little guy was used in the Empire State Building scene at the end of the movie. “Oh, no, it wasn’t the airplanes.” Only the metal…
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The Posthumous Persistence of George E. Turner, by Michael H. Price
George E. Turner is a familiar name among serious movie buffs – a pivotal figure in the realm of film scholarship, as influential these many years after his death as he was during a lengthy prime of productivity. George’s authorship alone of a book called The Making of King Kong (and known in its newer…
