1982 Universal Pictures Directed by John Milius Produced by Buzz Feitshans and Raffaella De Laurentiis Written by John Milius and Oliver Stone Based on the character/stories created and written by Robert E. Howard I knew that director John Milius and his screenplay co-writer Oliver Stone got the character of Conan five minutes into the movie. …
Conan Art: Becky Cloonan At this weekend’s New York Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics announced a new Conan the Barbarian comic book series by the DEMO creative team of writer Brian Wood and artist Becky Cloonan that will be in stores beginning on February 8, 2012. The first story arc will adapt Robert E. Howard’s “Queen of…
FORTUNE’S PAWNWritten by Nancy A. HansenPro Se PressISBN 9781466243460179 pages, $12.00 Okay, let’s establish something right away: I don’t generally read fantasy. I did when I was younger, really digging Dragonlance and the like… but nowadays, the only time I read fantasy is when I dig open a Robert E. Howard collection for old-times sake….
KBOO community radio out of Portland, Oregon is a pulp-lover’s dream, with their GREMLIN TIME radio show. Host Matthew Clark lines up a number of pulp-tastic post-mortem perambulations through the exciting worlds of authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert E. Howard and Rafael Sabatini! Featuring radio productions of stories such as “Pigeons From Hell”…
ALL PULP REVIEWS-Book Reviews by Ron Fortier CONAN THE BARBARIAN By Michael Stackpole Berkeley Boulevard Movie Tie-In 292 pages It appears you just can’t keep a good barbarian down. Conan the Barbarian is a hero and well known iconic figure in American fantasy. He was created by writer Robert E.Howard in 1932 via a series…
PULPS!- A Column by Mark Halegua Continuing from the previous column- During the next six years from 1917 through 1923 there was a further explosion in titles and publishers. The titles ranged from short runs like Thrill Book, to long running weekly titles like Western Story, both by Street and Smith. Western Story was the…
Second All Pulp Blog History of the Pulps part 4 June 2, 2011 by Mark S. Halegua During the next six years from 1917 through 1923 there was a further explosion in titles and publishers. The titles ranged from short runs like Thrill Book, to long running weekly titles like Western Story, both by Street…
Hello All Pulpsters!! It’s Tommy, exhausted but happy to be reporting on Windy City Pulp and Paper Con once again…Big day at the con, lots of people…Several of the new pulp publishers had decent days and of course, all the old pulp collectors and such made good sells and trades as well. Will Murray signed…
ROBERT KENNEDY – Soldier/Writer/Editor Zorro bested by Robert Kennedy! AP – Hi Bob, and thanks for joining us here at All Pulp HQ. I know you’ve got a fine military background and have done lots of writing in the pulp action field. Let’s get started with your telling us a little about yourself, background history,…
There was quite a bit to see at the Dark Horse Comics booth during this year’s Toy Fair, from statues based on Doctor Who and The Dark Crystal to busts based on Robert E. Howard’s Conan universe and various other products inspired by comics. Most notable of the bunch, however, were a pair of statues…
The cast of Robert E. Howard’s classic redemption-seeking-warrior Soloman Kane is expanding. Joining lead James Purefoy (Rome) will be Max Von Sydow (The Exorcist, Diary of Anne Frank, Flash Gordon), Pete Postlethwaite (Aeon Flux, The Omen remake), Alice Krige (The 4400, Deadwood) and Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End). Michael J. Bassett (Deathwatch) is…
Some recent installments of this so-called Forgotten Horrors feature – the title suggests a resurrection of obscurities more so than it proclaims any particular shivers – have established the music-making imperative as essential to the standing of Robert Crumb as a Great American Cartoonist. Other such pieces have touched upon the kinship that I have…
