Monthly Archives: March 2020

Sinister Cinema: An Oscar-Winning Pulp Reader

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Don

Pulps in the Movies. On Sale Every Wednesday. Brought to you by that expert pulp hound John Locke. Take it away, John: Who knew you could win an Oscar for reading a pulp mag on screen? But here is Tatum … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: A Probable Outline

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Don

Kevin Cook was moping about his vast library, wondering what might make a nice offering before the public for March 10 — and he found something connected to an event 84 years ago today. Spotting the John Hancock of P. … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Portable Storage Three

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Don

Bill Breiding seems to have slipped into a fanac groove, just Pubbing His Ish under the title Portable Storage Three. Five bucks if you don’t get it for the usual — actually a good deal these days, because he’s piled … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Cagney Kills Time with Otis Adelbert Kline

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Don

For his previous Pulps in the Movies post, John Locke spotlighted a flick starring James Cagney. All well and good, but Jimmy wasn’t the guy holding a pulp in that one. Did Jimmy himself ever read a pulp in a … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “A Fast-Moving Gripping Mystery Yarn”

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Don

The pulp expert John Locke was just telling me he got his hands on a trove of Photoplay issues from the 1930s, and figured everyone would like to see how the trade mag blurbed the very first movie version of … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Belknapius Comicbookmanius

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Don

The other day we ran a 1946 inscription from Frank Belknap Long — Young Belknapius of Lovecraft Circle fame — in a copy of his first release from Arkham House, The Hounds of Tindalos. But it turns out there is … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Stilson to Davis

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Don

You might be wondering what sort of correspondence Charles B. Stilson — author of Polaris — of the Snows — engaged in 96 years ago today. Or perhaps the thought hadn’t crossed your mind. In either case, the noted book … Continue reading →

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