Tag Archives: Otis Adelbert Kline

Rediscovered: A William H. Kofoed John Hancock

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday again, and signature maven Brian Leno reports in with one of his (many) recent acquisitions (Call Them Legion). “On ABE I saw a copy of a book titled Mirage, signed by William H. Kofoed,” Brian says, “who … Continue reading →

Posted in Boxing, Dash, REH | Tagged "Peter Collinson", Al Capone, Autographs, Brian Leno, Brief Stories, Dime Sports Magazine, Fight Stories, Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine, Otis Adelbert Kline, Valentine, William H. Kofoed |

Rediscovered: Barlow and the Becks

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday continues Brian Leno’s recent fascination with the tragic literary figure Robert H. Barlow, spotlighting some of the most recent autograph items he’s picked up as satellites to that interest. And just as one thing connects to another … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Lit, REH | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Druid Press, E. Hoffmann Price, George Sterling, Groo Beck, John Howell, literary suicides, Otis Adelbert Kline, Robert H. Barlow |

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 →

Posted in Film | Tagged Argosy, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, John Locke, Otis Adelbert Kline, Pulps in the Movies |

Rediscovered: Correctomundo Once More

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Don

Ah. And I am proven correct yet again. Most recently, you may recall the post I did largely on the topic of Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright where I noted —reviving the term from a debate in the letters column … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Donald Wandrei, E. Hoffmann Price, Farnsworth Wright, Fritz Leiber, John Locke, Lovecraft, Otis Adelbert Kline, Otto Binder, Seabury Quinn, The Cimmerian, Weird Tales |

Rediscovered: “Heavy Metal” — The Term

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Don

Last week I was half-reading/half-skimming John Locke’s new book The Thing’s Incredible! The Secret Origins of Weird Tales — life is short, so any clump of pages covering the ancestral background of Otis Adelbert Kline and company I let my … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Lit, News | Tagged Blue Cheer, Edwin Baird, Farnsworth Wright, Heavy Metal, James Ferdinand Morton, John Locke, Led Zeppelin, Lovecraft, OED, Otis Adelbert Kline, The Thing's Incredible!, Vincebus Eruptum, Weird Tales, William S. Burroughs |

Two-Gun Bob: First, You Crack Argosy

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Don

When the article “Conan the Argonaut” appeared in The Cimmerian in 2008, one of the inset quotes, selected to illustrate the mindset that essay argues against, came from Lin Carter in his 1973 book on fantasy literature, Imaginary Worlds, where he … Continue reading →