View allAll Photos Tagged pulp
A collaboration between supermodel Joni Harbeck and photographer Neil Krug for upcoming PULP ART BOOK (200+ images).
Limited edition prints available at:
Book release: Spring 2011
Pulp Commercial:
My little Homage to Pulp Fiction. I have been meaning to upload this for ages and finally got motivated enough to do it.
Suspended Animation Classic #450
Originally published August 3, 1997 (#31)
(Dates are approximate)
Batman Pulp Hero
By Dr. Jon Suter
Some weeks ago, I raised the question of whether DC Comics could equal its first “Pulp Heroes” series of annuals, in particular the Superman/Doc Savage story. I have now seen several more of the series, and I have to admit that not one has yet surpassed that one.
There are some excellent new entries, but that one is still far ahead of its competitors.
Several involve members of the Batman “family”. They vary widely in style.
Hardboiled detectives were a staple of “Black Mask” and other pulps. The “Azreal” annual follows that tradition with a fairly clever adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon”, but the John Huston film is the true source of this adaptation.
The Catwoman replaces Bridget O’Shaughessy and Azreal mimics Sam Spade. Those unfamiliar with the novel or film may miss some of the humor. The story ends with an awful pun.
The “Robin” annual is a parody of spaghetti westerns but is set in modern Gotham City and its environs.
The Huntress, Pow-Wow Smith (a character not seen in decades), and Nighthawk help Robin defeat the Trigger Twins (or is it Trigger Triplets?).
How can a classic Western shootout take place in Gotham?
The western and mystery genres don’t jell completely, but give this a B anyway.
The “Catwoman” annual involves the felonious feline in grave robbing and the awakening of a very angry Egyptian mummy who decides Catwoman can best atone for her crimes by marrying him.
The mummy has evidently studied English in his spare time since he seemingly comprehends Catwoman’s American slang. (Pulp stories usually took for granted that everyone spoke English or had a polylinguist in the cast.) We never know who the mummy is, but the story works as a blend of spoof and suspense.
I like stories about mummies, so I give this an AI.
The best of this quartet is the “Batman” annual. The art alone justifies an A. The story involves yet another semi-mystical, semi-scientific menace from Tibet but is refreshingly free of the worst excesses of the Fu Manchu genre.
Be sure to buy this one.
Total highlight of the weekend for me. I wasn't right down the front, but was fairly close, and the atmosphere was brilliant. The set was basically chronological, from His 'N' Hers material (plus Razzamatazz), through the Different Class singles, Live Bed Show, the first live outing for Like A Friend (find it on Youtube), then This Is Hardcore and inevitably Common People. Every bit as good as they ever were, absolutely superb. (Didn't get Russell Senior in the pic, but he was there!)
Ingredients
- 2 cups juice pulp
- 1/2 cup ground flax meal
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 cup water
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine all ingredients in a food processor and slowly add water until the mixture is well combined. (If your juicer pulp is watery, add less water).
3. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the mixture out. You will want this to be as thin and even as possible or your crackers may turn out bready versus crunchy.
4. Bake for 30-40 minutes until crispy.
5. Remove from oven and cut into 1.5 inch squares.
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
PLEASE JOIN IN MY GROUP FOR CINEMA LOVERS!!!!
www.flickr.com/groups/amantesdelcine/
POR FAVOR ENTRA EN MI GRUPO PARA AMANTES DEL CINE!!!!
Always loved this pic - taken with a very old Canon SLR
(this was not set up... these are my friends chilling in the kitchen. Shaun was busy messing around with his (yes) BB Gun and I told Guy to put on his sunglasses when I realised they look like gangsters! That's OJ in the glass there. Just a moment in time!)
Pulp Horror / Heft-Reihe
> Subway Stop
Reprint from Haunted (Charlton, 1971 series) #31 (January 1977)
> The Superstitious
Reprint from Haunted (Charlton, 1971 series) #30 (November 1976)
> Death in the Storm!
Reprint from The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves (Charlton, 1967 series) #49 (January 1975)
> They Walk Among Us!
Reprint from Haunted (Charlton, 1971 series) #29 (September 1976)
> Skull of the Sorcerer
Reprint from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #3 (November-December 1951)
cover: Tom Sutton
Cover goes with the story "Through a Glass Darkly" from Ghostly Tales (Charlton, 1966 series) #113
Verlag: Avalon Communications (Canada; 1998)
ex libris MTP
2009, Barcelona
more portraits in / más retratos en : Portraits
Angharad Segura © all rights reserved Barcelona 2009
| Dont copy, reproduce or manipulate my pictures. If you want to use them at any web, blog or publication, you need my explicit permission |
‘Ladies and gentlemen, now the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the world-famous Jackrabbit Slim’s twist contest.’
Suspended Animation Classic #482 Originally published March 8, 1998 (#10) (Dates are approximate)
Pulp Art By Dr. Jon Suter
Anyone with even a slight interest in pulp magazines will want a copy of Robert Lesser's “Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines” (Grammercy Books, 1997). For $20, it is a remarkable bargain.
Some anthologies of pulp stories have included reproductions, not always in color, of pulp covers. The best of these is Tony Goodstone's “Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture” (Chelsea House, 1970), but it comes nowhere close to Lesser's work.
The quality of reproduction is remarkable; most of the illustrations are at least as large as the original covers.
Noteworthy is the use of the original paintings without the distracting title logos and list of contributors and stories. In some cases, a small inset shows the cover as it appeared on newsstands. The difference is striking.
Even though typescript detracted from artwork, it was necessary, the best and quickest means to lure a buyer. The quantity of cover text varied, but most seem to have understood the need to keep the art uncluttered even as artists knew to provide some "free" space.
Clutter tended to increase over the years.
Comic book readers will recall sometimes vitriolic letters from readers outraged by any increase in the use of word balloons or blocs of text on Marvel or DC comics covers. The editors usually argued that word balloons helped explain the covers and stories and increased sales.
Lesser compiled a good and representative collection of covers and arranged them thematically. In most cases, he avoided using some famous covers which have been reprinted too often. His selections prove convincingly that most covers were not salacious.
There are short and interesting essays by writers and artists familiar to comic collectors: Forrest Ackerman, Jim Steranko, etc.
Neophytes and veterans can profit from this book. I knew little previously about Rafael de Soto and his work for Spider and Detective Tales.
This and Goodstone's book, along with Peter Haining's Terror (A & W Visual Library, 1976) are the cornerstones of any pulp collection.
Butch's (Bruce Willis) apartment as seen in the 1994 movie "Pulp Fiction" (top) is in North Hollywood.