PulpFest

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Schedule for Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Dealers’ Room
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm — Dealers’ Room Set-Up (dealers & helpers allowed entry only to set up)
9:05 pm – 11:10 pm — Film Showing — Rafael Sabatini’s The Sea Hawk (1924)

Schedule for Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025

Dealers’ Room
8:00 am – 9:00 am — Dealers’ Room Set-Up (only dealers & helpers allowed entry)
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Dealers’ Room Open for Early-Bird Shopping

Auction Preview
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm — Auction Preview (in Willow & Walnut Rooms)

Hotel Lounge
5:00 pm – 6:45 pm — Pizza at PulpFest (sponsored by PulpFest’s Generous Dealers)

Evening Programming
6:50 pm – 6:55 pm — Welcome to PulpFest — Remarks from Chairman Jack Cullers
6:55 pm – 7:40 pm — ERBFest — Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Ideal Man (Bernice Jones & Cathy Wilbanks)
7:45 pm – 8:30 pm — Edgar Wallace, Master of Blood and Thunder (Ed Hulse)
8:35 pm – 9:20 pm — Masters of Villainy (Tim King)
9:25 pm – 10:10 pm — ERBFest — Tarzan: Lord of the Merchandising Jungle (Jim Beard)
10:15 pm – 11:00 pm — Masters of Adventure (Ed Hulse, Tom Krabacher, and Kurt Shoemaker)
11:05 pm – 12:40 am — Film Showing — Edgar Wallace’s King Kong

Hotel Lounge
11:05 pm – ?? am — Doc Con — Bronze Bash — Socialize at Ember & Vine

Schedule for Friday, Aug. 8, 2025

Dealers’ Room
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Dealers’ Room Open to All PulpFest Members
9:30 am – 4:45 pm — Submit Your Auction Items to PulpFest (Dealers’ Room)

Art Show
11:30 am – 1:30 pm — ERBFest — Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Blood and Thunder (hosted by Henry G. Franke III in the Chestnut Room)

Afternoon Programming
1:30 pm – 2:25 pm — Flinch! Fest (John C. Bruening & Jim Beard)
2:30 pm – 3:25 pm — ERBFest — The Universe According to Edgar Rice Burroughs (Christopher Paul Carey, Cathy Wilbanks, etc.)

Auction Preview
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM — Auction Preview (in Willow & Walnut Rooms)

Evening Programming
6:55 pm – 7:40 pm — Masters of Men’s Adventure Magazines (Bob Deis & Wyatt Doyle)
7:45 pm – 8:30 pm — FarmerCon XX — Riverworld (to be announced)
8:35 pm – 9:20 pm — ERBFest — The Masters of Tarzan Illustration (Mark Wheatley & Ronn Sutton)
9:25 pm – 10:10 pm — Rafael Sabatini, Master of Blood and Thunder (Morgan Holmes)
10:15 pm – 11:00 pm — Doc Con — Doc Savage and the Bantam Revival: A Conversation with Will Murray (with Jen DiGiacomo)
11:05 pm – 12:40 am — Doc Con Film Showing — Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)

Hotel Lounge
11:05 pm – ?? am — Fraternize at FarmerCon — Socialize at Ember & Vine

Schedule for Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025

Dealers’ Room
9:00 am – 4:45 pm — Dealers’ Room Open to All PulpFest Members
9:00 am – 1:00 pm — Submit Your Auction Items to PulpFest (Dealers’ Room)

Art Show
11:30 am – 1:30 pm — ERBFest — Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Blood and Thunder (hosted by Henry G. Franke III in the Chestnut Room)

Afternoon Programming
1:30 pm – 2:25 pm — Doc Con — Fifty Years of George Pal’s The Man of Bronze (Jen DiGiacomo and Chris Kalb)
2:30 pm – 4:15 pm — Doc Con Film Showing — Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze — The Fan Cut

Auction Preview
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM — Auction Preview (in Willow & Walnut Rooms)

Evening Programming
6:55 pm – 7:15 pm — Looking Toward PulpFest 2025 (all members are welcome)
7:15 pm – 7:30 pm — 2025 Munsey Award Presentation
7:30 pm – 7:35 pm — Raffle Drawing (tentative)
7:40 pm – 8:25 pm — ERBFest — Ray Bradbury, Burroughs’ Disciple (Garyn Roberts)
8:30 pm – 8:50 pm — Last-Minute Auction Preview (in Willow & Walnut Rooms)
9:00 pm – 11:30 pm — PulpFest 2024 Auction

Hotel Lounge
11:35 pm – ?? am — ERBFest — Barsoomian Bull-SessionSocialize at Ember & Vine

Schedule for Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025

Dealers’ Room
9:00 am – 1:00 pm — Our Dealers Pack Up — All Are Welcome to Browse

Please note that our schedule is subject to change.