Jim Beard was introduced to comic books by his father, who passed on to him a love for the medium and the pulp characters that preceded it. After decades of reading, collecting, and dissecting comics, Jim became a published writer when he sold a story to DC Comics in 2002. Since then, he’s written stories for Dark Horse Comic’s Star Wars as well as IDW Publishing’s Ghostbusters comic books.
A native of Toledo where he is a regular columnist for the Toledo Free Press, Jim broke into the world of “New Pulp” in 2012 when Airship 27 published Sgt. Janus, Spirit-Breaker, a collection of ghost stories featuring an occult detective, and Captain Action: Riddle of the Glowing Men, the first prose novel based on the 1960s action figure. Other fiction by the author includes Captain Action: Hearts of the Rising Sun, the sequel to his best-selling Airship 27 novel; Monster Earth, a shared-world anthology of giant monster tales; and Sgt. Janus Returns, a second, all-new collection of suspenseful adventures featuring his popular creation. Jim also provides regular content for Marvel.com, the official Marvel Comics website and has contributed articles and essays to several volumes of comic book history. His work has also been featured in Gotham City 14 Miles: 14 Essays on Why the 1960s Batman TV Series Matters, a critical evaluation of the ABC television show.
Join “The Beard” on Saturday, August 9th, at 2 PM when Jim will be reading from Sgt. Janus Returns, Betrayal on Monster Earth, and Pride of the Mohicans, a new anthology based upon The Last of the Mohicans. To learn more about this exciting new fictioneer, please visit The Beard: The Jim Beard Fan Page.
For those attending our Saturday afternoon programming, we’ll be offering a chance to win a fabulous door prize donated to PulpFest by Radio Archives–an audio-book edition of Will Murray’s Doc Savage and King Kong adventure, Skull Island, read by Michael McConnohie.
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