PulpFest 2015 will start on Thursday, August 13th. The dealers’ room will be open to registered sellers to set up their displays from 4 to 11 PM. Early registration for all convention attendees will take place outside the dealers’ room from 4 to 8 PM. There will be early-bird shopping available to PulpFest members who will be staying at the Hyatt Regency Columbus or those who elect to purchase an early-bird membership from 6 to 10 PM. Our full slate of programming for Thursday evening will get underway at 8 PM. The new PulpFest gaming track will begin on Friday morning, August 15th, at 10 AM.
If you have yet to book your room for this year’s convention, please do so without delay. There may still be some rooms available at nearby hotels. Please click here and you’ll find a link to a list of hotels to choose from. If you are not from the Columbus area and want to attend PulpFest 2015, we urge you to book your room now and not wait until you arrive. Please book a room for three nights and register now for “Summer’s Great Pulp Con.”
Below, you’ll find our complete schedule for the entire convention. To learn more about a particular programming event, click on its title link. Due to last minute contingencies that may arise, this schedule is subject to change.
Thursday, August 13
Dealers’ Room
4:00 PM – 11:00 PM — Dealers’ Room Set-Up
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM — Early Registration
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM — Dealers’ Room Opens for Early-Bird Shopping
Programming
8:00 PM — Pulpcraft: A Counterintelligence and Espionage Guide to the Pulp Adventures of The Shadow (Tim King)
8:40 PM — Thrilling Detectives (John Wooley and John Gunnison)
9:20 PM — 75 Years of Street & Smith Comics (Anthony Tollin, Tony Isabella, Will Murray, and Michelle Nolan)
10:10 PM — Saddle Up! A Look at the Western Heroes of the Thrilling Group (Ed Hulse)
10:50 PM — Play Ball: A Look at the Sports Pulps (Michelle Nolan)
11:30 PM — OUT OF MIND and PICKMAN’S MODEL (Lovecraft at the Movies)
Friday, August 14
Dealers’ Room
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM — Early Registration and Dealers’ Room Set-Up
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM — Dealers’ Room Open to All
10:00 AM – 10:00 PM — Gaming Track in the Clark Room, Second Floor
Programming
1:00 PM — New Fictioneers Reading: Swords Against Cthulhu (Jason Scott Aiken)
2:00 PM — New Fictioneers Reading: Hardboiled Horrors (John Hegenberger)
3:00 PM — The Pulp Magazines Project (Nathan Madison and Patrick Belk)
7:00 PM — Welcome to PulpFest 2015 (Convention Chairman Jack Cullers)
7:05 PM — Leo Margulies: The Little Giant of the Pulps (Ed Hulse, Will Murray and Philip M. Sherman)
7:55 PM — Our Guest of Honor (Chet Williamson)
8:45 PM — Our Special Guest (WEIRD TALES Artist Jon Arfstrom)
9:10 PM — FarmerCon X: The Weird Tales of Philip José Farmer (Jason Aiken, Chuck Loridans, and Frank Schildiner)
9:50 PM — The Call of Cthulhu: The Development of Lovecraft’s Mythos (John Haefele, Don Herron, Tom Krabacher, Rick Lai, and Nathan Madison)
10:40 PM — Thrilling Heroes of Standards Pulps and Comics (Matt Moring, Will Murray, Michelle Nolan, and Garyn Roberts)
11:30 pm — THE CALL OF CTHULHU and COOL AIR (Lovecraft at the Movies)
Saturday, August 15
Dealers’ Room
10:00 AM – 4:30 PM — Dealers’ Room Open to All
10:00 AM – 10:00 PM — Gaming Track in the Clark Room, Second Floor
Programming
12:30 PM — New Fictioneer Reading: Flying Saucers and Fisticuffs (Duane Spurlock)
1:30 PM — The Heirs of WEIRD TALES (Jim Beard, Jeff Fournier, John Hegenberger, Rick Lai, Michael Panush, and Frank Schildiner with Ron Fortier, moderator)
2:30 PM — Pulp Macabre: The Art of Lee Brown Coye (Mike Hunchback)
3:30 PM — New Fictioneers Reading: Weird Poetry and Prose (Scott Urban)
5:00 PM — PulpFest 2015 Group Meal at Buca di Beppo (Volunteer coordinator Sally Cullers)
7:10 PM — PulpFest 2015 Business Meeting (meet the convention organizers)
7:40 PM — 2015 Munsey Award Presentation (presented by Randy Cox)
7:55 PM — Weird Editing at “The Unique Magazine” (Don Herron, Morgan Holmes, Tom Krabacher, Will Murray, and Garyn Roberts)
8:45 pm — The Thrilling Adventures of Rudolph Belarski (David Saunders)
9:30 pm — Saturday Night at the Auction (John Gunnison and Joseph Saine)
11:30 pm — THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS and PROFESSOR PEABODY’S LAST LECTURE (Lovecraft at the Movies)
Sunday, August 16
Dealer’s Room
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM — Dealers’ Room Open to All (many dealers will be packing up; buying opportunities may be limited)
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM — Gaming Track in the Clark Room, Second Floor
Please note that this schedule is subject to change.
For questions about our programming, please write to our programming director Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com.
For questions about our dealers’ room, please write to our convention chairperson Jack Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com.
