For the last month, we’ve had an announcement about PulpFest 2017 three days per week. Beginning today, we’ll have at least one post every weekday, Monday through Friday. We’ll be maintaining that pace through the last day of the convention on July 30. We’ll even have an occasional Sunday post and a post every day of the convention. But even the PulpFest promotion department needs a day off every now and then.
Starting next week, we’ll get back to discussing our programming for the upcoming convention. PulpFest 2017 will be paying tribute to the “hardboiled dicks, dangerous dames, and a few psychos,” of the pulps. We’ll be exploring DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE — one of the pulps where the hard-boiled detective story began to take shape — and Robert Leslie Bellem’s tough-guy detective, Dan Turner; Pat Savage, The Domino Lady, and other dangerous dames of the pulps, the hardboiled ladies who helped pave the way for such modern day gumshoes as Sue Grafton‘s Kinsey Millhone, Marcia Muller‘s Sharon McCone, and Sara Paretsky‘s V. I. Warshawski; and some of the mad scientists, crazed hunchbacks, and foul cultists who decimated American cities on a monthly basis in the rough-paper magazines. We’ll also be saluting the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Robert Bloch, the author of PSYCHO — later adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock. Bloch got his start as a writing professional in the pulps. We’ll also be celebrating the life and work of former pulp artist Gloria Stoll Karn, who will be attending PulpFest 2017 as our Guest of Honor.
So what are you waiting for? Are you a psycho? There’s no need to live dangerously! Register now for PulpFest 2017! How else can you be part of “Summer’s hard-boiled Pulp Con?” While you’re at it, you can reserve a room at the newly and beautifully renovated DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry by clicking one of the links on the PulpFest home page that reads Book a Room. You can also call 1-800-222-8733 to book a room by telephone. However, be sure to mention PulpFest 2017 to get the special convention rate. By staying at the DoubleTree by Hilton, you’ll help to ensure the convention’s success. Given the convention’s popularity, we urge every member to book a hotel room forPulpFest 2017 as soon as possible.
(Designed by PulpFest’s artistic director, William Lampkin, our PulpFest 2017 post card features the work of artist John Newton Howitt. His painting was originally used as the cover for the April 15, 1934 number of Popular Publications’ DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE.)
