“Summer’s Great Pulp Con” returned to Pittsburgh, Pa., for July 26-29, 2018. If you weren’t able to make it — or even if you did — check out these reports and recordings from PulpFest.
Read all about it
- Lewis Forro writing as “The Supreme Leader” on his blog, The Leader’s Chronicles, provides a photographic report from PulpFest 2018. Expect a bit of tongue-in-cheek elements here.
- Mike Glyer posts the Munsey Award announcement at his blog, File 770.
- Ed Hulse, editor at Murania Press, had so much fun at this year’s convention that he had to break his report into part one and part two. His posts include photos by Curt Phillips.
- Walker Martin reports on his visit to PulpFest, as well as offering his take on the future of the summer’s pulp convention. His is always a lively report, with plenty of conversation in the comments section.
- Sai Shankar provides a photogaphic report from the convention, including interesting finds in the dealers’ room and the auctions.
- David Lee Smith posted his PulpFest report on the Pulp Magazines group at Groups.io. (You will have to register and join the group to read the report.)
Also, J. Randolph Cox, editor emeritus of DIME NOVEL ROUND-UP, will have a PulpFest report in the next issue of the zine.
For your listening pleasure
Chris Ryan conducted a series of interviews at this year’s PulpFest for the podcast “Tell the Damn Story”:
- Author Joab Stieglitz
- Author Sara Light-Waller
- Author Brett A. Brooks
- Age of Aces’ David Kalb, Bill Mann, and Chris Kalb
- Authors Bob Deis and Wyatt Doyle
- Author and PulpFest 2018 Guest of Honor Joe R. Lansdale
- Author Jim Beard
- Artist Mark Wheatley and Henry Franke
- Author Colin Richards
This year’s PulpFest may be over, but there’s plenty of time to start planning to attend 2019’s gathering. The convention will be back at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry, just north of Pittsburgh, from Thursday, August 15, through Sunday, August 18. See you then!
(Robert Gould — the son of pulp artist John Fleming Gould — was one of the many presenters who spoke at PulpFest 2018. “Summer’s Great Pulp Con” is highly regarded for its programming. Please join us in August 2019 for “Children of the Pulps and Other Stories.” We’ll be exploring the many ways pulp fiction and pulp art have influenced writers, artists, film directors, software developers, game designers, and other creators over the decades.)
