Pulp Adventurecon celebrates its fifth year in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.
The one-day event will be held at the Fort Lauderdale Grand Hotel (formerly the Universal Palms Hotel), 4900 Powerline Road, Fort Lauderdale, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5.
Bold Venture Press, run by Rich Harvey and Audrey Parente, has also hosted the Pulp Adventurecon in New Jersey each November for nearly 20 years. Both shows feature collectors and vendors of pulp magazines, vintage paperbacks, Golden Age comic books, movie memorabilia, and related paper collectibles. Pulp Adventurecon focuses on material from the 1900s through 1959, which includes a significant portion of the pulp era.
Scheduled to appear at the Florida con are:
- Allen Bellman, Golden Age illustrator of Timely Comics and Lev Gleason Publications. He is best-known for his contributions to Captain America, The Human Torch, Sub-Mariner, and The Patriot. Allen created the one-page “Let’s Play Detective” feature, which appeared in Marvel Comics in the 1940s.
- Bold Venture Press, the show hosts and publishers of New Pulp and classic pulp fiction, including Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures and Primal Spillane: Early Stories 1941-1942 by Mickey Spillane.
- Dick Kulpa, caricaturist, cartoonist, and former publisher of CRACKED magazine.
- Glaister “Silverback” Ormsby, author and artist.
- The Luscious Ladies, a social group of ladies who cherish and live a retro lifestyle. Meet the women of The Luscious Ladies and join them on their pinup adventures.
- Stuart Hopen, New Pulp author and artist.
Events like Pulp Adventurecon may keep you satisfied until the next PulpFest. So stay informed. Bookmark pulpfest.com to learn about all things pulp! Then like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
PulpFest 2019 will take place from August 15 – 18, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. Click the register button below our home page banner to join us.
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