One of the many highlights of PulpFest is the convention’s program book, The Pulpster. For thirty years, a complimentary copy of this pulp-packed publication has been provided free of charge to all PulpFest members. It is also available for sale through Mike Chomko Books and Bud’s Art Books. It’s sold in the United Kingdom by Cold Tonnage Books.
Although The Pulpster reflects the themes of each year’s PulpFest, it is open to a wide range of articles concerning pulp magazines, collecting, genre fiction, illustrative art, and other popular culture topics. Each issue has a circulation of 450 – 500 copies, reaching a serious core of collectors, readers, and other enthusiasts.
Be a big part of PulpFest 50 by placing an advertisement in this year’s issue of The Pulpster.
The magazine’s advertising rates are very reasonable: color back cover – $200; inside front color cover – $150; inside back color cover – $125; inside color full page – $100; inside black-and-white full-page – $80; color half-page – $80; black-and-white half-page – $60; black-and-white quarter page – $40.
Please write to PulpFest marketing director, Mike Chomko, at mike@pulpfest.com to reserve your space in The Pulpster. You have until May 15 to buy an ad. All spaces are sold on a first-come, first-served basis, with payment expected upon placing your order. Please be aware that our cover spaces sell quickly. This year’s back cover has already been reserved.
Another way to advertise through PulpFest is to donate material that will be provided free to our members or serve as door prizes. Your generosity will be acknowledged on our website and at the convention. Over the years Bear Manor Media, Chaosium Inc., Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mike Chomko Books, Radio Archives, Stark House Press, and others have donated to PulpFest.
Sponsorships are also available. You can sponsor the convention’s membership badges, welcome banner, hospitality suite, homepage, and more. To learn more about donations or sponsorship opportunities, please contact the convention’s marketing director, Mike Chomko, at mike@pulpfest.com.
The preliminary cover for The Pulpster #31 is by Rafael DeSoto. It originally served as the cover art for the November 1945 issue of Popular Publications’ Dime Mystery Magazine. DeSoto’s painting has been adapted for our program book by Pulpster editor and designer, William Lampkin.
We’ll be celebrating the 90th anniversary of Popular’s “Dime” magazines and much more at PulpFest 50.
If you’d like to purchase back issues of our program book, click The Pulpster button on our homepage to learn how to place your order. Copies of The Pulpster #29 and #30 are available for sale.
