PulpFest 2023 may still be six months off, but this year’s pulp and paperback season will get started on March 19 with the 43rd annual Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show . . .
This year’s Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show will take place on Sunday, March 19, at the Glendale Civic Auditorium at 1401 North Verdugo Road in Glendale, California from 9 AM to 4 PM. Featuring an admission price of ten bucks, it’s the best bargain in town!
Now in its 43rd year, the convention was started by Tom Lesser in 1980. It has grown to be the world’s largest vintage paperback gathering. The 2023 show will feature over 100 dealer tables with more than 100,000 vintage paperbacks for sale, from inexpensive filler copies to the rarest collectibles in the hobby. In addition to collectible paperbacks, you’ll also find pulp magazines, original illustration art, hardbound science fiction and mystery books, and more. There is no telling what might show up!
Even with a crowd of collectors around, it’s possible to be the one who discovers a hidden gem at the event. This year, you could be that lucky person!
Over the years, the show has also featured an exciting roster of guest authors and artists. It has included such notables as Poul Anderson, Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl, and A. E. Van Vogt (all for over 10 years); Robert Bloch (18 years); and William F. Nolan (probably the show’s champ, with over 33 years of appearances). This year’s show will feature approximately fifty authors and artists talking with attendees and signing their works for free! Click here for a schedule of this year’s guests.
You’ll find more information about this great collectors’ event at the convention’s website, its Facebook page, or by calling Tom Lesser at 818-855-1786.
But What About PulpFest?
While you’re at the Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show, pick up a PulpFest 2023 postcard to learn more about this summer’s pulp con.
Less than five months after the Glendale Civic Auditorium empties out after Tom Lesser’s show, PulpFest 2023 will start. It begins on Thursday evening, August 3, and runs through Sunday afternoon, August 6. The convention will take place just outside of Pittsburgh at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania. To learn how to join PulpFest 2023, click the Registration button on our website. If you need lodging, you can also book a room on our site.
To learn more about what PulpFest 2023 has to offer, click here and here.
The Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show’s 2023 poster was adapted by Tony Gleeson from the work of Harold W. McCauley. His painting was originally used as the front cover art for the September 1942 issue of Fantastic Adventures, published by Ziff-Davis and edited by Ray Palmer. McCauley’s artwork illustrates “Goddess of the Fifth Plane,” a novella written by William P. McGivern.
