Today, the PulpFest organizing committee wishes everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Wherever you find yourself this week, we sincerely hope you’ll be able to enjoy the company of friends and family and join in a good meal. Emmett Watson’s engineer and Leslie Thrasher’s huntsman certainly seem to be heading in that direction!
In the coming months, PulpFest will be filling in more details about our 2025 convention. We’ll talk about pulp villains and Edgar Rice Burroughs; artist Ed Emshwiller and bestselling writer Edgar Wallace; The Pulpster and Farmercon; our terrific dealers’ room and superb programming. You’ll learn about all this and a whole lot more at pulpfest.com.
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Scheduled for August 7 – 10 at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania, PulpFest will salute the “Masters of Blood and Thunder” — Edgar Rice Burroughs, Rafael Sabatini, and Edgar Wallace — the Great Pulp Villains, and more at its 2025 convention.
And don’t forget, your PulpFest membership also makes you a member of Doc Con XXI, ERBFest 2025, and Farmercon XX. That’s four conventions for the price of one! You can’t beat that deal!
We’ve already lined up a lot of great presentations, plus appearances by contemporary creators inspired by the pulp fiction and art of the early twentieth century. PulpFest 2025 will be the 53rd convening of summer’s pulp con.
This Black Friday, surprise yourself with an early Christmas present and register for next summer’s pulp con. Click here and you’re on your way! And don’t forget to book a room at the DoubleTree! They go fast!
The legendary Leslie Thrasher was synonymous with The Saturday Evening Post, but his amazing artwork also graced the covers of Red Book, Collier’s, Liberty, and The Popular Magazine, including the November 20, 1915 number that leads our post.
A veteran of The Great War, Thrasher studied under the esteemed Howard Pyle and was a friend and colleague of Norman Rockwell. He suffered respiratory ailments for years following exposure to poison gas during the First World War. Complications from smoke inhalation during a house fire ended his life prematurely at age 47.
Our featured image — painted by Emmett Watson, a freelance artist who sold most of his pulp work to the Munsey magazines — is excerpted from the November 1931 issue of Railroad Man’s Magazine, a long-running pulp magazine that featured “Stories of Adventure and Real Life.”
Debuting during the fall of 1906, Railroad Man’s Magazine was originally published by Frank Munsey. Except for a lengthy period during the 1920s, the magazine was published almost continuously through early 1979. It continues today as Railfan & Railroad, a non-fiction magazine.
Derek Starr is a writer and popular culture enthusiast who began contributing to our website in 2022. He particularly enjoys the Fiction House pulps. One of his favorites is Planet Stories, the publisher’s legendary science fiction pulp. He’s also a fan of their air pulps and enjoys turkey and all the fixings. We wish Derek and his family a wonderful holiday.
For more holiday fun, visit the PulpFest YouTube Channel to catch our latest video by award-winning novelist, journalist, and editor Craig McDonald, “PulpFest Wishes You A Happy Thanksgiving!“
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