PulpFest is more than a dealers’ room filled with tens of thousands of collectible items from pulp magazines to first-edition hardcovers to original art and more.
Nor is it several evenings of amazing presentations such as our looks at “The Shaver Mystery” and “Ghost Stories: Truth or Fiction?”
PulpFest is people — readers, collectors, and dealers who love popular fiction and art. People who realize that the pulps profoundly impacted American popular culture. Thanks to all of you — dealers and members alike — PulpFest is still alive and kicking after 54 years.
Thanks to the generosity of our dealers, PulpFest will celebrate its 54th summertime convention with our sixth annual pizza party. Starting at 5 pm on Thursday, July 30, we’ll have dozens of cheese, pepperoni, and margherita pizzas, baked to perfection in the hotel’s wood-fired ovens. The pizzas are on us, but the drinks are on you!
Thursday’s pizza will not only be a celebration of PulpFest‘s opening night, but it will also provide an opportunity to support our host hotel. Please come and enjoy a slice or two in the lounge, but be sure to support the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry by purchasing something to quench your thirst.
And be sure to support and thank the following dealers for their generous contributions to make our sixth annual PulpFest pizza night a tremendous success:
Rommin Adl, John & Maureen Gunnison of Adventure House, Chris and David Kalb of Age of Aces Books, Mark Alvarado, Leonard Apa, Jim Beard of Becky’s Books, Steve Ericson and Books from the Crypt, Michael Brenner of Brenner’s Collectable Books, Henry G Franke III and The Burroughs Bibliophiles, Wayne Carey, Mike & Dianne Chomko, Ray Walsh of the Curious Book Shop, Christopher Dale, Scott & Linda Edwards of Dearly Departed Books, John deSoto, Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books, David Earle, Doug Ellis & Deb Fulton, Dave Smith of Fantasy Illustrated, John Bruening of Flinch! Books, Bill Carney & Mark Egner of Gieger and Archer Books, Allan Liska & Green Archer Comics, George Hagenauer, Heartwood Books & Art, Heritage Auctions, Ron “Doc” Hill, Joseph C. Booth of The Illustration Booth, John Knott, Duane Laflin, Bill Lampkin and ThePulp.Net, Gary & Lucille Lovisi, Hunter Lyon, Bob McGeeney, Alan McGill, John McMahan, Bill McMahon, Peter Macuga, Emanuel Maris, Tom Martin, William Patrick Maynard, Bill Cunningham of Pulp 2.0 and Men’s Adventure Quarterly, Meteor House, Charles F. Millhouse, Brian K. Morris, Todd McDevitt of New Dimensions Comics, Mike Parsons, Curt Phillips of Pulp Era Booksellers, Joseph Nelson of Point of Impact Publishing, Garyn & Virginia Roberts, Rick Santman, Dave Schmidt of Main Street Music, Darrell Schweitzer, Tim King & The Shadowed Circle, Steven Spilger, Terry’s Old School Comics, Tim Paxton of Tim’s Books, Bill Wagner, Mark & Carol Wheatley, John Wooley, Derek Woywood of Collectors Comics, and Larry & Kathy Hallock of Ygor’s Books, plus a few dealers who wish to remain anonymous.
To enjoy our dealers’ room (and pizza party), click the “register” button on our website. And don’t forget to book a hotel room. If you have trouble finding a room at the DoubleTree, our host hotel, click here for what else is available nearby.
The PulpFest pizza party is strictly informal. So come as you are, although we’d prefer that you wear a few more garments than the downtrodden humans are wearing in Alex Schomburg’s cover for the August 1965 issue of Amazing Stories.
If you prefer wearing a toga, or covering yourself in a white sheet like our ghostly Uncle Sam, painted by an unknown artist for the July 1926 issue of Ghost Stories, think how you’ll look if you spill your pizza on your lap.
If you really want to shine while dining on our pizza, click the link on our website and order a PulpFest t-shirt. They’re available in a variety of sizes in black or royal blue with the PulpFest logo across the chest. They’ll also be available for sale at PulpFest 2026.
We’ll be celebrating the centennials of Amazing Stories and Ghost Stories, and a whole lot more at PulpFest 2026. Please join us from July 30 to August 2 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania.
