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Post by justin on Nov 6, 2009 10:27:23 GMT
Has just gone to print...
Contents include- Beyond the Silver Sky- an overview of Ken Bulmer's work from Ace Doubles to Dray Prescott The House of Bulmer- Andreas Decker looks at the enduring popularity Ken enjoyed in Germany Masero Lives! Johnny Mains interviews the classic cover artist Death Merchant- Andreas Decker gives the inside story on the outrageous men's adventure series The Four Gringos- saddles up with blood-thirsty western series Breed, Herne and Crow Weird Tales at Panther- a much expanded and heavily illustrated 8-page reworking of The Paperback Dungeon checklist When the Vile Take Over- at last we cover NEL's Hells Angels poster mags
It should be a goodie!
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Post by allthingshorror on Nov 6, 2009 20:10:49 GMT
Oh boy, am I looking forward to this one! Sounds like another cracking issue Justin - how will number 13 better it?
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Post by bushwick on Nov 6, 2009 20:54:11 GMT
BREED, HERNE AND CROW!! My literary heroes and role models right there! Didn't buy the last PF due to financial restrictions, but I'll be getting this even if I have to mug a granny...
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Post by allthingshorror on Nov 6, 2009 23:04:11 GMT
Just had a brilliant phonecall with Tony Masero - and some very promising news, he's seriously bending to me persuading him to come to the World Horror Con to sell some of his paintings and prints. So if it comes off that'll be Steve Crisp, Tony Masero and John Holmes in Brighton come next March!
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Post by dem bones on Nov 7, 2009 14:06:36 GMT
This one is driving me crazy. is it the same model in both photos? timely seasonal enthusiasm booster, Mr. M! Am particularly looking forward to all of it. Glad you've revamped Weird Tales In Panther; i liked that just fine in Paperback Dungeon but the cover reproduction is so much improved in Fanatic and an expanded checklist is always welcome. i only ever saw one copy of the NEL Hells Angel mags and i'm wondering if the cover will still gross me out as it did (it's the one involving the pigeon) ....
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Post by justin on Nov 7, 2009 14:39:53 GMT
Johnny, the only way issue 12 could be topped would be if you could secure an exclusive interview with Shaun Hutson in which he talks about his many pseudonyms for the first time!
Glad the listing has perked you up Dem but it's sent me into a right tizz! A NEL's Angels mag with a gross photo involving a pigeon- I ain't never seen it! And there I was feeling all smug about personally owning 3 out of the 5! There were more?!?
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Post by dem bones on Nov 7, 2009 15:04:08 GMT
Could be that it wasn't a NEL but that's unlikely as i'm almost sure it was a poster mag and there couldn't have been TWO of them devoted to Hells Angels, could there? !! The way i remember it, the cover star has just bitten the head off the pigeon and is washing it down with beer. It is not a pleasant image. Wait until Franklin shows up 'cause we had a chat about it on the BHF board once and i'm pretty sure he's seen a copy.
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Post by allthingshorror on Nov 7, 2009 22:55:32 GMT
Johnny, the only way issue 12 could be topped would be if you could secure an exclusive interview with Shaun Hutson in which he talks about his many pseudonyms for the first time! Funny you should mention that Justin, I've recently managed to land a MASSIVE interview with the Hutson where he goes into great depth in talking about his many pen names, and also about his working life with the late, great Bob Tanner. I really think this one will blow wide open new ground as far as Hutson is concerned - you will have NEVER read any of this stuff before. Absolute gold and I'm privileged that it's gonna appear in PF #13, fucking over the moon I am.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 29, 2009 6:33:44 GMT
Justin Marriott (ed.) - Paperback Fanatic #12 (Nov. 2009) Got home late last night to find this latest celebration of the beautiful ugly awaiting me and on early acquaintance it's another stormer. I still have plenty to read, but here's a taster. The Weird Tales At Panther revamp is a massive overhaul of the Paperback Dungeon - PF #2 original with several additions to the listing and the covers given greater opportunity to shine. I hesitate to use the word "comprehensive" as some fool with always come up with a title we've overlooked or just plain never heard of, but surely there can't be too many to come? When the Vile Take Over - NEL's infamous Hells Angels poster mags - is brilliant, at times even laugh out loud funny (check the "we-did-a-lot-of-soul-searching-before-we-published-this, honest!" editorial "Hell's Angels are madmen and they admit it"! Bye the bye, mr. Fanatic. Could it be the biker versus pigeon photo alluded to earlier have been a page from one of these rather than an actual cover? Tony Masero is the latest cover artist to fall under the Mains microscope and live to tell the tale. His remarkable, very appealing horror covers are often so brightly coloured (The MEWS reprint of Haining's Gothic sampler, The Craft Of Terror from 1975 is a good example) as to have that almost dayglo quality J.N. Howett brought to the sex & sadism pulps. Pretty and nightmarish at the same time, if that makes sense? Hopefully, some more inane comment later when i've read the rest, but all you really know is, Paperback Fanatic #12 is out now and you probably need it more than a swine flu vaccine to see you through to the end of this crummy decade.
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Post by dem bones on Dec 1, 2009 20:53:04 GMT
Further to the Panther article. firstly, i was delighted to see Charles Birkin making a brief but long overdue welcome in PF, second, Justin, here are the cover and contents for; Robert Bloch - The House Of The Hatchet (Panther, 1976) Anthony Roberts By Way Of Introduction
House Of The Hatchet Return To The Sabbath The Mandarin's Canaries Waxworks The Feast In The Abbey Slave Of The Flames The Shambler From The Stars Mother Of Serpents The Secret Of Sebek The Eyes Of The Mummy One Way To Mars A very different selection to the Tandem paperback with which it share's its title. All but one of the stories fall into the 1935-40 period and all eleven first appeared in Weird Tales. Back to the mag. Andreas, i was particularly impressed with your article on Joseph Rosenburger's Death Merchant books. i don't think i've ever seen, let alone read, any of them, and chances are i wouldn't want to, but reading about them is something else. Another thoroughly intriguing PF crash-course. Ken Bulmer is, i know, a massive hero to many on here, but he seems to have written little pure horror (at least, not the kind i'm likely to come across), so i missed out on him, just as i have the Picadilly Cowboys. What worries me about them is, no doubt it will only take one Crow or Herne to have me collecting yet another bloody genre when i can't make any impression on the treacherous 'to read' mountain (it's starting to look like Devil's Peak). But to be honest; "Violent, gratuitous and cynical"? how long am i likely to resist? Well done to all the contributors, and thanks to Justin!
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Post by bushwick on Dec 2, 2009 16:28:30 GMT
Another great issue. Tony Masero seems like a down-to-earth, stand-up guy...and still available for commissions of book covers...good stuff.
The Death Merchant article was pretty fascinating. More of this insane, balls-out right wing pulp lunacy, similar vibes to Casca and a lot of the men's adventure stuff. The purest exploitation catering to the shadiest, most caveman instincts of the Working Man...I find myself compelled by this kind of material and the guys that wrote it.
The Breed/Herne/Crow piece was good but a bit brief for my liking - I'm obsessed with the Piccadilly Cowboys so could have easily read a whole mag devoted to these characters. Would definitely like to see some more coverage of this area Justin - Jubal Cade, Gunslinger, Peacemaker, Gringos, the Lawmen...I hope the article is well-received so you can write more. Dem, get stuck in, I guarantee you will love these books...I find they always deliver the goods, ie relentless violence, caustic wit/crap jokes, bad sex etc etc, whereas many of the horror books from the same era often promise more than they deliver. I was never interested in the Western genre at all before reading the PC stuff, it was horror all the way for me...
good shit in general, and very sad to hear of Ken Bulmer's final days...and a reminder that I really should stop smoking...
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Post by dem bones on Dec 2, 2009 18:57:15 GMT
Dem, get stuck in, I guarantee you will love these books...I find they always deliver the goods, ie relentless violence, caustic wit/crap jokes, bad sex etc etc, whereas many of the horror books from the same era often promise more than they deliver. I was never interested in the Western genre at all before reading the PC stuff, it was horror all the way for me... well, thanks to PF and enthusiastic posts like yours, bush, i've sampled a few genres i wouldn't have gone anywhere near a few years back, so maybe i'll take the plunge in the new year. what worries me most is cultivating another horror-sized addiction ...
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Post by allthingshorror on Dec 3, 2009 10:26:06 GMT
Another cracking issue - and its great to see the letters page going from strength to strength. Loved the Bulmer pieces, some top notch writing there but the Hells Angel stuff blew me away. Another must have for Mains' Masoleum of Memorabillia....
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 3, 2009 20:13:19 GMT
My copy pf PF 12 arrived yesterday - great article and cover gallery on the Panther horror series, which got me hooked on horror many moons ago. Must pick up The Trap - never heard of it before now.
I also picked up Pulpmania that Justin was offering - the Guy N. Smith interview was brilliant, as was the article on Michael Parry - there's a photo of him that I could have sworn was ringo Starr.
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Post by andydecker on Dec 5, 2009 13:07:56 GMT
Dem and the others, thank you! Glad you liked the articles with my less than perfect english.
Great cover. The Panther cover gallery is very interesting. They knew how to give the line a face. I particulary liked Justin´s piece on Bulmer and the Hell´s Angels mags. Hard to believe they ever published this. Guess they were a good laugh in a biker bar at the time.
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