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Post by dem bones on Nov 22, 2012 23:17:40 GMT
Justin Marriott (ed) - Paperback Fanatic #24 (November 2012) Fanatical thoughts: anguished wails from ye olde editor.
Fanatical mails: your thoughts on issue 23. Andy Boot, Clive Davis, Colin Clynes, Graham Andrew, James McRobert, Don von Doom, Ian Millsread, Jim Walker, Magnus Gatemark, James Doig, Johan Elzer, Stephen Sennitt, Stuart Williams, Andreas Decker, Nigel Taylor.
Australia's master of erotic adventure: James Doig and Graeme Flanagan on the prolific sleaze author John Slater.
Col Cameron: original art from the Australian cover artist.
The Survivor: Johnny Mains interviews horror legend James Herbert.
The Obvious Enigma: Andy Boot on Jack Trevor Story.
Soul Cinema: Chris Poggiali provides this issues cover gallery.
Fit to be tied - King Kong: Graham Andrews gives a guided tour of skull island
Canadian Gothic: Graham Andrews on A. E. van Vogt
Top Tens from Stephen Sennitt, Sarah Morgan and James Doig The word on the block is that the new Fanatic is imminent! Recently described by editor Justin as "the most eclectic issue yet", a quick scrutiny at above leaked contents list suggests he has a strong case. Gallery reputedly more X rated than even the audience-dividing sleaze special. More details as and when. For subscription info & co., visit the superstore at Paperback Fanatic or email Justin: thepaperbackfanatic ATsky.com (replace AT with @, obviously)
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Post by dem bones on Dec 8, 2012 20:04:23 GMT
The eagerly anticipated #24 burst through the letterbox midday and we can safely confirm that, in terms of illustrative content, this is every inch the bosom heavy extravaganza we'd been led to believe. In view of the audience-dividing response to the unofficial "sleaze special", will be intrigued to learn the reception afforded John Slater's Nazisploitation 'Women in bondage' series and Col Cameron's cover artwork for same. As is always the case, there is so much written content to digest that you need to read everything through at least twice before it begins to sink in, but early highlights include James Doig & Graeme Flanagan on the Slater shockers, Andy Boot on prolific genre-hopper Jack Trevor Story, Graham Andrews on King Kong & friends, and, as ever, the mailbag. Very well done to 'top ten' provider Sarah Morgan - not only another Charles Birkin convert but incredibly, by my reckoning, the first ever female contributor to Paperback Fanatic! More to follow over coming days for sure. Well done Justin & the small army of contributors!
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 11, 2012 7:06:28 GMT
The eagerly anticipated #24 burst through the letterbox midday Got my copy today - grand stuff as usual! I've been waiting for a good monkey article, and King Kong fits the bill. |
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Post by dem bones on Dec 18, 2012 14:46:30 GMT
Got my copy today - grand stuff as usual! I've been waiting for a good monkey article, and King Kong fits the bill. Agreed, and I hope Graham Andrews writes a similarly fact-filled part 2, taking in the Rivals and Wannabe Kong novels by Dean 'breast-fixation' Owen, Jim Moffat and .... well, i'm guessing there must be more. bastard, bastard, bastard! I lost my first set of notes, so will just drift this up as it's written and hope for the best. Have long suspected that the 'John Slater' Women in bondage Nazisploitation novels are likely more fun to read about than actually read, and James Doig & Graeme Flanagan's welcome commentary on the series suggests that cover artist Col Cameron's glowing endorsement - "Once you've read one, you've read them all" - isn't far wide of the mark. As I understand it, 'Australia's master of erotic adventure' favoured two basic plots: bold Aussie POWs rescue shipwrecked/ shot down nurses from sadistic Japs, and bold Concentration Camp internees rescue women (mixed) from the sadistic SS? I've had a moldering copy of Gestapo hanging around for a time, never did investigate beyond the blurb, but on the strength of James & Graeme's article, it's time is drawing near. It will have to go some to better Ken Macaulay's outrageous The Nuclear Nazis, mind! Personally, I love Col Cameron's series artwork which has that absurd-nightmarish quality John Newton Howitt brought to the shudder pulp magazines, and the photo covers - the two samples, in any case - struck me as ... i'm not sure "innocent" is quite the right word, but somehow less seedy than the Beacon Books gallery in #20. Maybe, in fact, almost definitely it's just me.  Marcus Jones Johnny Mains' interview with James Herbert makes for a better-than-decent companion piece to DON’T LEAVE THIS ON AUNT EDNA’S CHAIR!, Justin's article on The Rats and The Fog published way back in the 2006 début, when the magazine was known as PulpMania. I'm glad - for him - that he "learned his craft" and went on to write critically acclaimed best-sellers, but that mean, lean pair remain my favourite of his novels - of the subsequent horrors, for me, only Lair comes close to replicating the rush. More to follow ... |
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