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April 23, 2012
FREE E-PULP: SECRET OPERATIVE K-13!
FREE E-PULP: SECRET OPERATIVE K-13!Tom Roberts, publisher of Black Dog Books, tells us the e-book edition of the novel Secret Operative K-13 by Joel Townsley Rogers is going to be free on Amazon today and Tuesday. If you haven't picked up any of Tom's fantastic pulp collections yet, this is a great chance to try one for free.
April 22, 2012
CINEMA RETRO ISSUE #23 ~ AVAILABLE NOW!
CINEMA RETRO ISSUE #23 ~ AVAILABLE NOW!CINEMA RETRO ISSUE #23 IS NOW SHIPPING IN THE UK AND EUROPE. IT WILL BE SHIPPING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD IN MID-MAY.
DON'T MISS A SINGLE ISSUE OF THIS SEASON. IF YOU HAVEN'T SUBSCRIBED OR RENEWED, DO SO TODAY!
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE #23 INCLUDE:
• Coverage of the Bond in Motion exhibition in England- the largest single collection of original 007 vehicles ever displayed. We take you inside the gala press event that opened the exhibit.
• Dean Brierly analyzes the criminally underrated crime thriller The Night of the Following Day starring Marlon Brando and Richard Boone.
• Roland Schaefli pays tribute to the John Wayne-Howard Hawks adventure Hatari! and takes us on a visit to the African locations as they are today.
• Tim Graves celebrates the excellent, but little-remembered psychic thriller Games starring James Caan and Katharine Ross.
• Adrian Smith examines the British sex films of the 60s and 70s- and how film companies battled the censors to sneak in as many "tits and bums" as possible.
• Elvis on the Back Lot: Dean Sills looks back on The King's Hollywood hits- and how infrequently the exotic locations were actually filmed on location.
• Raymond Benson looks at the best films of 1982.
• Lee Pfeiffer takes a second look at the Italian Western A Minute To Pray, A Second to Die starring Alex Cord and Robert Ryan.
• Gareth Owen revisits the filming of The Slipper and the Rose at Pinewood Studios.
• Dave Worrall looks at the films that depicted the legendary raid on Entebbe and takes us back in time to the filming of Disney's Candleshoe through unseen on-set photos.
• Plus the latest DVD, soundtrack and film book reviews.
FOR MORE CLICK HERE
April 21, 2012
April 20, 2012
PULP NOW: THE STUDIO SPECTER!
PULP NOW: THE STUDIO SPECTER!Coming Soon from Uchronic Press is a tale of old Hollywood where Clark Tyler teams up with the mysterious Jade Monk as they try to solve a case of a killer ghost.
Shown above is the cover of the upcoming volume "Uchronic Tales: The Studio Specter", featuring the Jade Monk and a Tong thug with art by Mike Fyles.
UCHRONIC PRESS
PULP NOW: ATHENA VOLTAIRE!
PULP NOW: ATHENA VOLTAIRE!Globetrotting aviatrix Athena Voltaire battles Nazis, occult science, and mythical creatures against the backdrop of the pulp era. And now she’s coming in for a landing with Sequential Pulp Comics.
Co-publishers Sequential Pulp Comics and Dark Horse Comics are pleased to announce their publishing plans for writer/artist Steve Bryant’s 1930s heroine.
“Steve and I share a common love for all things pulp and for telling great stories. His character, Athena Voltaire, could not be a better fit for our line of graphic novels,” said Sequential Pulp president Michael Hudson. “These stories will have a beginning, a middle, and a true end to them, giving the reader a complete and fulfilling experience. The art and the writing are masterful. I can’t wait to see how Steve and his team develop this wonderful property as we move ahead.”
"I can't think of a better home for Athena Voltaire than the Sequential Pulp imprint. Their commitment to adapting genre classics and creating new pulp icons is second to none," said Bryant. "To be published through Dark Horse is the cherry on top. Hellboy, B.P.R.D., Buffy, Battlepug—they put out some of the best comics on the stands today. I’m flattered and humbled to see my book added to such a prestigious line!"
Athena Voltaire launched as a part of the Modern Tales family of webcomics in 2002 and was nominated for a Best Digital Comic Eisner Award in 2005. The feature was also included in St. Martin's The Year's Best Graphic Novels, Comics and Manga (2004 edition).
In addition to covering representational rights, the exclusive print and digital publishing agreement calls for an Omnibus edition containing remastered versions of the previously published Athena Voltaire material followed by new adventures, including two graphic novels and an illustrated prose anthology.
With titles scheduled into 2015 and beyond, Athena Voltaire is sure to continue to please her existing fan base as well as those who will be coming aboard through this relaunch. Anyone who enjoys pulp, classic adventure stories, classic and modern comics will fall in love with this heroine who is unlike any other in comics today.
HONEY WEST #7 ~ COMING IN AUGUST!
HONEY WEST #7 ~ COMING IN AUGUST!PART 2 OF 2: MURDER, FORSOOTH
STORY: TRINA ROBBINS ~ ART: SILVESTRE SZILAGYI
Honey goes undercover in a corset and pushup bra at a Medieval Faire, to find out who’s threatening to kill the May Queen.
And when those beauty queens go at it tooth and nail, battling for a prize that could lead to stardom, and when that contest might very well be fixed, woe betide the girl who wins, because her jealous rivals might make sure that it’s adios!
32 PAGES, FULL COLOR, $3.99
MOONSTONE BOOKS
April 18, 2012
P2K REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD!
P2K REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD!DAVID FOSTER, SOON TO HAVE HIS OWN NOVELIST DEBUT WITH FIGHT CARD: KING OF THE OUTBACK, GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON THE CURRENT FIGHT CARD ENTRY . . . FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD . . .
. . . If you have been reading the Fight Card series (and I like to think you are), then you will have noticed that the first four books are set in 1954. I haven’t asked why this is, but I do have a theory – not a very good one, but it’s worth a shot. Here it is.
On March 19, 1954, Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Tory at Madison Square Garden, in what was the first televised boxing prize fight to be shown in color.
Boxing had long been popular, but imagine watching boxing on your television screen, in your own home – in colour. It was a whole new world! Boxing came alive.
Hard Road is set three years later, in 1957. A lot had happened in those three years – chief among them was ‘Rock ‘n Roll’. Boxing now had colour and a beat, and author Kevin Michaels serves up a hard punching tale, set to a hip swiveling soundtrack . . .
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April 9, 2012
FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD ~ AVAILABLE NOW!
FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD ~ AVAILABLE NOW!JACK TUNNEY (KEVIN MICHAELS)
A MOST COOL NEW FIGHT CARD NOVEL HIT THE VIRTUAL BOOKSHELVES TODAY . . . A HARD PUNCHING TALE OF A FIGHTER AT THE CROSSROAD OF REDEMPTION AND PALOOKAVILLE . . . GET IT TODAY! $2.99 FOR YOUR KINDLE . . .
Atlantic City, 1957
Professional boxers Roberto Varga and Michael Boyle were once pals growing up at St. Vincent's Asylum for Boys in Chicago. Under the guidance of Father Tim, the fighting priest, they learned values, respect, responsibility, and how to fight fair.
But those lessons didn't stick with Boyle. Two years after leaving St. Vincent's, Boyle and Varga face-off in the ring with Boyle pounding out a bloody, lopsided decision, Varga swore wasn't on the up and up.
In the seven years since, their careers have taken different paths. Guided by unscrupulous manager Tommy Domino, Boyle is positioned for a title shot against Sugar Ray Robinson. Varga, however, has struggled in a career still haunted by the bloody loss to Boyle.
When the boxer scheduled to fight Boyle in Atlantic City breaks his hand two weeks before the fight, Domino scrambles for a replacement. He finds Varga toiling in a Philadelphia gym and offers him the rematch Varga has been waiting years to get. For Varga, it's a chance to finally even the score, a chance to get the title shot he's always dreamed about. But Boyle is not the only formidable foe aligned against Varga.
Redemption comes at a bloody price – a price perhaps too high for Varga to pay …
