If you follow us on social media (especially during #Noirvember), it’s no secret, we love Film Noir. Why? Well, we wrote about that, but the TL;DR version—we love an underdog. And that’s what Film Noir was in a nutshell. It was usually a small-budget movie from a B Studio. The reason they “painted with light,”… Continue reading From The Shadows: Underrated Actors Of Film Noir
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October 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
Yeah, yeah, it’s been a minute. I know. Our last reading list post was in June, and with this being the last week of October we barely made it this month. Truth be told, we were recently interviewed by @slowheavymetalmusicplaying on a new app called Famera. It was a great time, a lot of fun.… Continue reading October 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
Beach Reads for Hot Girl Summer—Pulp Art
Hot girl summer is upon us (whatever the hell that means), and we’re getting into the spirit. To keep our social media going I have folders upon folders of pulp paperback covers. Many from pulpcovers.com — check them out if you haven’t before. Anyway, with Summer upon us, I went to our “Summer Folder” and… Continue reading Beach Reads for Hot Girl Summer—Pulp Art
May 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
Halfway through the month, but better late than never. Sad thing is, I put this article together a month ago and was very proud of myself for getting ahead of the game, only to never post the damn thing until the 15th. Anyway, here’s our list for the May reading list starting out strong with… Continue reading May 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
Pulp Artists: Margaret Brundage The Queen of Pulp Pinup Art
Bio Margaret Brundage (1900-1976), the Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art is best remembered as the cover artist for Weird Tales during the 1930s, a time many would consider the magazine’s golden age. She studied fashion design at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts but eventually dropped out. One of her classmates at the Chicago Academy… Continue reading Pulp Artists: Margaret Brundage The Queen of Pulp Pinup Art
Stolen Rembrandts — This Is A Robbery on Netflix
If you like Boston Accents, 90s nostalgia, and true crime—This is a Robbery on Netflix is for you. Produced by Colin and Nick Barnicle, it’s a breezy four episodes with great characters, interviews, surprisingly high production value re-creations, and archive footage. The Heist The series is about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. When, in… Continue reading Stolen Rembrandts — This Is A Robbery on Netflix
American Pulps Favorite Movies By Decade: 1930s
Nothing seems to piss people off more than putting lists up of “the best ___” or whatever. And since we don’t mind ruffling some feathers, we’re going to start listing the most influential (to us) movies by decade. I say influential to us because these movies were an inspiration in one way or another to… Continue reading American Pulps Favorite Movies By Decade: 1930s
April 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
If you’re living in an area experiencing “April Showers” and find yourself indoors a lot, here’s some books to keep you company. If it’s beautiful out, these books can keep you company outside too. That’s the beauty of books, they’re versatile. Ride the Pink Horse — Dorothy B. Hughes Dorothy B. Hughes, the late, great,… Continue reading April 2021 — American Pulps Reading List
New Pulp Fiction — American Pulps
We are living in a Pulp Rennaisance, whether you call it “New Pulp,” “Neo-Pulp,” or just “Pulp” there is definitely a resurgence in the world of Pulp Fiction. What is Pulp Fiction? Pulp Fiction is a genre of tawdry, action-based stories printed on cheap magazines. The pulp publications of the early-to-mid-1900s were made from cheap… Continue reading New Pulp Fiction — American Pulps
Men’s Adventure Quarterly and the New Pulp Renaissance
When we first started American Pulps, we were kicking around ideas for our zine. Like I’ve said in previous articles, we both knew we wanted to write pulp fiction, but we wanted to “niche down” a bit, with pulp fiction being a broad catchall genre. We were at John’s house and he pulled out Bob… Continue reading Men’s Adventure Quarterly and the New Pulp Renaissance