PulpFest

PulpFest 2026 welcomes David Saunders for "Amazing Artists," a look at the many talented artists who have worked for the magazine over the last century. Join us on Friday, July 31, at 8:40 pm for a look at these important contributors to AMAZING STORIES. Learn more at https://pulpfest.com/

PulpFest 2026 welcomes John Ventre for "The Amazing Ray Palmer," a look at the magazine editor who turned the failing AMAZING STORIES into a circulation juggernaut. Join us on Friday, July 31, at 7:50 pm for a look at the life and career of the controversial RAP. Learn more at https://pulpfest.com/

In 2025, longtime pulp collector & scholar, John DeWalt, won our Munsey Award, while pulp dealer Ray Walsh won the Rusty.

Help select this year's winner by sending us your nomination. Visit https://pulpfest.com/ to learn more. The deadline is June 7.

We're now accepting online bids for our PulpFest 2026 Auction. We currently have 191 lots of books, pulps, comics, and more up for bid. Included are early issues of Doc Savage, The Shadow, and other pulps. Visit https://pulpfest.com and click the "2026 Auction" button to see our photo catalog and place your bids. Good luck!!!

We’re about sixty days away from the start of PulpFest 2026! On Thursday, July 30, be one of the hundreds of pop-culture fans rushing into our dealers’ room at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry, just north of Pittsburgh in Mars, Pennsylvania.

Visit https://pulpfest.com to learn how to register for the convention.

PulpFest 2026 welcomes Wyatt Doyle for "Gil Cohen — Inside and Out," a discussion of the artist’s work on covers and interior illustrations for the men’s adventure magazines and his career in general – from magazines to paperbacks to his celebrated work as a fine artist with a focus on aviation. Join us on Friday, July 31, at 7 pm. Learn more at https://pulpfest.com/

PulpFest 2026 welcomes Jim Beard of Becky's Books & Flinch Books for "Cosmic Collectibles," a look at how Phil Nowlan’s popular pulp character, Buck Rogers, has been marketed for nearly a century.

Join us on Thursday, July 30, at 10:20 pm for this entertaining lecture. Learn more at https://pulpfest.com/

Happy Memorial Day to all of our followers in the USA.

Celebrate your holiday by visiting pulpfest.com to learn, "What's this PulpFest all about?"

Ted White, the former editor of AMAZING STORIES and FANTASTIC, passed away on Sunday, May 24. He had been in and out of the hospital over the last month.

The guest-of-honor at PulpFest 2016, Ted, won the Hugo Award as Best Fan Writer in 1968. He was also nominated as Best Professional Editor or for Best Professional Magazine throughout most of the 1970s. In addition to these notable accomplishments, he was an accomplished author, editor, musician and music critic, and a leading science-fiction and pulp collector.

Please visit https://pulpfest.com to learn more.

We'll be celebrating 100 years of ghostly visitations at PulpFest 2026. On May 23, 1926, Macfadden Publications released the first issue of GHOST STORIES. Learn more about this spooky classic at https://pulpfest.com/