Another PulpFest in the books (ahem!), and as always, it was all over much too quickly. It's a special place, and I think The Book Graveyard's Groundskeeper Nick Anderson summed it up eloquently in his opening comments to his pre-PulpFest interview with chairman Jack Cullers. I've cued the clip to Nick's comments:
"It's a beautiful thing to be a part of." Absolutely true!
YouTuber Rock Savage stopped by the New Texture table asking a question that, in more literate times, was a conversation starter at parties: What was the last book you read?
What I should have said was, "It wasn't Christopher Nolan's Odyssey movie that inspired me to read it. It was Ralph Fiennes' Odyssey movie, The Return!" (Highly recommended, by the way.)
Gary Lovisi has been reviewing Men's Adventure Library releases pretty much since we started releasing them, and he's been very kind to our books. His review videos are not only informative, but thanks to the presence of his wife (and camera operator) Lucille, Lovisi videos are among the most charming as well.
I've cued his video to our meeting (our first in person!), and my somewhat starstruck response to appearing on the Lovisi cam after years as a viewer is sincere.
Lee Charlton, aka The Retired Book Guy, is a recent addition to the ranks of BookTubers covering PulpFest. He hung out for a bit talking MAM art and artists. He picked up our Mort Künstler collections at the show, and promises a fuller video review of both books is in the offing. I'll look forward to that, and will share it here when he posts it.
Finally, we circle back to Nick from The Book Graveyard, who dropped by the table to chat and see what Men's Adventure Library titles were getting the most attention this year:
While I've cued these videos to my appearances, I hope you'll take the time to review all the videos in full, so you can meet some other PulpFest characters and envy their book hauls. At the very least, you'll get a sense of what you missed and why you should start planning to attend next year's festivities.
Big thank yous to the three guys at the top of the PulpFest totem pole, all of whom are incredibly patient, ridiculously supportive, and a lot of fun: Thank you Jack Cullers, thank you Mike Chomko, thank you Bill Lampkin. Thank you William Patrick Maynard for being such a funny and generous table neighbor. Thank you Eric Blackburn, Neal and Bernice Jones, and Innes Weir for your help and support at the event. Thanks to friends new and old who stopped by the table to chat. Thanks to those who supported our work by buying our books. And thanks to all the volunteers and attendees who helped make PulpFest a success.
Meanwhile, dates have been announced for PulpFest 2027! Get the early news on the PulpFest site, HERE.
