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THE SHADOW (1994) on Blu-ray
In 1997 Universal entered the fledgling DVD market with four titles, one of them being The Shadow, starring Alec Baldwin as the cloaked crimefighter of pulp and radio fame. The Russell Mulcahy-directed film, released in 1994 to mixed reviews, had previously been made available to collectors in both VHS and laserdisc form. Curiously, the Shadow […]
READ MORE >>PulpFest Is Coming Up Fast!
The fifth annual PulpFest begins exactly eight weeks from today, on July 26. It continues the four-decades-old tradition of staging a major summer convention for fans and collectors of American popular fiction, specifically that which appeared in woodpulp magazines published during the first half of the 20th century. While other such events — especially the […]
READ MORE >>Murania’s Memorial Day Weekend Sale!
If you haven’t purchased recent releases from Murania Press, be sure to take advantage of our holiday-weekend sale. From now until Monday, May 27, you can get back issues of Blood ‘n’ Thunder, both volumes of The Best of Blood ‘n’ Thunder, all four volumes of the Classic Pulp Reprints series, and other Murania publications […]
READ MORE >>Ruminating On The Nature Of Pulp
The other day, while scanning social-media sites and hobbyist message boards, I was struck by the proliferation of books currently being marketed as “pulp.” This, of course, is not an altogether new phenomenon: Although the rough-paper periodicals of yore ceased publication more than 50 years ago, the “pulp fiction” label has since been routinely attached […]
READ MORE >>Thanks To Our Loyal Subscribers!
With each new issue of Blood ‘n’ Thunder goes a fresh batch of subscription renewal notices, and I’m always gratified when subscribers re-up for another year. From the beginning BnT has enjoyed the support of an unusually loyal customer base; until the recent economic downtown I could count on an annual renewal rate of 95 […]
READ MORE >>DISTRESSED DAMSELS & MASKED MARAUDERS: The Final Update
Nearly 11 months ago I announced that the long-awaited Distressed Damsels and Masked Marauders (aka The Bane of My Existence) was nearly ready for publication. Alas, this cursed project had to be back-burnered yet again, and now almost another year has passed. It was my hope — indeed, my determination — that DD&MM would be […]
READ MORE >>Coming Soon: BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION
The first book bearing my Murania Press imprint was The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps, which I researched for years prior to writing. Upon its publication in 2007 the Guide sold briskly, surpassing my very modest expectations in fairly short order. It did particularly well on Amazon, eventually reaching hundreds of buyers who’d […]
READ MORE >>BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER #36/37: Subscriber Copies Have Shipped
As of today all subscriber copies of Blood ‘n’ Thunder #36/37 are in the mail, with the exception of a few owed to those who’ve sent renewal checks since I returned from the Windy City Pulp Convention last week. Early comments in the issue have been favorable, and according to reports from my wholesale clients […]
READ MORE >>Windy City 2013 Convention Report
The 2013 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention took place last weekend, and I’m still recovering. Bracketed by grueling 14-hour drives, the show found me scurrying around like the proverbial chicken without a head — changing DVDs in the Film Room every hour or two, manning the Murania Press table solo (for the first time […]
READ MORE >>Recent Posts
- Windy City Film Program: Day Two
- Windy City Pulp Show: Film Program
- Now Available: When Dracula Met Frankenstein
- Collectibles Section Update
- Mark Halegua (1953-2020), R.I.P.
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