Author: Glenn Hauman

WHITE ROCKET LAUNCHES METALGOD, A NEW SENTINELS ADVENTURE

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  • November 23, 2012
Cover Art: Chris Kohler. Colors: Sarah White

White Rocket Books has shared a sneak preview of the wraparound cover for the upcoming release, SENTINELS Vol. 7: METALGOD, a novel by New Pulp Author Van Allen Plexico.

The Metalgod cover is pencilled and inked by longtime Sentinels interior artist, Chris Kohler (Metalgod marks his first cover art for the series) with color art by Sarah White (her Sentinels debut).  Design work is by Van Allen Plexico. You can view the full cover above as well as here.

“The design and cover logo are slightly different from previous books,” said Plexico of the cover. “I figured the first volume in a new arc was the best time to try a somewhat different look.”

Sentinels Vol. 7: Metalgod will be on sale in early December in paperback and Kindle from White Rocket Books.

THE BOOK CAVE SETS ITS SIGHTS ON THE CW’S ARROW!

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  • November 22, 2012

Stephen Amell as Arrow

Art Sippo wasn’t able to join The Book Cave this week due to work obligations. Rumor has it that his experiment escaped and the villagers were approaching with torches and pitchforks. Joining the podcast this week as a new member of the Book Cave crew is Bruce Rosenberger. Bruce is the host of his own podcast, KomicsKast, the show where Ric first learned what a podcast was and became hooked. In this episode, Bruce and Book Cave host Ric Croxton talk about the popular new TV series, Arrow. They cover the character of Oliver Queen from his beginning to the present. Plus, hear who Ric and many others think Queen is representing as a character on TV.

The Book Cave Episode 206: Arrow is live. Listen now at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com.

What we’re thankful for, and how you can help ComicMix (and thank you for asking)

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  • November 22, 2012

At this time of Thanksgiving, we’re thankful to each and every one of you who keeps coming back to the site because you like the people, or the comics, or the occasional snark.  We all know how tough it is out there, not acknowledging that fact doesn’t make it any less tight in the wallet. There is a pestilence upon this land, nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress in this period in history. But we’re glad that you’re here, reading and occasionally commenting.

We’d also like to ask you, if you’re doing any shopping at Amazon this holiday season, do it through us and help us keep the lights on. If you want to support ComicMix every time you shop at Amazon, bookmark this link and use it whenever you do your online shopping.

We are NOT asking you to forgo shopping at your local comic store, far from it. Please support your local shops. If you don’t know if you have one near you, go to our Comic Shop Locator. And if you’re running a store that’s not listed, please add your comic store to our database.

Things may be a bit light over the next few days with holidays and tech stuff, so enjoy yourself and watch out for crazy drivers and rogue TSA agents.

THE GENTLEMAN RETURNS!

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  • November 21, 2012

New Pulp Author, Brian Drake’s hero, The Rogue Gentleman is back!

Steve Dane, The Rogue Gentleman, an international adventurer who rights wrongs wherever he finds them, fails to prevent a young woman’s abduction. But that does not stop him from finding her.

Officially hired by the girl’s father, Dane battles gunman and evades police as he discovers the decades-old vendetta behind the kidnapping; he soon learns that the grudge is just the beginning and peels back the layers of a more fiendish plan that goes beyond a desire for vengeance.

Assisted by his lover, the luscious Nina Talikova, Steve Dane dives head first, the only way he knows how, into a conspiracy of terror the likes of which the world has never seen, orchestrated by a powerful and mysterious woman known only as “The Duchess”.

When Dane finds The Duchess he will sacrifice anything, including his life, to destroy her.

Follow the globe-hopping adventures of Steve Dane as he takes on an international arms dealer trying to sell a nuke to terrorists. Action + humor = a fun read. Because everything in the world, lately, has been too damn serious. Read it now on Kindle.

GUEST REVIEW BY ANDREW SALMON- PULP OBSCURA’S NEW ADVENTURES OF RICHARD KNIGHT!

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  • November 20, 2012

INTO THAT GOOD KNIGHT

A Review of The New Adventures of Richard Knight

by Andrew Salmon

(Disclaimer: Andrew Salmon writes for Pulp Obscura) 


When Pro Se Press got together with Altus Press to create the Pulp Obscura line, it was a match made in Heaven. As Altus gave rabid pulp fans top-notch collections of forgotten heroes from the Golden Age of pulp, Pro Se wrangled together a bevy of New Pulp’s finest authors to create anthologies containing new tales featuring these forgotten heroes – the perfect melding of past and future.


Submitted for your consideration is first release in the Pulp Obscura line: The New Adventures of Richard Knight.With Altus’s first collection of original Knight tales comes this first volume of new Knight stories by some of New Pulp’s best. And it does not disappoint.


But first a little background. For those of you who don’t know, Richard Knight was a 1940s pulp hero in the rich playboy by day, ace pilot and secret spy designated Q by night. Created by Donald Keyhoe, Knight and his trusted assistant Larry Doyle worked for General Brett who gave them strange cases featuring science-fiction elements solved with espionage, aerial escapades and two-fisted action. A fine introduction by Tommy Hancock provides all the information you’ll need before diving into the tales themselves.


In The New Adventures of Richard Knight, we get six brand new adventures to add to the original canon. New Pulp scribes Josh Reynolds, Barry Reese, Terry Alexander, I. A. Watson, Frank Schildiner and Adam Lance Garciado the honors this time out and the result is a mixed bag of pulp goodies.


Reynolds gets things going with Hell’s Hands, a tale featuring aerial pirates threatening European skies. There is a lot of great action in this first outing and the villain is well drawn. For all its merits, the tale does suffer from a little too much character set up since the tale wraps up without giving us a true look at the villain. I can’t help thinking that Reynolds has plans for this baddie which will play out later. All well in good, but the absence of sufficient details in this story lessens one’s enjoyment of it. The story more than makes up for it with its lightning pace and great action sequences and is a great way to get this party started.


Richard Knight and the Stones of Heavenby Barry Reese is next up. In this yarn, Knight goes up against a group of artifact-hunting Nazis bent on created a death ray for nefarious purposes by collecting the six stones of Heaven and harnessing their strange power. Most of the action takes place on the ground, rather than in the air, but the tale moves well and is an enjoyable traditional pulp actioner that would not be out of place in Knight’s original run. Good writing and clear characterization are on display here as well, making for a fun read.


Terry Alexander gives us The Bapet, a tale with traditional horror elements as a small town is terrorized by a supernatural creature. All the makings of a good, scary action tale. However it doesn’t quite gel here. It’s as if Alexander is fitting Knight and his supporting cast to an existing plot rather than The Bapet reading like a true Knight tale. The result is a somewhat engaging read with gore and scares aplenty yet feels somehow out of place.


The Hostage Academy by I. A. Watson is another strong entry in this collection. The death of a senator in a plane crash barely crosses Knight’s radar but when the love of his love, Benita, meets a similar fate, then it’s time for this Knight to go on a crusade. Strong characterization highlight this very personal mission of Knight’s and emotions run high as the airman tries to solve a compelling mystery in his search for vengeance.


Fear From Above by Frank Schildiner has Richard Knight going it alone in an intriguing adventure slightly hampered by its wordiness. The strange disappearance of the crew of a ship out of Jack London’s The Sea Wolf leads Knight on an adventure that sets itself apart from the norm. Some great action and vivid description make for a rousing adventure in the air, on the ground and on the high seas.


Crimes of the Ancients by Adam Lance Garcia is my personal favorite in this fine collection. It starts with a bang and the pace does not let up. A character-driven tale, it features Knight going toe-to-toe and quip-to-quip with a former love interest. The plot is never fully explained but given that classic pulp tales generally featured the simple Good vs Evil plot to begin with, it’s interesting to see a detailed breakdown of the situation Knight finds himself in being left to the readers. It’s as if Garcia is saying to pulp fans: “You’ve read enough of these great action yarns, you already know what the story is here.” Although the banter did get annoying in spots, this new approach to a traditional pulp tale, the ending in particular, left a pleasant taste in this reader’s mouth after closing the book.


The New Adventures of Richard Knight is sure to please pulp fans, old and new, as well as any action junkie. It’s available in print and as an ebook so they’ve got your preferred method of reading covered. If you’re a fan of action fiction, then this book is for you. Don’t miss it!

Monday Mix-Up: ESPN does “The Princess Bride”

The Princess Bride (film)On the November 9 episode of ESPN NFL Kickoff, hosts Trey Wingo, Mark Schlereth, and Tedy Bruschi, all decided to have some fun. Apparently one of the hosts decided to make a reference to The Princess Bride, and then the hosts competed to jam as many references into a half-hour show as possible.

Here’s a video of most of them.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP-RQkeXkf8[/youtube]

And here’s an interview with the anchors telling how it all came about.

PRO SE ANNOUNCES ‘WRITE TO THE COVER’ DIGEST AND WELCOMES NEW ARTIST!

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  • November 18, 2012

Pro Se Productions, a publisher of Heroic Fiction and New Pulp, announces a different sort of project for 2013 as well as adding a new artist to its already top notch team of cover creators.

“It’s always great,” Tommy Hancock, Partner in and Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions, states, “when you come across tremendously talented people who not only are good at what they do, but have a passion for Pulp.   That’s Adam Shaw to a T.”
Shaw, an artist living in Memphis, Tennessee, met Hancock at Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention in early November and expressed an interest in providing covers for upcoming Pro Se titles.  “I was immediately impressed with his work,” Hancock stated, “and glad to be able to arrange for Adam to be a part of the great books Pro Se has coming up.  I was also quite taken with one particular image that Adam showed me from his portfolio.  An image that just screams for a story.”
With Shaw’s permission, Pro Se Productions announces what could be the first in a new series of imprints.  Tentatively under the title of ‘Write To The Cover’, the submission process for this digest anthology is simple enough.    
1.  The story must be based on the following image created by Adam Shaw.  This scene MUST be included in the story.
Property of Adam Shaw, 2012
2.  The story must be 5,000 minimum to 10,000 maximum words.  A 1-3 paragraph proposal must be submitted to Proseproductions@earthlink.net by December 10th, 2012 to be considered. 

3.  If accepted, submitted stories will be given a first come, first print deadline.  When a total of 30,000 words has been received, then the digest will go to publication.  Any other stories received after 30,000 words will go into a second digest, if required.  

4.  Pay for this anthology will be royalty based and percentages will be discussed with accepted writers.  Please note that Pro Se pays agreed upon percentages on every dollar made from the sale of its books.


Hancock points out that this idea was inspired by suggestions and comments made by several writers and players in the Pulp field, including Jeff Deischer, David White, and Derrick Ferguson.  One of those suggestions even inspired a completely different, yet similar project coming from Pro Se in 2013! 

Any questions or comments as well as proposals for the ‘Write To The Cover’ Digest based on the art work of Adam Shaw should be emailed to proseproductions@earthlink.net.  And stay tuned for further announcements very soon concerning books featuring Adam Shaw’s Pulp themed artwork.

DOC SAVAGE IS COMING TO THANKSGIVING DINNER

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  • November 16, 2012

Well, at least in book form. The Big Book of Bronze #5 goes on sale November 23.

Press Release:

The Big Book of Bronze #5 will be released November 23rd on Lulu.com. At 282 pages, this tome of Doc Savage information, by the leading Doc Savage authorities of our time, holds insights into the Man of Bronze that you will be thrilled to read and ponder. In addition to the documentation of Doc Savage musings, you will find the must have companion to the new Jazz CD (Bronze Nemesis) by Scott Robinson about the music and his meeting with James Bama, the Ron Ely interview conducted in September where Ron discusses the movie in detail with Steve Ringgenberg, the detailed reflections of a meeting with Norma Dent by Dean Russell and an article by the current Kenneth Robeson: Will Murray.

Check out the great Doc Savage reading below and order your books in time for Christmas!

WHO IS FRED FORINO? by William Lampkin
HIS NAME WAS DOC SAVAGE by Fred Forino
WHO IS JACK JUKA? by Joe DeVito
COLLECTING ORIGINAL DOC SAVAGE ART by Jack Juka
WHO IS JAY RYAN? by Terry Allen
A GLEAMING SPIKE OF STEAL AND BRICK by Jay Ryan
THE RED DEATH’S ELEPHANT GUN by Jay Ryan
A FLOOR BY ANY OTHER NAME… by Jay Ryan
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY by Jay Ryan
WHO IS JEFF DEISCHER?
COMING DOWN OUT OF THE TREES by Jeff Deischer
WHO IS STEVE DONOSO?
THE BRONZE ARCHIVE by Steve Donoso
WHO IS MATT HIEBERT? by Lokke Heiss
FOUNDATIONS FOR DOC SAVAGE’S PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT by Matt Hiebert
WHO IS JULIAN PUGA?
THE LAST REGISTERED DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURE by Julián Puga
WHO IS DAFYDD NEAL DYAR? by Allyson Dyar
DOC SAVAGE AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW by Dafydd Neal Dyar
WHO IS COURTNEY ROGERS? by Pat Lilja
THE MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE-USE PFEIFFER COVER by Courtney Rogers
WHO IS DEAN RUSSELL? by Jay Ryan
REFLECTING ON NORMA DENT by Dean Russell
WHO IS WILL MURRAY? by Matt Moring
MAN OF MIGHT by Will Murray
WHO IS SCOTT CRANFORD? by Wayne Skiver
THE ADVENTURES OF A BRONZE PAINTING by Scott Cranford
WHO IS JIM COX?
DOC SAVAGE AND THE ASIAN MARTIAL ARTS by Jim Cox
WHO IS RICK LAI? by Art Sippo
DOC SAVAGE AND THE CAGLIOSTRO LEGACY by Rick Lai
FIRST SIGHTING (Part Two) by Fred Forino
FIRST SIGHTING (Part Three) by Fred Forino
WHO IS DUANE SPURLOCK? by Chuck Welch
DENT’S HARD BOILED DOC: SATAN BLACK by Duane Spurlock
WHO IS TIM FAUROTE? by Bert Ehrmann
DOC SAVAGE: THE MAN OF…PLASTIC by Tim Faurote
WHO IS ARTHUR C. SIPPO MD, MPH? by Rick Lai
DOC’S LEGAL AIDE: AN APPRECIATION OF HAM BROOKS, ESQUIRE by Art Sippo
WHO IS SCOTT ROBINSON? by Michael Steinman
BRONZE NEMESIS: THE MAKING OF A MUSICAL ADVENTURE by Scott Robinson
WHO IS STEVE RINGGENBERG?
DOC SAVAGE SPEAKS: RON ELY! by Steve Ringgenberg

Learn more about The Big Book of Bronze series here.

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