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PRO SE PLANS FOR BARRY REESE’S THE ROOK!

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  • March 10, 2011

Pro Se Productions, LLC and Barry Reese, noted author and creator of the popular character, THE ROOK, announced earlier today that THE ROOK would join the family of characters already being published at Pro Se for at least the next two years. 

Pro Se Editor in Chief Tommy Hancock issued the following statement concerning the licensing deal and plans for THE ROOK property-

“I can’t even put into words how honored and excited Pro Se Productions is to be able to add THE ROOK and all the action and wonder that Barry has infused in this universe and property to our lineup.   We are not only getting a Pulp concept that people recognize and even cite as one of the best modern pulp characters yet, but we’re getting a property that has been well cared for thus far.  Ron Hanna and WILD CAT Books  have produced top quality work featuring The Rook and have, along with Barry’s talent, made sure THE ROOK was a viable concept with a ton of growth potential.

As for what plans there are for THE ROOK with Pro Se, its a bit early to talk about all the ideas, suggestions, and such that we have batted back and forth with Barry.  We can, though, say that THE ROOK will have an increased presence on the net, with trailers and other special advertising type things being developed and designed as we speak.   Of course, the books will continue, starting with Volume 6, written by Barry.   At least three more novels are already planned as well and there is currently discussion about a ROOK anthology made up of other writers taking their turn with Barry’s creation.  Another plan that we can discuss is to develop THE ROOK as an audiobook along with some other Pro Se properties.   Will there be more, oh yes, most definitely, but you’ll have to wait like the rest of us to find out what.

A character the quality of THE ROOK and a creator of the calibre of Barry Reese can only be a positive for any company.  Pro Se Productions is glad and very fortunate to be that publisher.”

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS AND ALL THE PULP THAT IS NEWS STORIES ON ALL PULP!

ALL PULP NEWSSTAND BULLDOG EDITION 2/25/11

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  • February 25, 2011
ALL PULP NEWSSTAND
BULLDOG EDITION
2/25/11
WIN SCOTT ECKERT CROSSES OVER TO THE BOOK CAVE!

This week on the Book Cave-Win Eckert is back and we find out about Crossovers and more.
Win Scott Eckert
Home page: http://www.winscotteckert.com
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Win-Scott-Eckert/e/B002BM6T3W/

Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World 1 & 2 (Black Coat Press)
http://www.blackcoatpress.com/crossovers.htm

Tales of the Shadowmen series (Black Coat Press)
http://www.blackcoatpress.com/talesshadowmen.htm

Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook (Moonstone Books)
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/4uyylet

Meteor House (publisher of The Worlds of Philip José Farmer series)
http://meteorhousepress.com/books/

Moi, Tarzan
A French documentary about the origin and history of Tarzan, with three Tarzan experts. Made for French television, it was shown on the TV channel Arte in 1996 and 2007. Features Philip José Farmer discussing Tarzan as a real person. Video-on-demand: Online at http://www.documen.tv/asset/Tarzan.html – in English, for $4.99 [Full-screen on your computer. The French is subtitled in English.]
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LAST WEEK ON THE BOOK CAVE-

Art and Ric are joined once again with writer Barry Reese as they talk about his current novel “The Damned Thing” along with his other books. Tommy Hancock returns this week with the All Pulp news.
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AND STILL MORE ON THE BOOK CAVE-

Ron Fortier and Rob Davis joins Art and Ric to talk about the second annual Pulp Factory Awards coming to Windy City. My recording program stopped close to the end and muted my mic. You aren’t missing much, just Ric yelling like a crazy nut trying to tell the others that he was no longer recording. I think it was a couple of minutes before they realized I was gone.  ;-)  no All Pulp news this week, Tommy Hancock couldn’t get the nurses to let him out of his room in the nursing home. Be sure and check out the All Pulp site to see what is going on for this week.
Ron Fortier –
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Rob Davis –
The pdf store is: airship27hangar.com.
The Print on Demand store with the 25% discount off retail is: gopulp.info.
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All Pulp –  http://allpulp.blogspot.com/

NEWS FROM NOHO NOIR!!!
From Noho Noir-

That’s right…This week there are two NoHo Noir stories…
Published today, “Fools Rush In,” a cautionary tale about a gambler who doesn’t know when to fold ‘em and the consequences of that.
Check it out:

Also from last week-  I think you’ll enjoy this episode.  It’s a round-up of most of the characters. 
In other news…
The webseries pilot is a go.
If you Facebook, please “like” the NoHo Noir web page.  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/NoHo-Noir/111051172304683
It’s just been created so more functionality has to come. 
If you need more coffee cups, check out the swag Mark Satchwill created in his zazzle store: 
There are also t-shirts with some of the designs from episodes like “Cosmos” and “Blockbuster” and “Molecules.”
If you have time to sign up on the patch site, please do and comment.  The sites are now being run by Ariana Huffington and our mandate is “interaction” with the readers.  Hitting the “like” and “recommend” buttons is great; but actual comments are even better. 
As always, thanks for your support.


ALL PULP NEWSSTAND BULLDOG EDITION 2/15/11

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  • February 15, 2011
ALL PULP NEWSSTAND
BULLDOG EDITION
2/15/11
PULP HERO ENCYCLOPEDIA WELL UNDERWAY, BUT STILL WANTS MORE!
Tommy Hancock and Barry Reese, editors and writers of TURNING THE PAGE, a volume dedicated to modern Pulp heroes created since 1955, report that they are well into completing essays and formatting this extensive volume.  Although originally planned to be a self published tome, TURNING THE PAGE will now be the first of hopefully many similarly themed volumes from Reese and Hancock published by Pro Se Productions. 
TURNING THE PAGE is a collection of essays and, when available, art that spotlights and gives brief histories and commentary on characters that have arisen since 1955 in the Pulp genre.  Reese and Hancock, working on an inspiration from Pulp legend Tom Johnson, announced this planned book late last year and both report that progress is being made, but they also want more characters to fill the pages!
“This,” Hancock states, “is to be the definitive reference guide for the Pulp Renaissance, at least that is our goal.  To do that, we need all the characters we can get that would qualify as pulp heroes. We have an awesome cast already, don’t get me wrong, some of them dating back to 1955 and some created within just the last few weeks.  But we want more.  Lots more.  If you have a character that you’ve created that fits a pulp genre (action, adventure, crime, western, fantasy, etc), then we want it in TURNING THE PAGE!”
If you are interested in your published creations (either in print or in e form in an e-publication and/or a well done, organized site) being reviewed for inclusion in TURNING THE PAGE, email the TURNING THE PAGE staff at thpulp@ymail.com.  If you have submitted your character already and have any new information or stories to add, Hancock encourages you to email that also.   Originally announced as being slated for March, Hancock reports that with the desire to include more characters as well as the move from self publishing to Pro Se, the more likely publication date will be April, 2011.  Stay tuned to ALL PULP for any and all updates!
BOOK CAVE CATCH UP!
Due to being ill and such, ALL PULP has not kept its stalwart readers caught up with the latest BOOK CAVE episodes.  Apologies to all who have waited with baited breath, but most of all to Ric and Art!  Find the last two weeks of BOOK CAVE episodes discussed below…
February 2011
Ron Fortier and Rob Davis joins Art and Ric to talk about the second annual Pulp Factory Awards coming to Windy City. My recording program stopped close to the end and muted my mic. You aren’t missing much, just Ric yelling like a crazy nut trying to tell the others that he was no longer recording. I think it was a couple of minutes before they realized I was gone.  ;-)  no All Pulp news this week, Tommy Hancock couldn’t get the nurses to let him out of his room in the nursing home. Be sure and check out the All Pulp site to see what is going on for this week.

Bill Preston returns to talk about “Clockworks”, his prequel to last year’s epic short story, “Helping Them Take The Old Man Down”.

HANCOCK TIPS HIS HAT TO THE DAMNED THING!

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  • February 4, 2011

TIPPIN’ HANCOCK’S HAT-Pulp Reviews by Tommy Hancock

THE DAMNED THING
by Barry Reese
Wild Cat Books

For those of you who have read my reviews since starting ALL PULP, you know that I tend to like to say a little something in the opening and even though I’m usually very positive, I’m not full of accolades and purple prose…until now. Get ready…

This is the best work by Barry Reese I have ever read.  Simply.  Period.

Reese has shown through his various works, including 5 volumes of THE ROOK, a book about Ki-Gor, the LAZARUS GRAY stories for Pro Se Productions, RABBIT HEART, his novel from 2010, and other stories and tales, that he can handle multiple genres and knows how to build characters and tell a story.   After reading THE DAMNED THING, I now know that those other books and tales were just wonderful steps to the masterpiece this book is.

The story of THE DAMNED THING centers around Violet Cambridge, a Private Detective in the late 1930s who runs an office with her dead husband’s former partner.  The story starts like many detective tales, a comely young woman walks in and wants her sister found.  Of course there’s twists right from the beginning, the case becomes focused on a relic, and Violet ends up having to avenge her partner’s death.  If you think I’ve spoiled anything, I’ve only given away information in the first twenty or so pages.  

Reese seamlessly blends good old fashioned mystery, private eyes, supernatural hoodoo, mafiosos, asylums, and even Alistair Crowley.   The action does not let up, every aspect of this story, from violence to sex to exposition, is used just enough and is dead on at every turn.   It’s a short read which is good in that you can’t put it down anyway but is bad in that you want more, even though the story is tied up pretty well.  Throw in a fan favorite character from Reese’s THE ROOK and you have a pulp burner here that cannot miss.

And I didn’t even go into the fact that this is possibly one of the best tributes to THE MALTESE FALCON I have ever seen that didn’t drift into parody, but maintained its own identity while still nodding respectfully to that classic.

FIVE OUT FIVE TIPS OF THE HAT-The best Reese and one of the best Pulps I’ve read in a while.

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