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ALL PULP ON THE WAY TO WINDY CITY!

ALL PULP ON THE WAY TO WINDY CITY!

From Tommy Hancock, sorta EIC, ALL PULP-
Hello, All Pulp fans, just a quick note to let you go that ALL PULP is going to the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention!  I’m actually going as a partner in my production company, PRO SE PRODUCTIONS, but while there I’ll be doing double duty and will be sending out reports whenever possible on the news at WINDY CITY, including the mysterious announcement Will Murray is planning to make and The Pulp Factory Awards!  Stay tuned! (Well, later tonight at least…the drive is a LONG ONE!)

Tommy

PULP ARK BADGES AND BULLETS AVAILABLE TO WINNERS!

Tommy Hancock, PULP ARK Coordinator, announces today that Pro Se Productions, the host and primary sponsor of PULP ARK, the convention/creator’s conference being held May 13-15, 2011 in Batesville, Arkansas, has produced PULP ARK AWARD Badges and Bullets that can be put on covers, websites, etc. by the winners of this year’s awards.

The PULP ARK AWARDS covered ten categories and each winner in each category received via email today a Badge and Bullet to be used in future advertising, on covers, posters, and any other merchandise or manner the winners wish to use them.

“Our winners,” Hancock stated, “will receive award plaques at PULP ARK, but we wanted to do this as something a little extra, something special for them.  We’ll also have a PULP ARK Nominee bullet for all the nominees as well in a day or three.”

These fantastic badges and bullets were designed by Sean E. Ali, Pro Se’s Design Coordinator.

PRO SE PLANS FOR BARRY REESE’S THE ROOK!

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!

PULP ARK 2011 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Tommy Hancock, Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions and Pulp Ark Coordinator, announces that voting has closed for the 2011 Pulp Ark Awards, the first awards given in association with this inaugural Pulp creators’ conference/convention.

The Winners of the 2011 Pulp Ark Awards are-

BEST BOOK-Tales of the Red Panda: The Android Assassins by Gregg Taylor (Autogyro Press)

BEST SHORT STORY-The Mountain Goats of Madness by Phil Bledsoe (Phil Bledsoe)

BEST COVER ART-Tales of the Red Panda: The Android Assassins by Thomas Perkins (Autogyro Press)

BEST INTERIOR ART-The Rook Volume 5-Anthony Castrillo, (Wild Cat Books)

BEST PULP RELATED COMIC-Boston Bombers (Red Bud Studios)

BEST PULP MAGAZINE-Masked Gun Mystery  (Pro Se Productions)

BEST PULP REVIVAL-Green Lama -Green Lama Unbound by Adam L. Garcia (Airship 27/Cornerstone)

BEST AUTHOR-Barry Reese

BEST NEW WRITER-Tommy Hancock

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD-Tom and Ginger Johnson

The awards, 8X10 engraved wooden plaques, will be awarded in the middle of Pulp Ark, the evening of Saturday, May 14, 2011.  Hancock stated that all winners as well as nominees are encouraged to attend, but any winners who could not would receive their awards by mail.  Pulp Ark thanks all who nominated, all who voted, and congratulations to all the nominees and especially to the winners of the first ever Pulp Ark Awards!

PULP ARK 2011 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

PULP ARK 2011 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Tommy Hancock, Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions and Pulp Ark Coordinator, announces that voting has closed for the 2011 Pulp Ark Awards, the first awards given in association with this inaugural Pulp creators’ conference/convention.

The Winners of the 2011 Pulp Ark Awards are-

BEST BOOK-Tales of the Red Panda: The Android Assassins by Gregg Taylor (Autogyro Press)

BEST SHORT STORY-The Mountain Goats of Madness by Phil Bledsoe (Phil Bledsoe)

BEST COVER ART-Tales of the Red Panda: The Android Assassins by Thomas Perkins (Autogyro Press)

BEST INTERIOR ART-The Rook Volume 5-Anthony Castrillo, (Wild Cat Books)

BEST PULP RELATED COMIC-Boston Bombers (Red Bud Studios)

BEST PULP MAGAZINE-Masked Gun Mystery  (Pro Se Productions)
BEST PULP REVIVAL-Green Lama -Green Lama Unbound by Adam L. Garcia (Airship 27/Cornerstone)

BEST AUTHOR-Barry Reese

BEST NEW WRITER-Tommy Hancock

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD-Tom and Ginger Johnson

The awards, 8X10 engraved wooden plaques, will be awarded in the middle of Pulp Ark, the evening of Saturday, May 14, 2011.  Hancock stated that all winners as well as nominees are encouraged to attend, but any winners who could not would receive their awards by mail.  Pulp Ark thanks all who nominated, all who voted, and congratulations to all the nominees and especially to the winners of the first ever Pulp Ark Awards!

YESTERYEAR Interior Art Revealed for upcoming Pro Se Novel!!

Tommy Hancock, Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions and author of his first novel, which is also Pro Se’s first foray into novels, YESTERYEAR, announces today that the interior artist for the novel will be Peter Cooper. 

Cooper, an artist who has worked for Pro Se recently as well as others for both comics and book covers, is an excellent largely self trained artist continually pushing to improve his craft.  Hancock said, “These four examples of what Pete can do are the best work I’ve seen him do in the almost ten years I’ve known him.  The book will contain probably 15 illustrations, these four included, spotlighting the Heroes and Villains of YESTERYEAR’s first era of Heroes, basicallyfrom 1929-1955.   There will be a mixture of styles as well as genres, including comedy, pulp, and straight super hero and Pete adjusts extremely well to the demands put upon an artist to make such transitions.  The love he has for his craft comes through in his work, especially in these images.”

With the help of Cooper’s interior art, the cover art by Jay Piscopo, and the fantastic design skills of Sean Ali, Hancock endeavors to tell a satisfying complex tale with YESTERYEAR.  Focused around a manuscript that has been missing for over fifty years before it finally reappeared, this novel will not only detail the chase and mystery surrounding the newly recovered artifact, but it will also dissect this particular universe’s first era of Heroes and Villains, looking at both the public perception as well as the shadowy truth behind that concept.  This novel is on track to be available from Pro Se Productions in the next 4-6 weeks.  For more information, contact Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net or check out Pro Se’s new blog site, http://www.pulpmachine.blogspot.com/.

HANCOCK TIPS HIS HAT TO THE DAMNED THING!

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.

ALL PULP NEWSSTAND BULLDOG EDITION 2/4/11

ALL PULP NEWSSTAND
BULLDOG EDITION
2/4/11
PRO SE AND HANCOCK TAKE US BACK TO
YESTERYEAR WITH DEBUT NOVEL
Pro Se Productions, producers of Pulp Magazines beginning in August, 2010 and Pulp author Tommy Hancock, a nominee for Best New Writer in the First Annual Pulp Ark Awards (voting underway now), announce today that Hancock’s first full length novel which will also be Pro Se’s first novel to publish is in the final stages of editing and will debut within the next 4-6 weeks.
YESTERYEAR is Hancock’s first full length novel work, but has been a work in progress for nearly ten years.  Now thanks to Pro Se Productions, this long told, but little read tale will finally be shared with the public.   And it sports a fantastic cover drawn by Jay Piscopo!  “The three characters,” Hancock stated to ALL PULP, “featured on the cover are sort of the crux of this whole universe while the book one of them is holding is the lynchpin that could send that world spinning into oblivion.  Jay’s work brings out the contradiction of glory and darkness that these heroes go through as well very clearly illustrates character traits of each of them without a word on the cover about them!  The attention to detail and the focus being on that book…that all important book…makes this cover jump out at me and this would not be the same book without Jay’s cover.”
According to Hancock, the basic concept is that the YESTERYEAR world was a fairly normal place until October 29, 1929.  Not only did the world very nearly collapse under economic depression, but something seemingly more positive happened.  A man flew.  Without an airplane.  Under his own power.  And he wore a mask.
This singular incident sets off the appearance of a string of Heroes, taking their name from the name given to the first of their kind by the papers-Hero- who are more or less pulpy in nature, although some tip their hat to the super hero genre born from the pulps.   These heroes enjoy a particular ‘golden age’ well into the 1950s.  But in 1955, a well known author, who also happened to have been a Hero, vanishes and along with him a much rumored manuscript that, through the use of newspaper articles, letters, and stories revealed the true obsidian side of this golden age.  Both author and book have been missing.  Until now.
“There are really three stories,” Hancock said, “being told in YESTERYEAR.  One is the modern tale, of how this book with all these alleged secrets pops back up and sets the entire world, most definitely the inheritors and keepers of the Heroes legacies, on edge.  Another one is the titular manuscript itself.  Pieces of it will be printed in the book and will tell stories of how the Heroes were seen in their day, the two fisted, heart of gold stories.  Then other parts of the manuscript will be used as well and these are the ones that aren’t so shiny but oh so revealing.  I hope with this concept I’ve pulled off something that’s not really been done extensively.  Construct an universe, deconstruct it, yet allow enough of what was good about it, even if it was a ball of lies, to remain for the reconstructing that must follow.”
Hancock stated that the plan currently is to have interior art in the book as well from an up and coming artist in the Pulp field, but that this book will be available by the end of March and will not be held up by any delays.   The book is being published by Pro Se Productions (http://www.proseproductions.com/, pulpmachine.blogspot.com).  Hancock also pointed out that the book, including the graphics work on the awesome cover, will be designed and formatted by Sean Ali, Pro Se Design Specialist and a long time friend and supporter of Hancock’s works.  Also, the book will open with an introduction by noted Pulp author Derrick Ferguson, the first writer other than Hancock to write characters from the YESTERYEAR universe almost ten years ago.
Stay tuned to ALL PULP for future information on the release of YESTERYEAR!


ALL PULP NEWSSTAND BULLDOG EDITION 1/28/11

ALL PULP NEWSSTAND
BULLDOG EDITION
1/28/11
ALL PULP HOLDS AUDITIONS FOR POSITIONS!

When something works, it works!  And when it works, there comes a time it must grow, add on to continue to work!  ALL PULP has reached that point!  ALL PULP’s Spectacled Seven, the founders and up until now only staff of the site are reaching out to interested parties and OPENING UP THREE POSITIONS ON THE ALL PULP STAFF FOR REPORTERS!  That’s right, ALL PULP needs webhunters, newscrawlers, and info junkies to help gather news from the ever growing number of pulp outfits, to find new players in the game, and to interview the best in the field as well as the up and coming talent!!! These positions come with no pay, but each reporter will be able to identify themselves as being with ALL PULP, which is turning out not to be a bad thing…  These positions may also handle pulp reviews if the person applying has experience with reviews.
If interested, here’s what it takes to qualify for the position-
An interest in the pulp community
The ability to find new pulp sites, work up news stories, follow up press releases and assignments given by
ALL PULP EIC
The ability to contribute as often as possible, multiple times weekly to the content on the ALL PULP site.
If you’re interested in applying for one of these three positions, please send a letter of interest, a resume of writing/pulp background if you have one, and a sample news story you’ve written up concerning anything in pulp.  The sample should be no longer than three paragraphs in length.  If you do intend to apply, please email allpulp@yahoo.com to let us know you are applying, then send the above information post haste!
Be a part of All the News that is Pulp!  Join ALL PULP!
SECOND DODGE DALTON BOOK COMING, COVER RELEASED!
Author Sean Ellis, creator of DODGE DALTON, and Seven Realms Publishing have announced that the second Dodge Dalton book, DODGE DALTON AT THE OUTPOST OF FATE, is nearing completion.  In anticipation of that, the book’s cover has been released! Stay tuned to ALL PULP for more developments from DODGE DALTON!!
PRO SE ANNOUNCES HIRING OF STAFF ARTIST!

 Pro Se Productions announces today that the Pro Se Presents Magazine line now has a Staff Artist.  Art chores to this point have been handled wonderfully by several contributing artists and Pro Se appreciates the work each of them has done.  In an effort to further improve the consistent look of the magazine line, however, the choice was made to bring on one individual to handle all interior art chores.  Clayton Hinkle, a past contributing artist, was offered and has accepted this position.

Clayton is 53 years old, recent heart attack survivor, happily married, no kids, 1 dog. Though his official (day-job) work title is auto-equipment operator (truck driver), , Clayton considers himself  a pulp/comic/book artist/illustrator, and is working hard to attain that title as his official job. Clayton has a life long love for comics, paper-backs and pulps and has been drawing such as far back as he can remember as well. 
Pro Se Editor in Chief Tommy Hancock stated, “We’re very excited to have Clayton on board.  All of the artists we have used in our magazines have been great, but we’ve done such a wonderful job of establishing a ‘Pro Se’ style of sorts that we felt to further that we needed to have a regular artist and Clayton fits the bill and has such a range of skills that we’re honored to have him.”  Hancock pointed out that Clayton would also be working on upcoming book covers as well for Pro Se Productions, but that other opportunities still existed for artists within the company and that announcements on these opportunities would be forthcoming.
Another change Pro Se is making as of their most recent issue is stories under 10,000 words, considered ‘short-shorts’ by Pro Se will no longer have accompanying art.  Stories that are 10,000 words are more will have accompanying art.  When asked the reason for this change, Hancock stated that it was both artistic and work related.  “We now have one person doing the art,” Hancock commented, “so we need to consider him in this. Also, we hope this encourages longer stories from submitting writers.”
Check out Pro Se at http://www.proseproductions.com/ and pulpmachine.blogspot.com