HISTORY OF PULP MAGAZINES

PANEL ROOM E22 A-B

Saturday June 1, 2019 - 5:45 pm to 6:35 pm


Pulp magazines first started in 1896 with The Argosy and they would go on to be one of the most influential and wide spread forms of entertainment in America lasting into the 1950's.

Characters who got started in the pulps include Tarzan, Zorror, Cthullu, Conan, Buck Rogers, Biggles, Sam Spade, John Carter, Ka-Zar, Perry Mason, Fu Manchu, and so many other. Join a discussion on the history of the pulp magazine , all the various genres it touched, and how it has influenced sci-fi, fantasy, horror, superheroes, and more to this modern age.


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