PULP FAN #5: THE HYDE SEED & PAUL ORBAN

 

My novella, The Hyde Seed, still catches attention, and for Main Enterprises' Pulp Fan #5, graphic designer, Robert Sodaro has fashioned one heck of an eye-popping advertisement for it, as one can see above.

I can't tell you how pleased I am with the results and can't wait to behold the full-page version in the actual magazine, which from all sneak-peek accounts, could be the best Pulp Fan yet.

In addition to Sodaro's amazing ad, #5 will include my article on legendary artist, Paul Orban, who contributed loads of images to pulp periodicals from the '30s to the '60s. 

Keep checking my Bizarrechats for further updates on this grand, progressing issue. 

PAUL ORBAN ARTICLE FOR PULP FAN #5

Jim Main asked me to pen an article on acclaimed artist, Paul Orban for Pulp Fan #5. I'm proud as Punch to have completed the assignment. (The article will now act as a swell companion piece to the Margaret Brundage one I composed for #4.)

Orban is an extraordinary artist, who made deft use of pen and ink to enliven such icons as the Shadow, the Avenger and Doc Savage. 

For my essay, I analyze Orban's use of contrasting pigments to depict sprints of moral-based action and consider how pivotal aspects of his life influenced his awesome art.

Stay tuned for additional details on my contribution, as well as Pulp Fan #5 on the whole. It's bound to be another pop-cultural dandy.