Any Shadow fans?

[bigbud]

Illo, I'll keep on the lookout for that Thriller episode......didn't know it existed.......Bud

[Wicked Lester]

The closest anyone has gotten to the flavor of Robert E Howard's prose was Boris Karloff's Thriller adaptation of Pigeons from Hell. That episode is widely regarded as the best from that series.

Getting somewhat off subject. The link to the story doesn't work but you get a summary of the Thriller episode.
http://the-haunted-closet.blogspot.com/2009/08/pigeons-from-hell-1961-thriller.html

[Illoman]

Getting somewhat off subject. The link to the story doesn't work but you get a summary of the Thriller episode.
http://the-haunted-closet.blogspot.com/2009/08/pigeons-from-hell-1961-thriller.html

That was a cool blog! Actually the story was *published* in 1938, but written in 1934. REH died in 1936. Thanks!!

[Illoman]

Okay, I got an answer on the Tarzan question. My brother is the biggest Edgar Rice Burroughs fan I know. He has read literally everything the man has written, and owns most if not all of it. Here's his response to my question about Tarzan's literary beginnings:

Tarzan started in Argosy magazine as a serial, I think. Then was quickly released in book form. While the first movies had (more realistic?) Tarzan speaking broken English, the Weismuller movies were charming and enjoyable. Different than the source material, which had Tarzan learning to read and write on his own, and then mastering several other languages over a year or so,but still fun to watch.

I just looked it up, and there are 89 movies with Tarzan in the title. Probably a normal curve distribution of greats to turds.

[packy120353]

Just to add to the Pigeons From Hell part...
MVC-300S by packy120353, on Flickr

[Illoman]

Packy, I have all those great Zebra books with the incredible Jeff Jones' covers. Those were very nice collections of REH's non-Conan work. He wrote in so many different genres, horror, fantasy, detective, western, boxing, humorous, etc...

[Wich2]

>I got an answer on the Tarzan question.<

Mike, didn't you see the Tarzan magazine cover I posted on the last page?

[Illoman]

>I got an answer on the Tarzan question.<

Mike, didn't you see the Tarzan magazine cover I posted on the last page?

Yes, but still didn't know if it appeared as a book, then in the pulps or vice versa.

[Wich2]

Sorry - I should've written a few lines, not just dropped in the pic!

[hammerfan]

the best pulp movie was Raiders of the Lost Ark. ALthough Indy isnt based on a pulp character per se, he certainly has elements of Doc Savage, and Alan Quartermain. In fact if the Shadow or Doc showed up in a movie with Indy, it would fit right in. The Rocketeer certainly had the right quality too, but Disney didnt get behind it so it failed.

[Wicked Lester]

Another pulp style movie that I thought was pretty good is Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Had a 30's pulp Sci-fi/weird menace feel to it. Since it's cold and rainy today I think I'll pop it in since I haven't seen it in awhile.

[bigbud]

Blade Runner had a pulp feel to me.........anybody else?    Buddy

[MDG]

'Til I saw the other sketches, almost forgot I had these...

[bigbud]

MDG.....that second sketch isn't Bernie Wrightson is it? Can't make out the signature.....Bud

[MDG]

MDG.....that second sketch isn't Bernie Wrightson is it? Can't make out the signature.....Bud

Yeah, it is--freebie he did for me at an Ithacon.