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Darwination Scans: January 2011

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Monday, January 31, 2011. Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets / Memphis Wrestling History / Memphis Heat! And the promo video which has some previews of the photos within. And there's also a bonus CD, Sputnik hires a band? You can order the book direct from the good folks at Shangri-la Records and find more info and reviews here. Ron Hall keeps a blog for the book here. On Ron's rasslin blog I linked above, you can see a number of teaser clips to tide you over. At memphiswrestlinghistory.com. This s...With ...

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Darwination Scans: Body Press, January 17 1970 / Cobo Arena Program

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Thursday, March 27, 2014. Body Press, January 17 1970 / Cobo Arena Program. Get the cover to cover scan here. That last post on Sputnik inspired me to do a quick scan and post of a great wrestling mag that I just picked up, Body Press. Out of Detroit, MI. Body Press. Was the magazine/program for the successful wrestling promotion of Ed Farhat, who habitual readers of my blog might recall better as The Sheik. I blogged about The Sheik back on a post on a duo of Wrestling Life. There's a neat article here.

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Darwination Scans: Spice O' Life v01n01, April 1926 / Worth Carnahan Pt. 1

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Friday, May 23, 2014. Spice O' Life v01n01, April 1926 / Worth Carnahan Pt. 1. Get the full hi-res scan here. I have a feeling this was a one-off issue, as I've never seen any further issues, and the publisher is listed as Frank E. Harth. Interestingly, the back cover reveals the magazine was printed at the Mayflower Publishing Co. in Floral Park, Long Island, New York. A google search turned up a neat flickr photo of the press building taken circa 1900 by Tom Griffin:. Since my readers might be curious ...

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Darwination Scans: Hail, Sputnik! / Sputnik Monroe and Norvell Austin by Josie Ritter

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Monday, March 24, 2014. Sputnik Monroe and Norvell Austin by Josie Ritter. Black is Beautiful" "White is Wonderful". I got a nice image in my e-mail this morning from the folks behind Memphis Heat. Reminding me that it is National Sputnik Monroe Day today. March 24th belongs to Sputnik, so, indeed, Sputnik shall have his day. I wrote what might be my favorite post here at Darwinscans on the life of Sputnik Monroe and his importance in Memphis History. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sensation, Januar...

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Darwination Scans: February 2012

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Book Recommendation: Pulpwood Days - Editors You Want to Know. If you are like me, you have no use for a negative review (who cares about the oceans of mediocre media out there, just tell me about the good stuff! So I'll only be passing along my thumbs up for books that I've enjoyed or that are important to my mission here of understanding the History of the American magazine. Saturday, February 11, 2012. Playgirl v01n04 1956 / Walter Hale's Burlesque Magazines. Seems very sim...

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Darwination Scans: December 2010

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Saturday, December 11, 2010. Official Wrestling, August 1951 / Mike Mazurki. Official Wrestling v01n04 (1951-08)(D vs M).cbr. Get the full scan here. And wiki for Tunney here. Dempsey had an involvement in pulp magazines right after his retirement as well as with at least one slick magazine in the 40s, was a successful restauranteur, and penned a couple of books on self-defense, How to Fight Tough. A paperback from Hillman in 1942, and Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense.

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Darwination Scans: March 2012

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Thursday, March 1, 2012. I lead with an image I can tell I picked up from Mr. Door Tree's. Fantastic blog. Here's Louise Brooks, Kansas girl, who helped to popularize the bobbed haircut reading an issue of Smart Set. So I had been kicking around ideas about where to begin with the magazines of the 20s that birthed the girlie pulp. I've been re-reading Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday. And have been slowly watching through HBO's Boardwalk Empire. The Flapper v01n02 (1922-06.Flapper)(D&M). Poised at ...

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Laurie’s Wild West ¶ The Pulp

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Laurie’s Wild West. Is a writer, traveler, blogger, photographer, pulp fiction enthusiast, horse lover, collector, Dodger fan, and woman about town. She has been to every PulpFest. The article below is 2013 Laurie Powers and used with permission. Pictures accompanying are unaccredited. It was a great weekend, one in which I sold a great many copies of. Riding the Pulp Trail. And I are considering getting slipcases made so we can sell them as a trilogy. All of the copies I brought with me on the plane...

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2013 Munsey Nominees ¶ The Pulp

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There were thirteen nominating petitions for the 2013 Munsey Award. That met the criteria for the award. In the interest of manageability, the final ballot was pared down to include those individuals who had received the most nominations. Many thanks from the PulpFest. Organizing committee to all who participated in the nominating process. No nominations were received for the. Please visit our Awards. Page for the criteria used for our service awards. And Rusty Hevelin Service. Edgar Allan Poe Award.

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Laurie’s Wild West ¶ The Pulp

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Laurie’s Wild West. California-girl Laurie Powers has been to every PulpFest. Since the first one was held in 2009. One of the nominees for the 2012 Munsey Award. Laurie is the granddaughter of Paul S. Powers. A prolific author of pulp fiction during the 1930s and 40s. An author herself, you can find some of Laurie’s work at Laurie’s Wild West. Pulp fiction, history, movies, Westerns,. And other pulps. A slightly different version of Laurie’s PulpFest. Appeared on her website on August 19, 2012. To honor...