Remembering when the combination of box-shaped robots and glamour girls represented the cutting edge of modernism and style.
Tag: pulp fiction
Noirvember: The Edgar Wallace Films Of The 1930s And 1940s
Continuing our crime month with a look at a trio of early British films based on the novels by the master of the genre.
Noirvember: An Introduction
Setting the scene for our month of Film Noir reviews – and explaining why we are refusing to take a narrow view of just what ‘noir’ is.
Strung Up! The Golden Age Of Comic Book Bondage Covers
The outrageous kinkiness of classic comic books and their BDSM-inspired creators.
Printed Poison – Mid-Sixties Moral Panic From The Citizens For Decent Literature
More 1960s anti-smut hysteria from notorious fraudster Charles Keating.
Pulped Friction: Learning To Live With The World’s Most Over-Hyped Movie
Almost three decades on, Pulp Fiction remains the go-to Cool Movie for people who aren’t cool.
The Eco-Horror Films Of William Girdler
The indie director’s two Nature Gone Wild movies are more interesting than people would have you believe.
Starblazer – The Lost World Of Comic Book Science Fiction
The oddly old-fashioned and pulpy science fiction comic book series from the people who brought you Commando.
All The Rage: Britain Goes Rabid Over Rabies
The British government’s campaign of mass hysteria in order to keep the nation rabies-free.
The Amazing World Of Guy N. Smith
Remembering the unrestrained king of British pulp horror.
Go Ape! The Planet of the Apes Books And Comics Of The 1970s
From novelisations to Marvel Comics to Power Records, the publications that fed the relentless Ape Fever of the Seventies.
The Flash Gordon Novels Of The 1970s
The series of novels based around the legendary comic strip sci-fi hero Flash Gordon that appeared – with very different covers – in the US and UK during the Seventies.