Just In Case You Didn't Know...

What my role as "Mad Pulp Bastard" entails within the corporate structure of the Pulp 2.0 Press empire, and how we're different than the other guys out there;   I leave you  with the words of one of my partners in Pulp - Don Glut.  He was recently interviewed by THE SAVAGE CRITICS:

So, while all of the foregoing was going on, the comics, the kid’s cartoons and the filmmaking, you’re also an author of numerous books, the novelization of EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, numerous non-fiction books about dinosaurs primarily, but also a good number of pulp horror titles.  I know that the great GROOVY AGE OF HORROR blog is particularly fans of your 1970’s eleven-novel series, NEW ADVENTURES OF FRANKENSTEIN, most of which were only available in Spanish and German until recently. 

PULP 2.0 Press is now re-releasing, BROTHER BLOOD, a book you wrote in 1969, a “horror ‘blaxploitation’ novel set in 1969 Los Angeles in and around the world famous landmarks of the Sunset Strip,” again previously published in German.  What is it about these novels that you think are inspiring people to bring them back into print (or into print in English for the first time), decades later?


In the case of Pulp 2.0 Press, publisher Bill Cunningham is presenting them in some very creative formats. Bill is looking at these books as “productions” rather than “publications,” and as movie productions come out on DVD with all sorts of bonus features, so will these books.
 
What people expect of vampires seems to have changed a lot in recent years– the big trend in vampires has been guys alive hundreds of years hitting on high-school aged girls, which people seem to find romantic instead of sad, somehow.  How do you think BROTHER BLOOD will fit into the “current landscape”?


It’s a very traditional vampire story, so maybe it won’t fit in. There’s no scene where some vampire hunter tells someone, “Now forget everything you ever knew about vampires. They can come out during the day, they’re not affected by crosses, they do cast reflections,” etc. The vampires in BROTHER BLOOD play by the old rules. And the book is very retro. No homo-eroticism, no lesbian vampires, and so forth.

Order your copy here.

THE RETURN OF DR. HORRIBLE

Geek Calendar girl Felicia Day had several comments over at MTV's Splash Page regarding a sequel to the internet hit DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG :



"I can’t spoil anything, because I don’t know much more than Nathan [Fillion] or anyone else," laughed Day when asked what she'd heard about the "Dr. Horrible" sequel. "I’ve heard there’s a title. That's about it."



"The last time I talked to Joss was when I was on the last episodes of 'Dollhouse,'" she said. "We were talking and he said it was a priority for him to get 'Dr. Horrible' off the ground — especially since 'Dollhouse' took up a lot of their time."

While she doesn't know if Penny will return for a sequel, Day said she'd love to be a part of any "Dr. Horrible" follow-ups — even if she's just managing the muffin tray."

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 Here's my two coppers worth of mad pulp input. Call it:



BRIDE OF DR. HORRIBLE!

(Oh yeah...geekgasm!)

Why DIY?

It's been a hectic week already as yesterday I engaged in a flurry of emails and ideas about Pulp 2.0 Press and building both our catalog of offerings and our business.  It has been a learning experience to say the very least as I now have a plethora of PDF homework printed out and notebooked for study and guidance.

School is always in session, gang. At least until you're dead.

But what's come out of this flurry of publishing and marketing is a wealth of practical, no-nonsense knowledge about what works and what doesn't and why.  Constant testing, constant challenging the status quo...and constant bloody noses and sore backsides.  But damn, if our little company isn't figuring out what's going to work for us and our readers. 

And that's part of the importance of doing it yourself.

If you were a writer who only submitted the final manuscript and weren't involved in the process of design, format, marketing, distribution, publicity and printing then you would only see the smallest tip of the whole iceberg that you were heading toward.  Now there's certainly something to be said for specialization, but if you only see one small aspect of your business then you're vulnerable.  You're missing tools in your belt that you could possibly use to do your job better.

In the past several months, I've had to learn the basics of InDesign, PR "hotspots" for publicity, scheduling, book marketing (not too much of a stretch as it is very analogous to DVD marketing) and a whole host of other things related to the business of publishing.

And now I've embarked on learning to format for Kindle, EPub and soon IPad.  I won't be an expert at it by any means, but I will have a greater understanding of the process and will be able to budget my time accordingly.  I'll be able to make them better reads tuned to the format in which they're being read ... and we'll be able to sell our books in any format you want ...

And that, kids is the win for both of us.

This doesn't just apply to book publishing either.  Not in today's new IPad world.  Soon we'll be integrating all sorts of applications into our "books" making them fully-functional multimedia ventures.  As you read you be able to click on video, or sift through evidence photos (if you're reading a mystery or crime thriller) or hear  witness statements - a whole host of things.  Using all of the media buffalo to tell the story.

But the storyteller (you) has to figure out how to best use these tools.  How to put them together in new ways to maximize the entertainment value.  How to communicate with others you will partner with to accomplish this task.  That's going to take you sitting down and using the tools yourself, getting comfortable.

And that's another of the reasons why DIY is so important.

(there will be more to come)

So do yourself a favor and get out there and make your own damn media.

The Following is a Symptom of What's Wrong with Indie Film...

From The Guardian via Denis:  

The Uma Thurman film so bad it made £88 on opening weekend

Motherhood's disastrous performance at the box office provokes bitter confrontation between producer and UK distributor.

Over its opening weekend, no more than a dozen people went to see Motherhood, a semi-autobiographical account of stressed-out Manhattan parenting written and directed by Katherine Dieckmann. The film made just £88 on the weekend of Friday 5 March. On its debut Sunday, box office takings were £9, meaning one person bought a ticket.

The disaster has now degenerated into a bitter confrontation between Metrodrome, responsible for marketing the film in the UK, and producer Jana Edelbaum, who blames the company for Motherhood's atrocious performance.

Edelbaum is adamant that Metrodome must be to blame, and insisted that she would demand a full explanation. "Think how much crap succeeds at the cinema," she said. "Motherhood is not bad. It's a very decent movie. I've seen movies that are not half as good."

Now, I am skipping over some details here, that are covered more fully in the Guardian article. Please read it thoroughly because it will season the meat of the matter that I am about to cut into.

People ask me all the time to take a look at their film and tell them what's wrong with it.  Actually, they don't say that so much as they want me to lavish praise on all their hard work,  pat them on the back and send them on their way armed with the secret handshake that will get them into the distributor's wallet so they can brag about how their movie got picked up by [insert name of distributor here]  at their local coffee shop.

It sounds stupid to you too, right?

In dealing with the specifics of the article I have to lay blame at the feet of two parties in this disaster:

1. The Producer.
2. The Distributor and its marketing team.

I 'blame' them both because I really don't see the need for this movie to exist in the first place. A movie that the reporter describes as a " a semi-autobiographical account of stressed-out Manhattan parenting" sounds boring, pretentious and exclusive.  If I live in the UK (or even in the US)  what possible reason would I have to think that I can relate to the problems of motherhood in Manhattan?  Let me tell you something - the only people who care about Motherhood in Manhattan are mothers in Manhattan, and that's an extremely small audience.

Let's go beyond that: If I were a Manhattan mother and wanted to go to the movies, don't you think I would want to see something beyond what I deal with in my everyday life?  If I'm going to spend $20 for a movie ticket you better thrill me, make me laugh or seriously make me cry.  And if  I cant get Manhattan mothers to go see the movie, how can I expect people in the UK to pony up hard-earned pounds to go see a movie like that?

Hmmmm...

But wait, Bill! What about Uma Thurman? Certainly she gives good box-office doesn't she?

Yes, in movies where she is kicking ass, getting bloody or doing something unusual. Namely, PULP FICTION - KILL BILL VOLS. 1,2 - and  GATTACA.  Movies that guys want to see as much as their girlfriends want to... seriously.

(Let's not get into the fact that anecdotally I have been in 3-4 conversations about Uma Thurman movies, and the first words out of most women's mouths on the subject are, "I don't think she's all that hot.")

So let's boil it down to a poor choice in subject matter for a movie and poor casting.  This isn't to reflect on Ms. Thurman whose movies I've mentioned above I quite enjoy, think she's extremely good in,  and count as classics.

Then we have the abysmal choice of words from the producer, "Think how much crap succeeds at the cinema," she said. "Motherhood is not bad. It's a very decent movie. I've seen movies that are not half as good."

Not exactly a bell-ringing endorsement of the product she produced is it?  Sort of a " Well at least it's not government cheese"  comment.  Fuck me sideways, but if I don't believe in something then I don't waste my time trying to make it.  If I like something I hang in there to the end. I don't make excuses.


(And by saying "I"  I am actually saying "You as producer" )


Metrodome's faults lie in a poor marketing and distribution strategy that thought exclusivity was a good thing.  In this instance they excluded everyone by communicating a poor selling point to the movie, and went further by not knowing where Uma Thurman's fans reside in the marketplace.  I don't even have to see the movie to understand that - the reporter has communicated the complete lack of any clue as to how to sell this movie to the general public.  I truly don't even know what genre the movie is...it isn't stated in the article.

And therein lies the problem.  Neither the producer, the creatives nor the distributor realized they actually had to get out there and sell the movie.  They had a "build it and they will come" strategy that never works.  They let ego rule the roost instead of figuring out what they needed to do - a better trailer targeted at her fans.  A complete re-edit of the movie, a gag order on the producer from speaking to the press.

Because like it or not,  you're going to have to sell your movie to someone:  To the distributor who will pick it up and continue your sales pitch that convinced him to acquire it. To the press who will communicate that pitch to the mainstream. To the diehard fans as to why they absolutely, positively must see this movie (and buy the book).

But that sort of commerce-forward thinking is poison to these artist types who just want to make their movies... excuse me, "films."

And $5 million +  later, everyone is left holding the bag and looking for someone to blame:

But Edelbaum defended the film: "Our effort was noble. It's a love letter about how difficult it is to be a mum and an individual, and have an identity outside of that. I think we have proved that mothers are too busy to have fun. That they are overstretched and overburdened by the difficulties of their job."

Others, however, disagreed. "It's a yummy-mummy newspaper column splurged onto celluloid, like baby sick on your best cashmere sweater," said Ellen E Jones on film review website, Total Films. "This whiny drivel makes me ashamed to be a woman," said Wendy Ide on the website Rotten Tomatoes – which gave the film a rock-bottom 20% Tomatometer success rating.

Indie film? Get over yourself.  We're just not that into you...

DICK GIORDANO: RIP

It was announced on Bob Layton's Facebook page that former DC artist and Editor-in-Chief, Dick Giordano has passed away.

Growing up with comics of the 60's and 70's I remember his work as an artist on BATMAN and others and as one of the architects of the Direct Market system that helped drag comics out of the spandex ghetto. 

Giordano of course, got his start at the now defunct Charlton comics where as editor he ushered in the Charlton Action Heroes line of comics - JUDOMASTER, SARGE STEEL, CAPTAIN ATOM, THE QUESTION, THE BLUE BEETLE,  PETER CANNON-THUNDERBOLT, PEACEMAKER and others. ***


He work will be missed by those of us who grew older with such things. I look at the image above and wonder how a Darwyn Cooke SARGE STEEL graphic novel might fare in today's market. In my mind Steel was Giordano's signature character.  I would love for someone to pay tribute to the foundations Giordano laid with the character.


*** Note: those heroes were the character templates upon which Alan Moore created his legendary WATCHMEN series.

Edit to add: Newsarama has a more comprehensive bio of Giordano here. 

Fan Designed Captain America Posters

Via Film School Rejects

Niiice.   Those fans will startle you every time.

Oh My Stars And Garters: Howard Chaykin Delivers Black Kiss (Again)

via CBR.

Hot, funny, dirty, irreverent, stylish, LA noir...

It's the comic that will go down on you in your parents house.

Pulpy Thoughts Out Loud...

Wouldn't it be cool if someone (ahem) were to republish these retro girlie magazines for the Kindle or IPad?

And were able to keep the same cover price?

Via.

Inspirational Pulp

One of the blogs that I read closely is Leif Peng's TODAY'S INSPIRATION - an illustration and design blog covering a host of illustrators, techniques and so forth from the 30's, 40's and 50's.

Leif has recently been chronicling the advent of the "paper-bounds"  - the cheap paperbacks that were the only books of that 1950's publishing era that were experiencing market growth. His source of information is a Sept. 1953 article from Fortune magazine and it certainly is an eye-opener in terms of how the market conditions then can be applied to today's publishing and media.

Here's a small sample of the pulpy goodness found in these blog posts:

Paper-bound publishers say their market is made up mostly of people who used to read only magazines, who are intimidated by the forbidding air of a bookstore, and who can afford perhaps a small fraction of the price of most new hard-cover books.

They buy and read on the move, picking books off a rack or newsstand to read while commuting or traveling or during a frenzied day of changing diapers and making meals. They are impulse buyers who pick books at point of sale, and after reading them, throw them away or pass them on to someone else. Few paper-bound buyers, say the publishers, want to keep the books as personal possessions or "furniture."

The Rise of the Paper-Bounds

Paper Bounds: "Give the people what they want" 

The Art of the Paper-Bounds: "... a mélange of sex and violence."

Paper-Bounds: Crunching the Numbers 

And Leif has been illustrating his posts with photos from UK Vintage

Meet the New Face of Pulp

I'm not talking about Ms. Saldana - though one could argue that between THE LOSERS and AVATAR she's hitting the "pulp genres" one at a time...

No, I'm looking at this poster as an extension/ evolution of the pulp design aesthetic:

Simple design.
Action-packed as if plucked from a scene in the story.
Colorful.
A bold title that makes you want to open up the contents and read.
Clearly part of a series...

Oh, and she's hot.  Very hot...

Because she has that pulp attitude.

REDECORATING...

Hi Pulpsters!

Just letting you know we are going to be redecorating around here to fit in more with our website.  Likewise I'll be revising the Twitter page. That way when we change the main site we can change everything that much more quickly and efficiently.

This is yet another of the glamorous tasks that fill my day as we bootstrap.  Speaking of bootstrapping - Have you seen ALL the posters we designed for the book signing?

What do you think?  Want one on your wall?

Sometimes Story Ideas Write Themselves

Remember this guy from a few days ago?

He now has a name...

The Red Ray!


Now I have to figure out who he is, what he wants, who's trying to stop him and why we care... read here for further clarification.

WARREN LICH CONCEPT TRAILER(S)

For future reference for an all-green screen movie: 

 








Oh, and FYI - the title sucks....

The Future of Publishing

Watch it through to the end...




Via Marc Bernardin & Joe Quesada

Pardon the Mess...

I just wanted to let you know that Pulp 2.0 Press is in beta and online.  

All God's chillens must crawl before they walk, but please go ahead and bookmark the site, or subscribe to its feed.
We'll be crawling around the house then racing off into the neighborhood in no time. 

I'll also be changing a few things here and there to bring the Pulp 2.0 "Family" of internet speakeasies under the same brand design:

• www.pulp2ohpress.com - the place to learn about and purchase the pulpiest publications around.  You'll be able to download sample chapters of our books and other neat stuff.

• www.facebook.com/pulp2ohpress - where we celebrate what's going on with you and P2P in pictures, notes and events.  Join up.

• www.twitter.com/madpulpbastard - where I point you toward cool stuff, make quick announcements, and give you sneak peeks at pulp-in-progress.

And of course, right here  at the blog that started it all where I'll discuss,  in depth,  the goings-on in the company, the industry and the pulp lifestyle and philosophy.

(Did I sound like Hef there? I thought I sounded like Hef there...)

We'll be adding and yes, deleting a few other components as the need arises.  All to make it easier for you to find your favorite brand of pulp entertainment - Pulp 2.0 Press 

A Rough Pulp Sketch...

You never know where an idea will come from. In this particular instance it came from  pal Jim Henshaw bustin' my balls over my cap and goggles seen here.

So I sketched out this rough idea, and I'll get back to it when time allows.

But I realize now as I look at it that the character needs a 1920-30's Indian motorcycle and a raygun of some sort...

More on that after I let my subconscious play for awhile.

Pulp Philosophy: Quit Asking For Permission

I've posted this on Twitter and Facebook earlier today, but I wanted to follow up with a more detailed post here, because the subject matter and you deserve it.  Here's what I tweeted:

Quit asking permission to create something.

 

Let's face the fact that we're all human beings here, and as is our nature we are cautious to the point of stagnation.  As a general rule, our culture has embraced this notion that to fail is to somehow... fail.  And while on the surface that seems to be pretty logical, I have to say that pretty much anything worthwhile that's been created, invented, theorized and developed has been the result of failure. Lots and lots of failure. 

But our culture - which is so success-oriented - sees only the end result and not the process.  People look at the end product and don't see the many iterations beforehand that led to the success.  Do you think Stephen King hit it right straight out of the box?  No, he toiled at the work because that was what he wanted to do. He would have done it even if he never saw another dime from writing.  He wrote short stories again and again - many times for magazines that were less than reputable because they were the only ones who were interested in his work. 

He just did it. 

And people today - only seeing the final product -  get intimidated by the process, and don't even try. If they just tried they would see what writers (and filmmakers, sculptors, artists, musicians, et al) have known for years...

You just have to do it. 

 

You have to keep failing.  Learn form those failures and keep doing it. 

But again, everyone somehow needs someone to come up and tap them on the shoulder and say, "You have the right to do this." 

 

Which is bullshit.  You are the master of your own fate.  You don't need anyone's permission to write, film, draw, compose - whatever.  You just need to fail at it for awhile.  Do it.  if you like it - great. If not, if you can live without it - then you have an answer and you can move on.

Now what does this all have to do with Pulp 2.0  aka the Internet? 

The internet is a great place to fail.  It's the "fanzine" or  APA ** of the 2000's... a place to discover what you are good at, what you aren't and work accordingly.  It's a place to discover the tools, feedback and inspiration you need  to succeed.  

 

And part of our business plan for Pulp 2.0 Press  is to build that aspect of pulp. 

(More as it develops)

** APA stands for "Amateur Press Association" and was the internet before the internet.  More here. 

TONIGHT ON CULT RADIO A GO-GO: BROTHER BLOOD!

Our very own Don Glut will be featured on tonight's Cult Radio A Go-Go broadcast!  The live show starts at 6pm PST and runs until 10pm.

Don will discuss all things BROTHER BLOOD as well as his career in movies, comics, publishing and television.

He will also invite everyone to our exclusive book signing next week (March 20th, 2pm) at DARK DELICACIES where we will have a special announcement about our upcoming titles from PULP 2.0 PRESS. 

In case you miss the live show, here's the myriad ways you can catch the podcast:

If you'd like to tune in, or promote where to tune in, there are a few different ways.  Firstly, we are officially licensed radio partners with both iTunes and Windows Media Player.  So Mac users can find us in the iTunes Radio Listings, under the category of "talk / news", right under CNN.  Windows users can find us in their Windows Media Player Radio Listings.  OR, listeners can tune in direct by going through our website.  We have a listening page with multiple tune in options available at: www.cultradioagogo.com/cragg.html

 

In addition to the live show being on every Saturday, the week's show will also be repeated the following Thursday (so in this case March 18th) on Radio Dentata which is a network that syndicates our show.  The weekly repeat begins at 7 pm pacific on Thursday nights at www.radiodentata.com

 

AND, last but not least, if anyone doesn't get a chance to tune into the show while it's streamng live, we put the live show up as a downloadable podcast every week.  So if anyone misses it, they can either find the podcast in the iTunes Podcast store, or directly off the net at: www.cragglive.mypodcast.com  The show is uploaded in 4 segments (since the live show is so long) and the podcasts usually go up the Sunday following Saturday's live show.

 And as always you can buy the book right here at our own Createspace store.

What I've been Up To lately...

Things here have been relatively quiet here on the blog as I have been busy working our first release, BROTHER BLOOD across the web:

• contacting websites regarding reviews, 
• doing interviews, 
• consulting with Chris Sharpe on our website, 
• taking orders, 
• reviewing sales reports, 
• and figuring out the book signing this next Saturday (the 20th) at Burbank's DARK DELICACIES.

And there's still a lot more work to do:

• I just gave Earl Newton some elements for a video we are producing on Don and Brother Blood.
• I have to re-scan some elements for our second book because the first scans didn't work well. 
• Design a poster for the signing to showcase some incredible work by this guy.
• Design a schedule for all of the books so we are on track and will always know where we are in the process.
• Clean out my computer of old files, snippets, and so forth. 

Yes, the glamorous life of publishing/ media production! 

A few of the things we've learned along the way:

• Google Docs is your friend. Keep him clean and neat at all times.
• Be fearless. If you screw up it's okay. No one's going to take your birthday away. Pick it all up and start over. 
• People respond to not only what you pitch but how.  Everyone I talked to last night understood that part of the appeal of BROTHER BLOOD is the fact it's an 'old school horror movie' within the cover of a book. Not just because of the concept,  but the film-centric terms I used to describe it. 

(I can say this about all of our pulp properties because within each one's pages you feel like you're "reading the movie".  Read the western and you hear the hoof beats across the plain.  Read the horror-adventure and you see the edge of the scalpel in closeup as it cuts into dead flesh. The serial is a smash-cut punch to the jaw)

• The writing and designing of the books are the fun part. The easy part.  The getting the books into the market and getting them sold is tough.  Nothing is ever an "easy sell."
• I have no doubt now that what we are doing is part of a cultural creative evolution. 

I 'll be posting here and on our Facebook page about how it's going.  be sure to "friend" us over there so you can contribute to the discussions. I've decided the blog here is going to be process-oriented, and the Facebook discussions will be oriented toward what we will be publishing, what we are looking for and more fan-oriented stuff.

Also - if you have a website and review Horror, Scifi and Action-adventure fiction then please shoot me an email with a link to your site so I can add you to our press list for the announcement on our new series.  If you've purchased a copy already let me know what you think. 

Have a good weekend and remember:

Pulp is not a genre nor a medium. It's an Extra Large.  

Wild Blue Yonder

For some strange reason it's been a day located primarily in the upper stratosphere...

First: I spent nearly an hour today trading 'war stories' with an old pal of mine form the USAF.  It was painful to open some of those wounds, but in a peaceful way that is hard to define and place into the proper words. Imagine if someone were to slam a sledgehammer on your toe and you screamed...

But no sound came out.

Afterwards, we both felt better if only for the fact we weren't bringing up stories anymore.  The sledgehammering had stopped.  But the capper to the conversation was something he said that put it all in perspective, bathed it in anesthetic -- "We made those jets fly pretty, didn't we?"

Second: Mike Fyles  ran an impromptu contest of sorts the other day on Facebook, looking for a title for his "Cliffhanger Dirigible" drawing... Lo and behold, today I look on Facebook and this is the result:

I am humbled Mike chose to place my name on the magnificent piece of pulp art.

(I told everyone on Twitter that this means I'm going to have to create an aerial adventure pulp. Let me add that to the list.  But If Mike wants to draw it I'm certain I can find several people to contribute stories of aerodynamic derring-do)

And speaking of same,  I ran across these over at Golden Age of Comic Book Stories:

I am a huge fan of Blakeslee who went from an aviation co. artist to a pulp artist of great renown.  


So, call me crazy (wouldn't be the first time!), but something is dragging  me off into the wild blue.

I'll have to start the assembly process for Rip Rocket a little earlier than planned.

But isn't that how it always is in pulp? 

I've Been Interviewed by FORCES OF GEEK!

To get a better understanding of what makes up your friendly neighborhood Mad Pulp Bastard then go to where the brave Stefan Blitz holds sway over the Forces of Geek. 

Among my pithy comments you'll find: 

What is it about Pulp 2.0 Press and your approach to pulp that's different than other companies?

P2P was started when I was looking around on the web to see if I could find several paperback series to read. I had heard about them and their creators and thought they were cool enough to take a chance on. What I found was that most of those books were out of print and only available in high-priced rare bookshops. I would have had to pay around $50 each for the books I wanted to read.

So out of that experience I came up with the idea of re-publishing these books for new audiences and for those of us long enough in the tooth to remember them when they were first published. With Createspace all we had to do was set up the books with new covers and interior designs and they would handle the rest.

A Little Bedside Reading...

...can be purchased  here.

BROTHER BLOOD ON SALE THIS FRIDAY.....

For Immediate Release:
Pulp 2.0 Press
Newpulpmedia@gmail.com

New Publisher Pulp 2.0 Press Officially Launches 

with Author Donald F. Glut's

Lost Vampire Blaxploitation Novel BROTHER BLOOD

Company to specialize in quality pulp entertainment, reprinting rare classics and developing new properties

in the classic pulp form for the Horror, Scifi and Action-Adventure audiences

Los Angeles, CA - Bill Cunningham, the Mad Pulp Bastard (yes, that's his job title) of new publishing label Pulp 2.0 Press today announced its premiere pulp novel release, Brother Blood from author Donald F. Glut (The Empire Strikes Back novelization, TV's Transformers, The X-Men and comics' The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor). Brother Blood is a horror "blaxploitation" novel set in 1969 Los Angeles in and around the world famous landmarks of the Sunset Strip. Sexy Preston Duval is a sinister vampire stalking the streets of Los Angeles, building a vampire army to take over the city.

"Brother Blood is an old school pulp novel that captures the tone of the sort of material we'll be publishing here at Pulp 2.0 Press," said Cunningham. "Besides being a piece of pure entertainment, Blood captures the feeling of the time - having been originally written in 1969, three years before Blacula - and is premiering in english and novel form. It was published previously in the 70's in an edited, magazine form in German. "


Brother Blood will be published and distributed worldwide through Createspace's (www.creatspace.com) print-on- demand service and Amazon.com with low-cost digital editions available later for Kindle and other e-readers. Each print edition will feature "Extras" containing behind-the-scenes information, articles, photo essays and other exclusive entertainment.

In addition to collectible print editions for all of their releases, Pulp 2.0 Press has launched a promotion program for each of their titles. Starting with Brother Blood each Pulp 2.0 title will also feature signed extremely limited edition cover proofs that will be available free to only five lucky readers who are the first ones to send in pictures with themselves holding the book. Winners will be posted on the company's Facebook page: (www.facebook.com/pulp2ohpress).

(Author Don Glut seen here signing the first of five cover proofs for fans)


In addition to the signed cover proof promotions, each title will be supported with various types of merchandise geared toward fans - posters, t-shirts and branded novelty items. Quality pulp entertainment items that fans can easily acquire.

"The whole company came about because so many cool pulp and exploitation novels that I wanted to read had fallen out of print and were really hard to track down. I figured that if the only way I was going to be able to read these books in affordable editions was to publish them - then I would do that. I tracked Don (Glut) down and licensed several of his books - more of which we'll announce soon - and got underway."

Cunningham added, " Since that initial startup we've added several artists and writers to the mix as well as a web marketing manager. We've all signed on to the idea of creating the kind of books we as fans want to see and figuring the best way to make pulp fiction fans happy. As a youngster I remember the classic Famous Monsters magazine and how editor Forrest J. Ackerman used to get monster fans involved. Those fans eventually grew up to become the very professionals they were enamored with in the first place. You'll recognize some of the names: John Carpenter, Joe Dante and yes, Donald F. Glut. Thanks to the internet and meeting fans at conventions we can do the same and connect them with quality genre entertainment more than ever before - hence, the name and the mission Pulp 2.0. "

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For more information, or to schedule an interview please contact:

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Brother Blood
By Donald F Glut, cover art by Nik Macaluso from Pulp 2.0 Press

The classic vampire "blaxploitation" novel from author Donald F. Glut (THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, TRANSFORMERS). A vampire stalks 1969's groovy Sunset Strip. The police are clueless but a trio of true believers know the horror in their midst. Written in the same style as the original Dracula, Brother Blood is a bloodsucker for the Groovy Age.


Publication Date:Feb 05 2010
ISBN/EAN13:1450576397 / 9781450576390
Page Count: 372
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 5.25" x 8"
Language: English
Color:Black and White
Related Categories: Fiction / Horror
Retail: $18.99

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COMING SOON TO SXSW! AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE

The feature-length documentary “American Grindhouse” explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment. Exploitation Cinema has left an indelible mark on American culture, and this informative and amusing documentary proves that its principles and popularity endure to this day.

American Grindhouse website