tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post2983083146534885566..comments2023-06-20T08:20:25.787-07:00Comments on Lady, That's My Skull: Pulp SupermanSleestakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-17633885193830254322007-01-24T20:13:00.000-08:002007-01-24T20:13:00.000-08:00I wasn't thinking of Gladiator or the 1930's. I wa...I wasn't thinking of Gladiator or the 1930's. I was looking at the cover of Astounding more in terms of the red scare that SF mags were exploring via allegory in the late 40s and 50s.What I enjoyed about it was the cliche of the military man hating the college boy. Also explored a bit about comic book speedsters. It always bugged me that they run at thousands of miles per hour and take normal length strides.<br /><br />These "Pulp Comics" paragraphs are really just exercises in free association. I don't put much thought or prep into them. The first one, Pulp Spider-Man was 30's adventure pulp and Pulp Firestorm was about Atomic propaganda and how it was promoted as the answer to everything.Sleestakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512281434803286602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-39133924692490756532007-01-24T19:58:00.000-08:002007-01-24T19:58:00.000-08:00This is brilliant, really. Although why the 50s an...This is brilliant, really. Although why the 50s anti-communist setting? Wasn't the heyday of the pulps really the 30s?<br /><br />Of course, I suppose then you face the peril of copying Wylie's Gladiator *too* closely, and you miss out on some of the rampant paranoia of the 50s. Probably wise to set it in an era where Clark is less likely to be perceived as a hero than an alien monster/weapon.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09112215621728247275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-35192629526560747542007-01-22T06:03:00.000-08:002007-01-22T06:03:00.000-08:00I usually hide that extra 10% from my employers, t...I usually hide that extra 10% from my employers, too. <br /><br />Good post.The Retropolitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492457405392980254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14759247.post-63002298593230797212007-01-20T23:39:00.000-08:002007-01-20T23:39:00.000-08:00Nice ass. Fun post, thanks.Nice ass. Fun post, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com