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A Feast Unknown: 52 years later – Part 1 of 3

The Philip José Farmer novel A Feast Unknown debuted in 1969, published by Essex House. I’ve told the story before of how I encountered it four years later, in 1973 at age fifteen. At that time I was living in the beach town of Ocean City, Maryland. Strictly speaking, my family was actually homeless, squattingContinue reading “A Feast Unknown: 52 years later – Part 1 of 3”

Doc at the 1939 World’s Fair, Part 4, Farewell to the Fair

Anyone who reads the 1939 Doc Savage novel World’s Fair Goblin will come away with a vivid pulp snapshot of a special time and place in history. In the wonderful book 1939: The Lost World of the Fair by David Gelernter (The Free Press, 1995), there is this opening description about the impact of theContinue reading “Doc at the 1939 World’s Fair, Part 4, Farewell to the Fair”

Doc and the 1939 World’s Fair, Part 3

There was certainly huge anticipation for the opening day of the World’s Fair on April 30, 1939. An interesting note about the Doc Savage novel World’s Fair Goblin, was that in order to have it also appear in April 1939 (to take marketing advantage of Fair mania), the novel was written before the Fair itselfContinue reading “Doc and the 1939 World’s Fair, Part 3”

Doc and the 1939 World’s Fair, Part 2

I had, since first encountering the Doc Savage novel World’s Fair Goblin, daydreamed vividly about going to the Fair. A place of wonders…the World of Tomorrow. As a lover of literature, I was quite moved to see that the site of the Fair was the same place F. Scott Fitzgerald had written of with suchContinue reading “Doc and the 1939 World’s Fair, Part 2”

Doc and the 1939 World’s Fair, Part 1

I was born in 1958, so I missed my chance to hang out at the 1939 New York World’s Fair by a couple of decades. I didn’t even know it had existed, until in the midst of obsessively collecting and reading the Bantam Doc Savage paperbacks, I encountered, to my amazement and delight, World’s FairContinue reading “Doc and the 1939 World’s Fair, Part 1”

Visually conceptualizing Doc in canon and pastiche

In working to portray or extrapolate on an iconic character, one of the most powerful tools is visual presentation. Written descriptions have great power, but a superb visual can have profound impact. If one considers core Doc Savage canon to be the run of pulp magazines from 1933-1949, the visual presentation of Doc is thatContinue reading “Visually conceptualizing Doc in canon and pastiche”

Pulp Madmen With Pens

In today’s world, perhaps the most unlikely image of a writer is someone with a pen in hand. Fast and responsive computer keyboards, voice activated software…the tech world of Doc Savage (and beyond) is everywhere these days. But there are a few throwbacks — true anachronisms — who still write everything in longhand first. Yes,Continue reading “Pulp Madmen With Pens”

Rickie Talos screen tests as Pat Savage

Nudging the characters from the Doc Savage canon toward the “real world” can be great fun, offering the opportunity to create historical moments that really ought to be true. For instance…before the 70’s film version of Doc Savage tanked at the box office, there was quite a bit of expectation that a second film wouldContinue reading “Rickie Talos screen tests as Pat Savage”

The Talos Creators: Iason Ragnar Bellerophon

GALLERY PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS 2012 The Tetragrammatron Archive, (2011- 2012) a series of 6 exhibits taking place in the Thomas Robertello Gallery’s project space, over a year long period in conjunction with the exhibit schedule of the larger space. Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL Installment 6, The Robert Joseph Bell Institute for the Advancement ofContinue reading “The Talos Creators: Iason Ragnar Bellerophon”