This book of collected Rickie Talos (pastiche of the pulp character Pat Savage) art is now available in both hardcover and PDF. In the form of a “photo album”, it presents scenes from Rickie’s life from a period that parallels the heyday of the pulps, beginning in 1930 with her as a teenager in Canada…Continue reading “Rickie Talos: A Retrospective of the Pulp Years 1930-1949”
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Doc Talos Magazine #11 now available
Issue #11 – Fall 2025 – front and back cover art by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – 62 pages. Printed magazine: $21.00 plus shipping – PDF download: $5.00 To order or get more information about this issue, please send an email with your inquiry to taloschronicle@gmail.com Special John Grersoun (the Talos pastiche of Lord Greystoke) issue!Continue reading “Doc Talos Magazine #11 now available”
Doc Talos Magazine #10 now available
DOC TALOS MAGAZINE #10 – 64 pages, deluxe full color New Pulp. $21 plus $5 shipping. Doc Talos created by R. Paul Sardanas and Iason Ragnar Bellerophon. To inquire about or order this issue, please email taloschronicle@gmail.com Contents: Editorial – by R. Paul Sardanas: A look at how juxtaposing pulp and classic literature enriches both.Continue reading “Doc Talos Magazine #10 now available”
“The Killer: Five Doc Talos Tales” by Glen Held
Release day has been set for this collection of stories by Glen Held. The Killer: Five Doc Talos Tales will be available on May 21st, and preorders for the book can be placed starting May 1. There are indeed five stories in the collection, four of which have appeared in Doc Talos Magazine, and oneContinue reading ““The Killer: Five Doc Talos Tales” by Glen Held”
The Legacy of Lester Dent
“Lester Dent died thinking his name and works belonged to a pulp past destined to be forgotten. Just a year before his passing, he scoffed at the mention of his old Doc Savage novels, saying, “They would be so outdated today that they would undoubtedly be funny. Hell, when I wrote them, an airplane thatContinue reading “The Legacy of Lester Dent”
Doc Talos Magazine #9 now available!
Issue #9 – January 2025 – front and back cover art by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – 70 pages. Printed magazine: $21.00 plus shipping – PDF download: $5.00 To inquire about or to order this issue, please send an email to: taloschronicle@gmail.com Contents: Editorial by R. Paul Sardanas and Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – Dossier of Gnostic code in the bodyContinue reading “Doc Talos Magazine #9 now available!”
World Literature and Pulp
The Doc Talos stories have always been steeped in the history of literature, and we celebrate that front and center in Doc Talos Magazine #10. One might not think of the huge tapestry of world literature when contemplating the glory that is pulp storytelling…but in the Doc Talos world they are always deeply intertwined. AcrossContinue reading “World Literature and Pulp”
Doc Talos Magazine #8 now available!
Issue #8 – Winter 2024 – front and back cover art by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – 66 pages. Printed magazine: $21.00 plus shipping – PDF download: $5.00 To inquire about or to order this issue, please send an email to: taloschronicle@gmail.com Contents: Editorial by R. Paul Sardanas – Advocacy, Inclusiveness and Dignity in New Pulp Midnight Coffee After theContinue reading “Doc Talos Magazine #8 now available!”
Doc Talos and World War II
December 7th was Pearl Harbor day, and though a peacenik, there is a fair amount of military history in my family (Grandfather, Navy WWI — Father, Air Force Korea — brother, Army Special Forces). In the pulp world during WWII, the creative and management people of Street & Smith made the choice to keep DocContinue reading “Doc Talos and World War II”
Madness/At the Mountains of Madness Doc Talos Double flip book available for preorder
After its four-issue serialization in Doc Talos Magazine, the R. Paul Sardanas/Iason Ragnar Bellerophon story Madness has been combined into a single narrative, and is joined in the popular Doc Talos Double flip book format with the original public domain Lovecraft tale At the Mountains of Madness. Here’s a sneak peek at the book’s Foreword:Continue reading “Madness/At the Mountains of Madness Doc Talos Double flip book available for preorder”
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