Rickie Talos: A Retrospective of the Pulp Years 1930-1949

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”

Apocalypse Island/Island Apocalypse Doc Talos Double flip book now available!

The second Doc Talos Double flip book* is a stylish revisit of classic pulp storytelling, dovetailed into the ongoing Talos Chronicle mythos. Setting up the tales on each side of the book, we find none other than Rickie Talos (the “real-life” inspiration for Pat Savage in the pulps) in the year 1950…one year after theContinue reading “Apocalypse Island/Island Apocalypse Doc Talos Double flip book now available!”

Rickie Talos Pinup Sneak Peeks

Here’s an advance peek at my contribution to the pinups in the upcoming issue of Doc Talos Magazine. The Doc Talos stories take a more realistic approach to the classic Doc Savage characters, but interestingly, it is only post-pulp that Pat began to be depicted in the Bama-esque “Doc Savage costume”, so when creating imagesContinue reading “Rickie Talos Pinup Sneak Peeks”

2024 Rickie Talos Calendar

She is without doubt the poster woman of the Doc Talos world…at turns dynamic, tough, elegant, brilliant and fierce. This is Rickie Talos. Pastiche of the classic pulp character Pat Savage, Rickie is “Pat Unleashed”. Scroll down to view page after page of the Talos woman of bronze for each month of 2024. The RickieContinue reading “2024 Rickie Talos Calendar”

Preorder sale for Doc Talos #17, “The Hills of the Unconsoled Dead”

The seventeenth Doc Talos book is now available for preorder! Here is how it begins… _______________________________ The twigs which N’Longa flung into the fire broke and crackled. The unleaping flames lighted the countenances of the two men. N’Longa, voodoo man of the Slave Coast, was very old. His wizened and gnarled frame was stooped andContinue reading “Preorder sale for Doc Talos #17, “The Hills of the Unconsoled Dead””

Sneak Peek at the upcoming deluxe short story featuring Rickie Talos

R. Paul Sardanas and Iason Ragnar Bellerophon are putting the finishing touches on a special short story/mini graphic novel featuring the incomparable Rickie Talos (pastiche of Pat Savage). It’s a wild tale of 90-year old pulp colliding with modern virtual reality, for an intense story-and-art experience. Here’s the Foreword for the upcoming special book releaseContinue reading “Sneak Peek at the upcoming deluxe short story featuring Rickie Talos”

Pre-release sale for the Rickie Talos anthology

Rickie, the big anthology collection of vignettes, short stories, novellas and artwork featuring the Doc Talos pastiche of the classic pulp character Pat Savage, will debut on July 15! Despite appearing in forty original Doc Savage pulps, Pat Savage rarely got to truly shine. In more recent years, fans of Pat have been treated toContinue reading “Pre-release sale for the Rickie Talos anthology”