For those who dont know him, jess nevins is probably one of the main pure researchers today in the world of pulp. When approaching any massive encyclopedic reference work such as jess nevinss the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana, one of the first things to do is. Horror fiction in the 20th century encompasses the world of 20thcentury horror literature and explores it in a critical but balanced fashion. Get the whole thing from amazon for the kindle this one, or get four hardbacks from lulu, with it broken up as pulp adventures, fantastic pulp. Science fiction in the pulps is more complex than it has traditionally been given credit for. Fantastic, mysterious, and adventurous victoriana compiled by jess nevins. Jess nevins excels at this kind of scholarship, and this is a worthy companion to his earlier encyclopaedia of victorian villainy. Im a college librarian by day, but by night i am at play in the fields of the lord as a writer. Jess nevins encyclopedia of golden age superheroes high.
The encyclopedia of golden age superheroes by jess nevins. Jess nevins is raising funds for the encyclopedia of golden age superheroes on kickstarter. Entries are organized alphabetically by magazine title, and offer bibliographic data including author, volumeissue numbers, dates of publication, publisher, and a brief categorization. Jess nevins on the zeppelin pulps victorian adventure. Jess nevins is a librarian, pulp fiction historian, and comic book annotator. Doctor satan was created by paul ernst the avenger ii, dick bullitt, anthony lance, seekay, perry westbrook and appeared in eight stories in weird tales in 1935 and 1936, beginning with doctor satan weird tales, aug. Jan 28, 2020 three obvious candidates in the slovenian folk and literary tradition kekec, peter klepec and martin krpan lack the qualities defined by jess nevins an authority on pulp fiction as being characteristic of fullfledged superheroes. When approaching any massive encyclopedic reference work such as jess nevins s the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana, one of the first things to do is. The encyclopedia of pulp heroes kindle edition by nevins. Readers will be exposed to the world of horror literature, a truly global phenomenon during the 20th century. Encyclopedia of pulp fiction writers by server, lee the encyclopedia of pulp heroes by nevins, jess the fantastic pulps by haining, peter the great pulp heroes by hutchison, don hellboy comic book how to write pulp fiction by bell, james scott indiana jones and the longship of the gods by hohlbein, wolfgang. As i understand it, the book was too massive to publish but too good to cut down. My book, horror fiction in the 20 th century, is now officially shipping from today. Thomas carnacki was created by william hope hodgson captain gault, captain jat and appeared in six stories in the idler and the new magazine between 1910 and 1912, beginning with the gateway of the monster the idler, jan.
Read 49 posts by jess nevins and get access to exclusive content and experiences on the worlds largest membership platform for artists and creators. Essentially, the heroenkonzept is the core concept of the character, the individual elements of the character that make them uniqueeverything from their origin story to their. Jess nevins project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. You might know me for my writing on victorian literature, either my encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana a finalist for the world fantasy award or my the victorian bookshelf. A guide to marvels golden age characters table of contents by jess nevins it may be hard to believe now, but once upon a time, back in the 1940s, marvel comics then known as, among other things, timely comics, had a flourishing line of superhero comics. Written by jess nevins of the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana and annotating alan moores league of extraordinary gentlemen fame, the book is an exploration of the tropes of a nearly forgotten subgenre of science. Jess nevins is a college librarian in tomball, texas, and is the author of eleven reference books, including the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana monkeybrain, 2005, the evolution of the costumed avenger. You might know me for my annotations for the league of extraordinary gentlemen.
Gamewise, it offers you some ideas on how the century club fits into all that pulpy goodness, and then some resources to help make it happen. An encyclopedia of american and international series characters appearing. Nevins has annotated several comics, starting with a number of elseworlds published by dc comics, including kingdom come and jla. Dec 02, 2016 red planet is a new world of adventure for the fate core rules, available at the onebookshelf sites as a pay what you want pdf. The definitive guide to the heroes and in some cases villains of global popular culture of the years 19021945 who werent cowboys, detectives, or the heroes of science fiction and fantasy stories. How ancient legends gave birth to modern superheroes. This is the kind of book you can dive into and lose entire evenings to. This chapter discusses the similarities and differences between the science fiction that appeared in. Strange tales of the century offers you a brief overview of pulp thats going to make you want to run out and hunt down copies of the shadow. Jess nevins is a college librarian in tomball, texas, and is the author. What will eventually be a guide to every hero who appeared in comics between 1939 and 1945.
For the reader who wants to be in on all the jokes, jess nevins has provided heroes and monsters. All items 100 black hood mlj brothers of the crimson cross. Nevinss second work of comprehensive significance the encyclopedia of pulp heroes 2017 ebook for spinoff volumes see checklist. Golden age superheroes as pulp heroes all of them, just in street clothes rather than costumes. He is employed as a reference librarian at lone star collegetomball comic book annotations early work. Join superstar pulp historian jess nevins as he takes you on a wild tour through the early decades of the spirit of the century world and our own. More science fiction appeared outside the sf pulps than inside them, and the tropes, motifs, and themes of pulp science fiction were broader and more complex than the science fiction of the sf pulps. Im also a librarian, but most people know me as a writer. Aug 04, 2018 encyclopedia of pulp fiction writers by server, lee. He has also put out several encyclopedic books on the topic, most out of print. Get ready for amazing science and astounding adventure.
Jess nevins, 2016 jess nevins takes a novel approach to his history of the pulp magazines. The fallen hero and the redeemed villain regularly appear in popular culture especially in modern noir stories like but like most tropes in popular culture, the fallen hero and the villain both first appeared centuries ago in this case, in the 16th and 17th century. Jess nevins is reference librarian at lone star college in tomball, tx. Wilson the wonder athlete was a british comic strip, first published in 1943 in the british illustrated story paper the wizard published by d. Pulp historian jess nevins, author of encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana, takes you deep into the weird history of the scifi pulps, 19001950. A much needed work, jess nevins new the encyclopedia of pulp heroes 2017 is a sequel to his encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana 2005. Jess nevins books list of books by author jess nevins. Jess nevins he is the author of numerous books on popular culture, including the encyclopedia of pulp heroes 2016, the victorian bookshelf 2016, and the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Drawing upon pulps, magazines, novels, movies, radio shows, comic strips, and other media and formats, the encyclopedia features the broadest range of characters from the fantastic genres imaginable.
He is employed as a reference librarian at lone star collegetomball. Pulp heroes is a facebook page devoted to the pulp, new pulp, near pulp, might be pulp, and close to pulp heroes of. Nevins is the author of the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana and other works on victoriana and pulp fiction. Its great and important as a reference on the wide range of characters, and that includes pulp villains the ones who starred in their own series such as doctor satan, black star, etc. The pulp magazine holdings directory, by jess nevins, is a comprehensive index of american pulp magazines. Remember that hugo danner, a character with the full power set of 1938 superman, first appeared in print in 1930, and that the book he appeared in, gladiator, was actually written in 1924. Drawing upon pulps, magazines, novels, movies, radio shows, comic strips, and other media and formats, the encyclopedia features the broadest range of. The evolution of the costumed avenger by jess nevins.
The more i researched nevins, the more fascinated i became. To date im known for my reference works, my encyclopedias and so forth, but now im also writing fiction. No photos, no blinking, winking mouseovers, just good old research and fascinating facts. The book documents how the two modern superhero archetypesthe costumed avengers and the superhuman supermencan be traced back more than two centuries.
Inside this book youll find the condensed history of the world, 19351951, with story hooks for highflying global adventure at every turn. In heroes interactive, it was revealed that jess murphy, a deceased character shown to have been on chandras list, was jesses father according to his assignment tracker profile, jesse is 58 and 195 pounds with tattoos on his chest, arms, and face. Fantastic victoriana is an incredibly ambitious work. Strange tales of the century evil hat productions, llc.
However, as with fantastic victoriana and the site it was based on, im going to be too busy working on the manuscript for the encyclopedia of pulp heroes due out in november, 2008, from the good people at monkeybrain books to update this site. This work has finally culminated in 1,000page guide titled the encyclopedia of pulp heroes. This is a good book on the various pulp heroes of the pulp magazine era. Luckily jess nevins day job is research friendly, as he is a librarian specifically, the division. He has in the past maintained several websites that had information on a wide number of pulp characters.
Strange tales of the century is a brick, at 520 pages. So jess was the perfect person to write strange tales of the century for evil hat, a resource book to expand the scope of their bestseller game spirit of the century. Pulp and adventure heroes of the prewar years by jess nevins. The forerunners of todays superheroes can be found in chivalric romance, legend and. The stories were written by gilbert lawford dalton and drawn by jack glass. Strange tales of the century the story evil hat productions. An exhaustively complete guide to the heroes and heroines of comic books golden age, 19351949, in print and as a web site. Drawing upon pulps, magazines, novels, movies, radio shows, comic strips, and other media and formats, the encyclopedia features characters from a wide variety of genres.
This is a guy who has published 19 nonfiction reference books on genre since 2003, including the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana, the fables encyclopedia, the encyclopedia of pulp adventures, the evolution of the costumed avenger, and horror needs no passport, among many others. Jess nevins encyclopedia of golden age superheroes this unique, onevolume encyclopedia contains entries on the more than 2000 superheroes,private eyes, cowboys, pilots, a. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. The encyclopedia is not a beall and endall work on pulp heroes. My book, the encyclopedia of pulp heroes selfpublished, 2017, is a. Lecture those who cannot remember doc savage are condemned to repeat him by jess nevins wednesday, december 16, 2009 jesse willis leave a comment jess nevins, librarian and author of the forthcoming the encyclopedia of pulp heroes 2010, gave a scholarly lecture on the earliest origins and strange evolution of the. The unofficial companion to the league of extraordinary gentlemen, and the evolution of the costumed avenger. But perhaps even more fascinating than his insights into the heroes you all know and love are the guys you never heard of, the alsorans and neverweres the swedish cowboys, the french vampires, the indian p. Indiana jones and the longship of the gods by hohlbein, wolfgang.
Pao tcheou is a fictional character from a series of french novels. Jess nevins guest posthow it all started locus online. Alan moore is the author of the awardwinning watchmen, from hell, and swamp thing. Pulp and adventure heroes of the prewar years compiled by jess nevins. The unofficial companion to the league of extraordinary gentlemen nevins, jess on. For more pulp era information cinemarquees cosmos pulp heroes cafe cosmos pulp heroes cafe is a web resource with some of the finest web references on the net, dedicated to the literary adventures of pulp heroes. Im 40, american, a bostonian currently trapped in rural texas, happily married to the best woman in the world for me, a university librarian, the author of books of annotations of alan moores comics, the author of the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana, the author of the forthcoming the encyclopedia of pulp heroes and the encyclopedia of golden. Meet the man preserving pulp fiction for posterity. Rather than a traditional history, he interweaves charts and statistics of annual pulp magazine title counts and genres with short passages that place the pulps in context of the times. Join superstar pulp historian jess nevins as he takes you on a wild tour through the early decades of the spirit of the century world and our own inside this book youll find the condensed history of the world, 19351951, with story hooks for highflying global adventure at every turn.
Jan 18, 2014 so jess was the perfect person to write strange tales of the century for evil hat, a resource book to expand the scope of their bestseller game spirit of the century. Jess has rounded up an impressive array of suspects from all over the world, and from the worlds of radio, film, comics and literature. A guide to the heroes of preww2 pulp fiction, adventure, mystery, and serial science fiction. To date im known for my reference works, my encyclopedias and so. Otherwise, he does a good job covering all the popular heroes and even a couple that had short runs. The stories ran until 1984 in various british magazines. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the encyclopedia of pulp heroes. Much has been written about the pulps, the medium of popular fiction which began in 1896. By bringing the heroes of various disparate myths together into one story appolonius performed one of the first crossovers in popular culture. The encyclopedia of pulp adventurers selfpublished, 2017. He is author of the encyclopedia of fantastic victoriana, the pulps, the encyclopedia of golden age superheroes, the victorian bookshelf, and the encyclopedia of pulp heroes. Nevins does an excellent job providing a page by page, frame by frame explanation of what the author and illustrator have included in the book, using the hardcover collection of the.
Pulp and adventure heroes of the prewar years jess nevins kickass guide to seemingly every significant pulp and adventure hero that ever existed in the prewar years is one of the most fun sites in this field ive ever come across. The encyclopedia of pulp heroes kindle edition by nevins, jess. Public domain characters who were originally published in pulps or appeared in pulps as well as other media such as comics. Nevins, mams, is an american author and librarian, born 30 july 1966 and raised in boston, massachusetts. The encyclopedia of pulp cowboys selfpublished, 2017. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The encyclopedia of pulp heroes is the first collection of these series characters.
Now, to get his encyclopedia, you have two choices. The 4,000year history of the superhero, and more on. The unofficial companion to the league of extraordinary gentlemen. The encyclopedia of fantastic pulp heroes is the first collection of series characters from these genres. Jess nevins encyclopedia of golden age superheroes this unique, onevolume encyclopedia contains entries on the more than 2000 superheroes,private eyes, cowboys, pilots, a this unique, onevolume encyclopedia contains entries on the more than 2000 superheroes,private eyes, cowboys, pilots, a. Golden age superheroes as pulp heroes pulp hero hero games. His fascination with the pulps, and the years of research he did on them, resulted in this book. Any work that sets out to call itself an encyclopedia of anything is immediately setting.
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