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Saving Superman
I suppose everyone knows how wretched the latest Superman movie is. Several of my friends and family members thought it was alright, but I think that’s in keeping with the lowered expectations by which all Superman movies are judged. Or all superhero...

Newspapers eventually shrank themselves down to profitability. In essence they have become coupon delivery mechanisms. It is one of the areas where there is an advantage to the consumers, the manufacturers and the advertisers. Coupled with display advertising...

This may be the shortest article I’ve ever written on the subject of pulp magazine history.
It didn’t happen. Pulp magazines faced little in the way of organized or widespread censorship. They were seldom banned from newsstands or forbidden to use the mails. And none were ever censored nor prevented from publishing. All in all, the U.S. government...

Details Magazine, DOA.
The world of neo-pulp stand alones has continued unabated during the past few months. Taking up the spaces where real magazines were once slotted are celebrity memorials and other instant books covering whatever happens to be public’s passing fancy....