Secret Origins
Pulp 2.0 Press, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA was initially formed to republish classic pulp and paperback series which had fallen out of print. The company’s mandate is to place affordable pulp entertainment into eager fans’ hands using the latest internet technology. This includes print, ebooks, video, audio, merchandise and games. To us, ‘pulp’ is not a particular genre, format, medium nor literary time frame. Pulp is an attitude.
In this way, Pulp 2.0 Press is positioned in a slightly different, more expansive manner than other publishers. The company is poised to create, develop and distribute ‘pulp entertainment’ across a variety of media through the portal of the internet and mobile devices.
Bill Cunningham
Pulp 2.0 Press is founded and headed by Bill Cunningham whose job title ‘Mad Pulp Bastard’ encompasses the myriad duties for which he is responsible – acquisition, development, marketing, promotion, scheduling and publishing. Cunningham comes to publishing and multimedia development from a background in motion picture production and marketing. He has co-written and produced the very successful independent movies SCARECROW and its sequel SCARECROW SLAYER. He has also been hired as a screenwriter for several film production companies in Hollywood.
Cunningham brings a wealth of experience to his role as he was the Director of Marketing for York Entertainment and was responsible for the creative marketing for over 65 films distributed worldwide. He was also the Associate Producer on the Omega Entertainment motion picture .COM FOR MURDER starring Nastassja Kinski, Roger Daltry, Huey Lewis and Nicollette Sheridan.
Cunningham holds degrees in film and history and served in the United States Air Force and is a published author whose work is included in the critically acclaimed TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN anthology series.
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I read in a recent issue of Back Issue (#47), that you will be reprinting the Miracle Squad in a deluxe graphic novel format? Hopefully it will reproduce all four issues of the original run in color (since the last two issues were originally printed in black & white).
Just letting you know that I plan on being the first in line to purchase this!
Thanks!
Joe –
Just wanted to let you know we’re publishing these comics in B&W in a format similar to DC’s Showcase or Marvel’s Essentials books. I would LOVE to be able to print these in color, but right now the cost and the time involved is too prohibitive. Hopefully in the future we can come back with a color version.
I did want to let you know we’re adding a ton of behind-the-scenes extras – a new short story by John Wooley that inspired the Miracle Squad, photo galleries, an essay or two, and all sorts of other, special surprises.
Keep checking back here or at our Facebook page for more updates – http://www.facebook.com/pulp2ohpress !
Thanks!
Bill
I was very pleased to read that you are going to print adventures of Jeff Weigel’s Sphinx — he was one of my favorite characters in Big Bang Comics.
Jeff used to have pages on his website (sans script, I think) of the Blackhawks going to steal the Sword of Destiny in WWII; what a pity we never read that in comics. I really like his creativity and style.
I look forward to this publication and am interested to learn about the other pulps that you are publishing.
Manhunter Fan -
I am looking forward to The Sphinx – he’s a very original character who deserves to be better known. We’ll be collecting all of Jeff’s stories as well as some additional material for the print edition.
Please join us on Facebook where you can be updated on everything we do with the book. We’re located at: http://www.facebook.com/pulp2ohpress
Best,
Bill
We also run contests and giveaways.