tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post2671682504730634498..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: West, May 5, 1926James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-68060161003681656922011-06-14T07:32:36.829-05:002011-06-14T07:32:36.829-05:00I've noticed that with a number of pulps Murra...I've noticed that with a number of pulps Murray Leinster shows up in the first few issues with a bunch of stories then fades away as the magazine begins to find its stale of regular writers. I've wondered about that. Did he pursue new titles and shower them with spec fiction or was he sought out by publishers who knew he would write reliable good fiction for them.bebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-36386044993441300972011-06-06T09:09:37.442-05:002011-06-06T09:09:37.442-05:00I agree that DIME WESTERN and even STAR WESTERN we...I agree that DIME WESTERN and even STAR WESTERN were also top quality magazines for western fiction. Nick Eggenhofer, one of the greatest of the western illustrators, did alot of interior art for WESTERN STORY and DIME WESTERN and STAR WESTERN. <br /><br />The cover artist for this issue of WEST is James C. McKell(He is credited on the contents page). McKell was one of the better artists and did many covers for the magazine.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-84668702387034127402011-06-06T07:41:48.253-05:002011-06-06T07:41:48.253-05:00Walker, most of the people I speak to suggest that...Walker, most of the people I speak to suggest that DIME WESTERN gets the nod among the western pulps, perhaps mostly as the great innovator in the field. But I'll believe the early WEST was in the same league. <br /><br />James, just because of the red/yellow sun dichotomy, I'll bet that's supposed to be a morning sun, but it isn't Setting In the West that way, is it. And I think we remember Jenkins/Leinster as an sf writer, as the field he wound up in, but at this point he was, as you note, a utility fictioneer.<br /><br />A handsome cover.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-69880237038869010932011-06-04T12:06:41.492-05:002011-06-04T12:06:41.492-05:00Ron, I remember one cover by Russell for POPULAR M...Ron, I remember one cover by Russell for POPULAR MAGAZINE, otherwise I would not consider him as really an artist working in the pulp jungle.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-48715940888622191372011-06-04T11:56:49.325-05:002011-06-04T11:56:49.325-05:00Thanks, James. I like the 1920s covers. Did Russel...Thanks, James. I like the 1920s covers. Did Russell ever illustrate for the pulps? I should know this, but I don't. I see he died the same year of this issue, 1926.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-35810328722928104422011-06-04T08:26:04.784-05:002011-06-04T08:26:04.784-05:00When readers and collectors talk about the best we...When readers and collectors talk about the best western pulp magazine, they usually pick WESTERN STORY. But I've always thought WEST during the Doubleday years was perhaps even better. During 1926 and into the middle 1930's, WEST was published by Doubleday and had the same high quality western fiction as did SHORT STORIES. Then Doubleday sold the title in the mid thirties and it became just another western magazine. <br /><br />There is an excellent anthology of stories from the magazine titled, WEST, edited by one of the editors, Collier.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com