PULP ARK 2012 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WINNER ANNOUNCED

As first announced on PULPED (www.pulped.libsyn.com) today, the Pulp Ark Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient for 2012 has been selected.  Tommy Hancock, partner in Pro Se Productions, the sponsor of PULP ARK, the Official New Pulp Convention as well as the founder and organizer of Pulp Ark, reported to PULPED! host Ron Fortier that the selection process for the Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 2011, had been completed and a recipient named.

Although 11 other Pulp Ark Awards that will be given at Pulp Ark 2012 were selected by public nomination and then voting of those who nominated, the process for selecting the Lifetime Achievement winner was different.  Ten people considered to be involved in the New Pulp Movement significantly at this point were invited to participate on the Lifetime Achievement Selection Committee.  Each of these Committee members were given an opportunity to nominate three people for the Award.  The top three from these nominations were then placed on a ballot and the Committee voted from that ballot.  The members of the Committee included, Hancock, Barry Reese, Derrick Ferguson, Ron Fortier, Bobby Nash, Art Sippo, Van Plexico, Matt Moring, Michael Brown, and Joe Gentile.

To qualify for the recognition, a person must have been heavily involved in Pulp in some capacity significantly for at least ten years and had a known impact on Pulp.  According to Hancock, the recipient of this year's Pulp Ark Lifetime Achievement Award is Howard Hopkins.



Known for his ability to work in multiple genres as well as his absolute love for all things Pulp, Howard first came to the notice of many Pulp fans as the publisher of Golden Perils, one of the first and premier Pulp fanzines.   Hopkins' publishing career involved many stories in many genres and included him working not only as a writer, but as a Pulp historian and an Editor.

This award will be given posthumously as Hopkins passed away suddenly on January 12, 2012.  "This recognition," Hancock acknowledged, "is well deserved.  Nominated last year, Howard was the fifth highest nominated in 2011 for the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.   One needs simply to look at the voluminous list of fiction as well as non fiction and editing Howard did to see that this award is the least that he is worthy of.   Many of us have learned how to better our craft because of Howard.  And we will continue to learn from him for years to come."

The award will be given to Howard's wife, Dominique, on her husband's behalf.  The Awards Ceremony will be held during Pulp Ark 2012 on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

For further information on this award or Pulp Ark, contact Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net or go to www.pulpark.blogspot.com

Following is a Bibliography of Howard Hopkins' work-

Author of 40+ horror/western/comics fiction books, numerous published short stories, including stories in The Spider Chronicles with John Jakes, The Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes & Captain Midnight. Co-editor of The Avenger Chronicles.

Publishing History Robert Hale, Ltd.: Western Novels Blood on the Saddle, The Comanche’s Ghost, Blood Pass, Wanted, Ghost-town Duel, The Gallows Ghost, The Widow Maker, Guns of the Past, Palomita, The Last Draw, The Deadly Doves, The Devil’s Peacemaker, The West Wolf, The Phantom Marshal, Bandolero, Pirate Pass, The Silver-Mine Spook, Ladigan, Vengeance Pass, Johnny Dead, Poison Pass, Ripper Pass, Nightmare Pass, Hell Pass, Haunted Pass, Desolation Pass, Blood Creek, The Devil’s Rider, Coyote Deadly, Dead Man Riding, The Killing Kind, Hell on Hoofs, Twilight Trail Ulverscroft/F.A. Thorpe: Western Novels Blood on the Saddle, The Comanche’s Ghost, Blood Pass, Wanted, The Gallows Ghost, The Widow Maker, Guns of the Past, Palomita, The last Draw, The Deadly Doves, The Devil’s Peacemaker, The West Wolf, The Phantom Marshal, Bandolero, Pirate Pass, The Silver-Mine Spook, Ladigan, Johnny Dead, Poison Pass, Nightmare Pass, Hell Pass, Haunted Pass, Desolation Pass, Blood Creek, The Devil’s Rider, Coyote Deadly, Dead Man Riding Dancing Willow Press: Night Demons, Grimm, Dark Harbors, The Nightmare Club#1: The Headless Paperboy, Pistolero, The Dark Riders, Night Demons Atlantic Bridge Publications: Night Demons, Grimm, Dark Harbors, The Nightmare Club#1: The Headless Paperboy, Pistolero, The Dark Riders, Night Demons Golden Perils Press: Night Demons, Grimm, Dark Harbors, The Nightmare Club#1: The Headless Paperboy, Pistolero, The Dark Riders, Night Demons, The Nightmare Club #2: The Deadly Dragon, The Nightmare Club #3: The Willow Witch, The Chloe Files #1: Ashes to Ashes, The Chloe Files #2: Sliver of Darkness Non-fiction: The Gray Nemesis, Shadowed Pages, The Black Bat History, Secret Agent X History, 40 issues of Golden Perils Magazine (editor/writer, 20 print/20 electronic) Students of the Unusual: (Comic book anthology) “Strangler” Moonstone Books: The Spider Chronicles #1: “Death Reign of the zombie Queen” The Spider Chronicles #2: “Scourge of the Giggling Ghouls” The Avenger Chronicles: (Co-editor) “The Original Man of Steel,” “The Heart of the Crucible” & “The Blast Devil” The Avenger: The Justice, Inc. Files (Co-editor) “The Flames of Tragedy,” “Vengeance, Inc.,” “Nellie,” “Mac,” “Cole” The Avenger: Tales from Bleek Street: “Smitty,” “Josh,” “Rosabel” The Captain Midnight Chronicles: “Witch of the Waning Moon” The Green Hornet Chronicles: “Flight of the Yellowjacket” The Green Hornet Casebook: “Sting of the Yellowjacket” Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook: (Editor) “The Haunted Manor” “A Study in Awareness” Honey West Anthology (Editor) The Golden Amazon: Three short stories, two comic scripts, one novel (Ripper, Burning Bright) The Lone Ranger: Novel (Vendetta) Comic book script: “Threesome” with Nancy Holder The Spider: Four widescreen graphic novel adaptations: The Iron Man War, Judgement Knight, The Bat Man War, Satan’s Seven Samurai The Spider: Widescreen comic book: The Strange Case of The Spider and Mr. Hyde Books/Magazines for various publishers: Weird Western Tales: “Night of the Crimson Moon” Beat to a Pulp: “Ghost of a Chance” The Holiday Mixer Anthology: “Slay Ride” Where Legends Ride: “The Ballad of Jesse Barnett” A Fistful of Legends: “Billy” As well as: 15+ Short stories for various horror publications. 50+ non-fiction articles for various publications.