PULPED!
Besides being the home of such characters as James Sprecken
and Lucifer Fawkes, Modern Pulp Comics is also the home of Pulped!
comics and stories. Simply put, Pulped! is the section of MPC
that spotlights creations outside of the established MP Universe. Each creation
is creator-owned by friends of MPC. Some are series and some just stand-alone
stories, but they are all great!
Mr. Jigsaw
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How
It All Began
Charlie Grant is secretly Mr.Jigsaw, Maine's
only resident superhero. As the Man of a Thousand Parts, he has the
unique ability to dismember every single part of his anatomy and then
mentally control them. Not exactly the typical power of a longjohn-wearing
dogooder, but Jiggy's greatest asset is his loving heart.
Ron Fortier - Writer
Gary Kato - Artist |
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The
Iceman Cometh
Mr. Jigsaw returns in his latest adventure,
as he battles a band of thieving snowmen that are on a rampage throughout
Portland during Christmas.
NOTE - This is the first 9 pages, with more to follow
soon.
Ron Fortier - Writer
Gary Kato - Artist
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Doctor Satan
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Checkmate
In Red
In the early 1930s. the editor of Weird Tales
magazine, Farnsworth Wright, decided it was time to bring a recurring
series into the fold. Other pulp titles of the time were competing
against Weird Tales with colorful characters that kept resurfacing
much to the enjoyment of the readership. Wright thought such an over-the-top
figure might appeal to Weird Tales readers and commissioned
veteran writer, Paul Ernst, to create such a persona.
Following the example of such garish monthlies as
THE OCTOPUS, DR. YEN SIN and THE MYSTERIOUS FU FANG,
Ernst chose to make his principle the villain. He invented Doctor
Satan, a mad criminal genius who used both science and magic in
his outlandish crimes. He was challenged by criminologist, Ascott
Keane, who also possessed the same talents.
CHECKMATE IN RED is a graphic adaptation of
the very first Doctor Satan adventure as it appeared in the
August 1935 issue.
Ron Fortier - Writer
Rob Davis - Artist |
This Way, Mr. Burrows
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This
Way, Mr. Burrows
Not even the Keeper, Lucifer Fawkes, can destroy
all the foul and defiling monsters within his domain.
The majority of the voracious, carnal consumers live
out their full lives, rich in sin. When that grizzly, soiled existence
does end, all that remains is Hell. Nine Penumbral Planes of bone
- grinding punishment for Eternity.
Before sentencing and the carnivorous maggot - mattresses
of the pit, there are the Way Stations. It is here that we find a
man, discovering to his bowel - loosening horror, the price of Sin
in a tale called...
C. William Russette - Writer
Tom Luth - Artist |
Thumper's Revenge
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Thumper's
Revenge
Invoking the essence of Edgar Allan Poe is a risky
proposition as one man discovers when he finds the answer to the freedom
he craves: kill her. Too bad he didn't finish the rest
of the story.
Jim Keplinger is a professional writer, letterer,
and magician. He has recently launched a weekly strip at moviepoopshoot.com
called Ted Noodleman – Bicycle Delivery Boy, and is
the letterer for Mike W. Barr’s Sorcerer of Fortune
at Modern
Tales. Visit him online at www.kepink.com.
Jason Moser graduated Kendal College of Art and Design
and went on to make pretty pictures for toy boxes. Now he is changing
his focus to bringing his unique vision and style to the comics world.
Visit him at www.genomestudios.com.
Jim Keplinger - Writer
Jason Moser - Artist |