tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post5832742225222785727..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: Wrapping It UpPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-50176946537088174752014-06-22T04:33:23.235-07:002014-06-22T04:33:23.235-07:00@ CoastConFan
The backlash against the sideshows ...@ CoastConFan<br /><br />The backlash against the sideshows was a really interesting period. The people behind it had the best of intentions, but it ended up having some terrible consequences. A lot of the "freaks" enjoyed comfortable lifestyles and a real sense of family thanks to the touring shows. When it ended they were oftentimes forced to live in communities where their deformities weren't nearly as accepted.<br />Propnomiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-9869910457207485852014-06-21T07:14:59.286-07:002014-06-21T07:14:59.286-07:00That’s an excellent overview of the transformation...That’s an excellent overview of the transformation from classic Victorian gaff to postmodern cartoonism. I had never thought as to why gaffs changed over time except due to the increased relative sophistication of target rubes. <br /><br />I hadn’t thought of Argosy magazine in years. I remember it as a slightly dotty men’s magazine with some peripheral scientific interest and a big dollop of adventure. Looking up its origin, I was surprised to find it was actually a Victorian publication in origin, being created in 1882. That explains a lot. After a brief bankrupts, it became a pulp fiction pub, but by the 20s it was publishing a lot of excellent fantasy and SF.<br /><br />The publication I remember was from the 1960s and the eccentric mix of “man’s stories”, half baked science articles, adventure stories, weak archeology and some assorted twaddle. It eventually died in 1978 only to be revised in digitial form in 2013 (which I did not know until now), http://argosymagazine.co.uk/ <br /><br />Article on Argosy https://secure.uwf.edu/dearle/enewsstand/enewsstand_files/Page577.htm<br /><br />Archive of free downloads of pulp magazines: <br />https://archive.org/details/pulpmagazinearchive <br /><br />The Pulp Magazines Project talks about said pubs<br />http://www.pulpmags.org/contexts_pages/longest_running_pulps.html<br /><br />Free downloads of the British Argosy magazine, founded in 1865<br />http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=argosyuk <br />CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.com