''ERB-dom'' was a magazine devoted to the works of

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan (who appeared in ...

created by Al Guillory, Jr. and Camille Cazedessus Jr. ("Caz"). It began publication in May 1960 as a

mimeograph A mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo, sometimes called a stencil duplicator or stencil machine) is a low-cost duplicating machine that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. The process is called mimeography, and a co ...

science-fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, sp ...

fanzine A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleas ...

."About Pulpdom" at the official ''Pulpdom'' website
/ref> Guillory was killed in a car-train collision, but Cazedessus continued publishing ''ERB-dom''. It won the

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for Best Fanzine in 1966."1966 Hugo Awards" - listing at the official Hugo Awards website
/ref> ERB-dom was eventually printed in color, containing Russ Manning's ''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Creat ...

'' newspaper

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pages in color and the daily strips. It went to monthly publication in 1970 and then back to five times per year. It ceased publication with issue #89 in late 1976. However a special issue #90 was released in June 1978.

Successor titles

Cazedessus renewed his publishing efforts with ''The Fantasy Collector'' (later ''The Fantastic Collector'') in December 1988. ''The Fantasy Collector'' had been an ad-zine, running only ads. This new ''The Fantasy Collector'', starting with #201, reprinted fiction. It was renamed ''The Fantastic Collector'' with #227. He soon re-incorporated ''ERB-dom''-type articles into the magazine, which was tending more towards

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in general (not just

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

). With #248 it was double named/numbered with ''ERB-dom'' #90. This continued until ''Fantastic Collector'' #262/''ERB-dom'' #104. The title was changed to ''Pulpdom, Son of ERB-dom'' by Cazedessus in 1997. It continued under that name featuring articles and illustrations on almost all the pulp authors, from

to H. Bedford-Jones, et al. It "concentrates on the pre-1932 pulps, obscure authors of the 'fantastic,' and particularly '' Argosy'', '' All-Story'' and the early '' Blue Book''." It would end with #100 in October 2020.

Notes

External links

''Pulpdom'' official website

* 1960 establishments in California 1976 disestablishments in California Monthly magazines published in the United States Defunct science fiction magazines published in the United States Edgar Rice Burroughs Hugo Award–winning works Magazines established in 1960 Magazines disestablished in 1976 Magazines published in Los Angeles Science fiction fanzines {{Sf-mag-stub