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Police Magazine from 1930s France

Beth Carswell — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:50:03 +0000

Today I came across this collection of magazines from 1930s France called Police Magazine. We have quite a number of them for sale on the site, happily with images to peruse. From what I can tell, the publication ran from 1931 until 1937. I’ve found little information about it, but I think the magazine was a crime-fiction rag with stories, some continued week after week. I’ve included a selection of the covers below, along with a link to the listings. If anybody has more information about this publication, we’d love to know it and flesh this out – please leave a comment!

Amazing Stories is Back – Get Your Free Issue

Beth Carswell — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:05:46 +0000

We love Amazing Stories Magazine and were sad to learn of its demise in 2006. Fortunately, with some fresh blood, new passion and a revitalized approach, it looks like it may just have been a long hiatus. And it sounds mysterious and potentially exciting:

“To make a long story short and to simultaneously avoid having to give up too many secrets: there is a master plan behind the re-invention of Amazing Stories, a plan that encompasses more than just the revitalizing of an old pulp favorite. One that contemplates an entirely new approach to publishing.”

The first issue since early 2005, the Summer 2012 issue of Amazing Stories is now available in PDF copy – and for a limited time, it can be yours for FREE. Click through to The Amazing Stories Magazine website to find out how.

Welcome back, Amazing Stories – we wish you the best and hope you stick around a long time.

A Cornucopia of New Yorker Corrections

Beth Carswell — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:12:15 +0000

The Awl has published a list of New Yorker Magazine retractions and corrections. The long-running literary magazine is famously infamous for its rigorous, meticulous and prestigious fact-checking department, but since it is run by humans, the very occasional error does make it through.

I especially enjoyed the corrective correspondence from Groucho Marx in February, 1929. The New Yorker had reported that Al Smith, the (then) governor of New York had visited four Broadway shows, and named said shows. Marx wrote in, insisting that Smith had actually seen five, and the unnamed play was the Marx Bros.’ own musical, Animal Crackers. Marx alleges that Smith was so moved by the hilarious performance that he visited them backstage afterwards, still crying with laughter. His letter included: “I’ll give you just twenty-four hours to retract that statement before I call on you and horse-whip you within four or five inches of your life,” as well as “If you’re a man, you’ll eat your words and print this retraction on the cover of your magazine with illustrations by Peter Arno and life studies of the Marx Brothers in their dressing rooms or at home, curled up before a hot fire with an engrossing book, or vice versa.

Yours for more haste and less speed,
GROUCHO MARX”

See all the retractions and corrections at The Awl.