July 23, 2013

SPY VIBE CONTEST

Greetings Spy Vibers! The essentials from my glass lair are packed and I'm heading off to Pulpfest and all points east. While I'm away on the mission readers have a chance to win some cool prizes! All you have to do is send an e-mail to spy vibe[at]gmail.com with the prize title in the subject heading and your name and address. I will choose winners in a random drawing on August 16th. You can enter for more than one prize, but each entry must be a separate e-mail. Good luck! Prizes listed below.

Pulpfest will be an immersion into the world of classic and modern popular fiction, cliffhanger serials, radio shows, and old books and comics. I will try to post some images from the field! Readers looking for their daily dose of Spy Vibe might want to check out some of our favorite interviews with writers, artists, designers, and... Playboy Bunnies: Shane Glines (Batman animation), Richard Sala (Cat Burglar Black), Bunny Deana (1960s London Playboy Club), William Patrick Maynard (Fu Manchu), Kevin Dart (Yuki 7), Jon Gilbert (Ian Fleming: The Bibliography), and Spy Vibe creator Jason Whiton (Charles Schulz Museum interview).

Prizes are: From Russia With Love (vintage 1960s Pan edition/movie cover), The Beachhead Spies (vintage 1958 paperback-great cover design!), Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion (first novel with UNIT & 3rd Doctor), The Strangers #1 (cool new 1960s-inspired comic about a team of operatives w special powers), Peanuts Coaster (2 Spy Vibers will win a limited-edition Peanuts paper coaster from the Mid-Century Modern Design exhibit at the Charles Schulz Museum. What's your Spy Vibe?





Get ready to meet MIKI ZERO, a Japanese fashion model and spy from 1965! That's right, I've written a novel inspired by Spy Vibe. More info at my website here.

Check Spy Vibe for recent posts about DC animation designer Shane Glines,  Batman '66 and Warhol, our fiendish villains archive, Beetle Bailey 007 spoofCold War Comics, Sam Mendes back for Bond, Lennon's Ferrari, Spy Vibe heroes and Wild Things, book design dopplegangersChristopher LeeBettie PageDashiell HammettMiles Davis, WWII spy Krystyna Skarbek, recycled James Bond covers, interview with Fu Manchu author William Maynard,  Man From UNCLE mangaOrson Welles the Shadow, rare Piero Umiliani Kriminal soundtrack, new Beatles Yellow Submarine game, James Bond audio book re-issues, Mid-Century Modern in Peanuts, my review of SKYFALL and more. Spy Vibe is now on Pinterest! Check out our image archives and follow us here. For Your Shelf Only collecting series linksJon GilbertRaymond BensonJeremy DunsPeter LorenzDavid FosterRob MallowsRoger Langley, Craig Arthur, Fleming ShortMatt Sherman. 

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