Niko Haapala

The Man Who Writes Pulp 🖋️🗡️ Tips:

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

Niko Pulp short stories:

Raygun adventure: https://t.co/JPuOUA892Q

MMA meets the supernatural: https://t.co/3LiPcMtJMO

Pro wrestling fantasy: https://t.co/lbnPkGYqVL

Gothic horror and dystopian sci-fi (Volumes 5 & 7): https://t.co/J98Nxe6LD7

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

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[Mike Baron @BloodyRedBaron]

@comickelsey @aaronlopresti It's no secret! Not any longer.

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

@JonathanJColton It's a great list but I'd swap Big John with Wally Wood. Wood inspired even guys like Frazetta!

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

@comickelsey @OldKingComics Kelsey after getting that check:

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@cirsova

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@KevinWolffart Baltic Batman?!

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@divedeepdavid @JonathanJColton The story of Aaron's life. 🤷

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

"References."

[old toons @oldtoons_]

The live-action film references used by the animators for a climactic sword fight in "The Secret of Nimh" (1982, Directed by Don Bluth)

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

One of the many gross features of our society is that we don't treat actors as the hoes that they are.

The Romans knew what was what!

[New York Post @nypost]

Richard Gere says US is in 'darkest moment' he's experienced https://t.co/ZmOAFUidTN

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

Crazy that friggin' Robin sold that well.

[robliefeld @robertliefeld]

For the history buffs. New Mutants was a dumpster fire when I agreed to accept the assignment. “You can do anything you want with it because we are about to cancel it”. I took the comic to #1, outselling Claremont & Lee’s X-Men, with no variant covers and no gimmicks or enhancements. This was a turn around not seen since Frank Miller on Daredevil a decade earlier. My impact on New Mutants was as a writer. The problem with the book prior to me was the writing.

It was through my writing that issues #98-100 sold 2.2 million copies. That is more than the entire year previous to my joining. New Mutants was selling 110.000 copies in a sea of X-books selling 350k and above.

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

@MadKamikazius Ha, I was the opposite. I wanted to escape the mundane, embrace the grand and fantastic!

But my tastes have broadened.

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

@chibi_mike @EthanVanSciver A great pulp-style cover!

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

The degree to which ERB has fallen from the general public's awereness is baffling.

Who can we blame?

[Jovan @JovanGThinks]

The concept of a Portal Fantasy fan who's an atheist is (kinda) odd to me since a lot of the genre's origins is rooted in Celtic Paganism, made popular by an Anglican epic poem, further explored in novel form by a Scottish minister, and canonized in modern fantasy by C.S Lewis.

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

@jd_sauvage @MadKamikazius What is Northworld about?

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

Disney knows that they have to try to save what they've killed.

[Bleeding Fool @BleedingFool]

Disney is restoring the original 1977 cut of 'Star Wars' for its 50th anniversary, undoing decades of "special edition" edits and also reigniting debate over creator control, preservation, and why George Lucas never wanted fans to see this version again. https://t.co/YjCQSBxjWl

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

The word "slop" gets thrown around WAY too freely these days...

[William O’Brien @No5mallf3at]

What people aren’t ready to hear is Dostoyevsky is litslop too. Brothers Karamazov, like Count of Monte Cristo, was published in serials for people to read like we watch tv shows weekly now.

[Cirsova: Winning Secrets Out 6/17 @cirsova]

It's easier to call commercially published serial/penny dreadful/pulp fiction slop than it is to admit that the public was by and large simply more literate in the 19th century than it is today.

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

Based Tolkien!

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

It was probably for the best.

Can’t imagine John Lennon as Gollum.

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

@jaykulele1 It's not ineffective, but it is a specialized field. E.g. kickboxing is better because you have more weapons than just fists.

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

70k?!

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

Kevin O’Leary says Gen Z needs to stop spending $28 on lunch when they only make $70,000—that is why they stay poor.

[Niko Haapala @NikoPulp]

REH wasn't a soldier, but he sure was a fighter!

If you write about battles, you should have some first-hand knowledge.

[Aeres @AeresChronicles]

We see a common thread among some of the best and most important fantasy authors of the 20th century, and the literary influences of their life experiences are clear.

Lord Dunsany: Captain in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1916. Suffered a headshot with a bullet lodged in his skull, recovered and served as a special agent in unit M17.

E.R. Eddison: Distinguished civil servant, received Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1924 and Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1929.

J.R.R. Tolkien: Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Battalion, fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

C.S. Lewis: Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry 3rd Battalion, wounded in the Somme in 1918.

A.A. Milne: Officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, fought in the Battle of the Somme, later served as a special agent in unit M17.

Lloyd Alexander: Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army, became an analyst and counter-espionage special agent, 1943-45.

Roald Dahl: Lieutenant in the King's African Rifles, served in Tanzania in 1939, afterward joined the RAF and crashed his plane in Egypt. Later became an intelligence officer who was close friends with Ian Fleming and influenced James Bond.

Mervyn Peake: Private in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, 1940-1942, honorably discharged in 1943, witnessed Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

Jack Vance: Able seaman in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1943-45. His ship was torpedoed twice.

L. Sprague de Camp: Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, joined the Naval Air Experimental Station as an engineer, 1942-45.

Gene Wolfe: Combat engineer and artilleryman, Korean War 1952, received a Combat Infantry Badge.

Glen Cook: Marine Force Recon, Forward Fire Control Observer, 3rd Marine Battalion 1962-72.

Elizabeth Moon: First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps 1968-71, operational strategist in systems design and programming. Also OCS.

Robert Jordan: Door gunner in the U.S. Army, 68th Assault Helicopter Company, 145th Combat Aviation Battalion, 1968-70. Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star with Valor recipient. Later nuclear engineer, U.S. Navy.

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