Guy de Maupassant Comics in the Golden and Silver Age
Guy de Maupassant is a master of the short story. He wrote several Horror story classics as well including his masterpiece, “The Horla” (1881). These Read More
Month: December 2019
Astonishing Stories: Bargain Basement Science Fiction
When you don’t have plenty of money, sometimes you just have to settle for second best. Or you have to be more creative. Certainly this Read More
My Cthulhu Story
Back in the 1980s I was obsessed with H. P. Lovecraft. I was also a cartoonist. That’s a bad combo. Thus…. Copyright G. W. Thomas Read More
Sword & Sorcery Comics Hall of Fame: Archie Goodwin
If you are going to associate a name with Sword & Sorcery comics it is usually Roy Thomas. This is ironic in that Roy has Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed and May Not Care
In our last segment I mention four great stories I would want you to enjoy. This time the sentiment is more, well if you don’t Read More
Mike Kaluta’s “I, Vampire” Covers
The House of Mystery, like all the Horror anthology comics, found the 1980s harder than the 70s. To beef up sales, continuing characters were introduced Read More
The Earliest Plant Monsters
Stories of giant man-eating trees or blood-sucking vines have become part of the SF/F/H genres to the point where we don’t really think about their Read More
Gifts of Blood: The Fiction of Susan C. Petrey
After all the recent vampire silliness it is nice to be reminded that an author can actually do something with the idea of the vampire Read More
Classic Interview: C. Dean Andersson
GW: What attracted you to Sword and Sorcery? What made you want to write it yourself? CDA: I developed a love for Science Fiction at Read More
The Psychic Doctors: The First Ghostbreakers
In the Middle Ages if one were assailed by the forces of the supernatural, help was as close as the nearest priest. In the 16th Read More