The Silence (2019)
Just finished watching The Silence on Netflix. This movie is based on a Tim Lebbon novel from 2015. It is a nice mix of John Read More
Month: May 2020
Doc Savage: The Illustrations!
The colorful covers of Doc Savage Magazine are well known with their Pulp action and sinister mystery. The interior art is less so. These images Read More
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’s Strange Adventure
A Century of Hyde The duality of the human spirit has been one of literature’s greatest themes since the time of the Greek myths. Man Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Joe Staton (1948-)
Joe got his start at Charlton in 1971 (where he drew Space 1999 and E-Man) but became famous for drawing the Green Lantern comics. He Read More
Favorite Frankenstein Covers 1945-2015
If you subscribe to this blog, you will have received a crappy version of this piece. My Yoast Plugin ate it before it went out Read More
Is That An Occult Detective Story?
It has been bothering me for some time in my study of the Ghostbreakers that some cases come very close to being occult detective story Read More
Overcoming the Monster: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
This piece begins…Let me tell you how I overcame a monster. A writer gets few a-ha! moments because the process of story-creating can be a Read More
AmazingCon!
The Covid Pandemic and the subsequent worldwide quarantine has cancelled genre events from Westercon 2020 to the San Diego Comic Con. So how is it Read More
Robert E. Howard’s James Allison in Comics
Roy Thomas sat in a unique position in the early 1970s. None of the Howard material had been adapted unless you count one very obscure Read More
The Fantastical Fantasy Writer: Geoff St. Reynard
Robert W. Krepps (1919-1980) produced Science Fiction and Fantasy under the more romantic name of “Geoff St. Reynard” for two publishers in particular, Ray A. Read More