Henry Kuttner’s Elak of Atlantis
Elak of Atlantis is one of Sword & Sorcery’s great characters that did not receive the 1960s splendor that others got. I attribute this to Read More
Month: May 2020
The Strangest Northerns: Blackhawk Style
“Aurora, Queen of the Arctic” (Blackhawk #51, February 1951) from Quality Comics, offers a Pulp style Northern with a mysterious siren who draws men into Read More
The Shattered Men: An Excerpt
Jack Mackenzie offers up the first exciting chapter of his new novel, The Shattered Men. In the first story in the Wild Incorporated series, you Read More
Pigeons From Hell: Horror Masterpiece
Robert E. Howard will always be the father of Sword & Sorcery. He created Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, King Kull, and finally, Conan the Read More
Hero Pulps: Champions of Excitement
The hero Pulp was a product of the 1930s and the Great Depression. In a time when all seemed doom and gloom, it was exciting Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Tom Sutton (1937-2002)
Tom Sutton was a vastly under-rated comic book artist, largely due to his disinterest in superheroes. He is probably best remembered for his work in Read More
Going Wild: An Interview with Jack Mackenzie
Jack Mackenzie is at it again. His latest project is a series of Pulp hero novels called Wild Inc. The first book is The Shattered Read More
The Bagheeta to The Cat People
Val Lewton (1904-1951) has become famous in monster movie circles as the creator of The Cat People (1942) and The Curse of the Cat People Read More
Donald Bayne Hobart: Comic Book Storyteller
Donald Bayne Hobart (1898-1970) (aka Hobart Donbayne, aka Bayne Hobart) was a prolific Pulpster especially in the 1940s. He wrote many of the Masked Rider Read More
Link: Fritz Leiber: Pastiche or Passé
Should a Mythos author write Lovecraftian pastiches? Is the Mythos anything, really, but a colossal pastiche of Lovecraft? Is the Mythos’ value lessened by its Read More