The History of Fantasy – Homeric Comics
Homeric Comics are a thing. Really. Amazing Mystery Funnies #20 (May 1940) presented this one-page filler: The unknown author really wants to make the point Read More
Month: January 2023
Plant Monsters in Movies & Television
Plant Monsters in Movies & Television start in the 1930s and go to the present day with The Last of Us. We all enjoy watching Read More
Plant Monsters in The House of Mystery
Plant Monsters in The House of Mystery follow the tropes found in fiction first: the haunted tree, the biological experiment, weed men and others. DC Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1930s: Odds & Ends
If you missed Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories…. For our last post on the Plant Monsters of the 1930s, we offer a potpourri of various Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1940s
If you missed the last one… The 1940s saw a variety of Science Fiction and Horror magazines use plants in different ways. Sometimes they were Read More
Time Machine Problems: Writing Historical Pulp
Writing Historical Pulp has its challenges. And its rewards. I quite enjoy small Pulp and comic book surprises in television shows and movies when they Read More
The Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories: 1929-1939
If you missed the Plant Monsters of Astounding… The Plant Monsters of Amazing Stories (from 1929-1939) give us the story of two editors: T. O’Conor Read More
The Plant Monsters of Astounding
If you missed the Plant Monsters of Hugo Gernsback, go here… The Plant Monsters of Astounding continues our look at 1930s Science Fiction. Weird Tales Read More
Hugo Gernsback’s Plant Monsters
If you missed Plant Monsters in Weird Tales (now expanded) go here… Hugo Gernsback’s Plant Monsters begin even before Science Fiction had a name. He Read More
Monsters Unleashed – Hidden Sword & Sorcery
Monsters Unleashed, the black-and-white magazine from Marvel was a trove of hidden Sword & Sorcery. The original goal of the 1973 publications Dracula Lives, Monster Read More