Early Lovecraft Illustrations
The earliest publications of H. P. Lovecraft were in amateur magazines like The Vagrant, so we have to wait until Weird Tales starts in 1923 Read More
Category: artwork
The Magazines of Sword & Sorcery
Sword & Sorcery is published in many places but the magazines listed here, though not always big publications, were important to the sub-genre. Many of Read More
Plant Monsters in the Comics II
If you missed the first crop… The comics grew out of the Pulps like a bud on a branch….plant metaphor enough for you? Still, it Read More
Fantasy Fiction: An Oasis of the Fifties
Fantasy Fiction was a Pulp magazine that ran for only four issues from March to November 1953. It was produced by Future Publications, the publisher Read More
Link: How To Get Your Name on a Magazine
Magazines have been around for over 350 years. The first general interest magazine in English was The Gentleman’s Magazine, beginning in 1731. Magazines with people’s Read More
Tolkien vs. Howard Comics
Unlike Conan and the works of Robert E. Howard, J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (forget about any of Read More
British Fantasy Comics (1955-1984)
We are going to take some liberties on this one. Many of the comics I will mention here were more historical than Fantasy but appeal Read More
Fantasy Comics You Might Not Know
The word “fantasy” is problematic to the researcher. If you are looking for Heroic Fantasy or Sword & Sorcery or even Epic Fantasy comics with Read More
Alex Nino’s Korak, Son of Tarzan
April-May 1974 something strange happened. DC’s Tarzan went from 36 pages to 100 pages! Issues #230 to 235 ballooned to giant issues of Edgar Rice Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Steve Ditko (1927-2018)
Steve, along with Wally Wood, Gray Morrow and Frank Frazetta, was one of the old pros who did Sword & Sorcery comics in the late Read More