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
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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
Edmond Hamilton Comics: 1950
1950 saw Edmond Hamilton settle into his regular schedule of writing comics. Each month he would produce several scripts for different DC titles, jumping from Read More
Leigh Brackett, Queen of Space
Leigh Brackett was one quarter of Space Opera’s Big Four (Edmond Hamilton, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore. These four were actually two married couples who Read More
Dr. Styx – First Mythos Comic?
This post is brought to you by The Book of the Black Sun by G. W. Thomas, a mandala of Cthulhu Mythos fiction featuring a Read More
Tarzan and the Wizard Out of Time
The Brown Watson 1977 Tarzan Annual featured reprints of comics by Russ Manning but it is wrapped in a long story that I am calling Read More
The Jungle Books – The Great Illustrators
WALT Disney never did Rudyard Kipling any favors. As children grow up these days they are inundated with Disney Plus and any hope that they Read More
Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Eternal Lion
Frank Frazetta was the perfect artist to capture the danger and majesty of Burroughs’ lion creatures. An author can become identified with certain motifs. This Read More
Mike Kaluta’s Conan
I love when interesting artists take on Robert E. Howard’s most famous swordsman. This isn’t a slight on John Buscema/Ernie Chan/Tony DeZuniga/Alfred Alcala. I love Read More